# The DA says the latest Quarterly Labour Force Review shows that serious economic reform is urgently required. The survey shows South Africa lost 345-thousand jobs in the first quarter of 2026, pushing the official unemployment rate up to 32.7-percent. Expanded unemployment climbed to 43.7-percent. DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis says economic reform has been too slow, too […]
# Police are investigating two cases of culpable homicide following the death of three people in two separate accidents on the N1 in Limpopo, involving Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s official vehicle. Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says a woman was attempting to cross the highway with her two children when they were struck by the minister’s […]
# Qatar has reaffirmed the importance of safeguarding freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, condemning any attacks against commercial vessels or threats to maritime security. About a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas supply normally passes through the Strait. Tehran says the Strait will remain closed until the US lifts […]
# Four ministers have resigned as there are growing calls for UK prime minister Keir Starmer to resign following the Labour Party’s disastrous local election results. In his resignation letter, Health minister Zubir Ahmed said it’s clear the public has irretrievably lost confidence in Starmer. Communities minister Miatta Fahnbulleh, Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips, and minister […]
# The ANC Youth League says it rejects the growing calls for president Cyril Ramaphosa to step down, describing it as political opportunism. The president has insisted that he will not resign. This follows last week’s Constitutional Court ruling, which stated that the parliamentary vote that blocked the Section 89 independent panel report into Phala […]
# Die vakbond-federasie SAFTU verwerp president Cyril Ramaphosa se besluit oor ‘n geregtelike hersiening van die Artikel 89-onafhanklike paneel se verslag. Die paneel het prima facie-bewyse gevind dat hy moontlik die Grondwet en sy ampseed oortree het deur sy optrede in ‘n beweerde geld-toesmeerdery op sy plaas, Phala Phala, in Limpopo in 2020. SAFTU se […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse regering sê die Provinsiale Rampbestuursentrum en alle gesamentlike bedryfsentrums is 24-uur per dag oop, met die hewige weerstoestande wat wydverspreide skade aanrig. Plaaslike oorstromings, kragonderbrekings en ontwortelde bome is aangemeld in die Overberg, die Kaapse Wynland, die Tuinroete, die Weskus en die Stad Kaapstad. Die LUR vir Plaaslike Regering, Omgewingsake en Ontwikkelingsbeplanning, […]
# African Transformation Movement sê president Cyril Ramaphosa se besluit om die Artikel 89-paneel se verslag onder hersiening te neem, kan nie en mag nie die Parlement se ampsklag-proses opskort nie. Die paneel het bevind Ramaphosa het moontlik sy ampseed oortree met sy optrede in ‘n beweerde geldtoesmeerdery op sy plaas, Phala Phala, in Limpopo […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu in Gauteng verwelkom die meer as twee-duisend-500 jongmense wat ʼn provinsiale vaardigheid-ontwikkelingsprogram suksesvol voltooi het. Dit is daarop gemik om werklose jeugdiges toe te rus met vaardighede om te help met die instandhouding en opknapping van skole, hospitale, klinieke en ander openbare geriewe. Cosatu se woordvoerder, Amos Monyela, sê die projek […]
