News Bulletin of 14 June 2025, 12pm

City Power has launched a progressive registration campaign targeting 130 000 indigent households across Johannesburg, offering 50kWh of free electricity monthly to qualifying residents.

The power utility says the registration initiative will run from 17th of June to the 31st of July.

City Power’s General Manager for the Department of Public Relations and Communication, Isaac Mangena, says the Free Basic Electricity programme, will provide eligible customers with monthly electricity allocations at no cost, designed to cover essential household needs, including lighting, cooking, and heating.

Mangena says pensioners, child-headed homes and people earning below average salary may apply.

The City of Tshwane has unveiled 14 new cherry picker trucks to boost service delivery across the metro.

The rollout marks an important step in the City’s ongoing efforts to strengthen internal capacity, increase visibility on the ground, and respond more effectively to service-related challenges faced by communities.

The cherry pickers form part of a broader initiative aimed at reducing the City’s reliance on outsourced contractors, while improving turnaround times for essential services such as streetlight maintenance and electrical repairs.

French fashion house Dior has named Northern Irish designer Jonathan Anderson as the first-ever creative director for both its women's and men's collections.

Anderson was appointed following the departure of Italian Maria Grazia last week, who had presided over the brand's women's collections for the last nine years.

Anderson had already been named as artistic director of the men's collection in April and will now become the first person to run both collections at the fashion house.