# The Department of Small Business Development has published the draft Business Licensing Bill for public comment. The bill aims to empower local councils to provide preferential licensing for small businesses owned by disadvantaged groups. The National Employers’ Association of South Africa has raised concerns over vague language, potential exclusionary practices, and impractical implementation, warning […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority has added Russell Patrick Paul, former acting CEO of SAFA, to the fraud case against Danny Jordaan and three others. The NPA’s Phindi Mjonondwane says Paul allegedly conspired with the accused to commit fraud by authorising payments without a contractual basis. Mjonondwane says he appeared in Palmridge Magistrate’s Court and […]
# The Solidarity Research Institute’s latest tariff barometer shows South African exports to the United States increased in September, largely due to gold, which is exempt from US tariffs. Economic researcher Theuns du Buisson warns that excluding precious metals, exports remain low and volatile. He urges the South African government to negotiate better trade terms […]
# The Public Servants Association has denounced the planned implementation of the AARTO Act and its demerit system, warning it could worsen maladministration, fraud, unemployment, and crime instead of improving road safety. The PSA’s Claude Naicker highlights understaffing of traffic officers as the primary contributor to accidents and calls on the Minister of Transport to […]
# Ahead of the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement on 12 November, TLU SA warns that South Africa’s challenges, crime, failing infrastructure, and weak service delivery stem from misguided policies, not lack of funds. TLU SA’s Bennie van Zyl says the organisation calls for clear economic direction, competent leadership, and accountability, stressing that budgets fail when […]
# ActionSA has revealed that South Africa’s bloated government of national unity cabinet of 32 ministers and 43 deputy ministers costs taxpayers an estimated 603-million-rand every year. The party’s Athol Trollip says each minister costs about 8.9-million-rand annually, while each deputy minister costs 7.4-million, including salaries and staff. Trollip says ActionSA argues that these figures […]
# RISE Mzansi says South Africa’s prisons are overcrowded, with unsentenced inmates significantly contributing to the crisis. The party’s Mabine Seabe says according to the 2024/25 Department of Correctional Services report, facilities are at 61-percent above capacity, leaving 65-thousand inmates without beds. The Eastern Cape faces the worst overcrowding, with Butterworth Remand Detention Facility at […]
# A 23-year-old man arrested in connection with the Reiger Park mass shooting has been released after the case was not placed on the court roll due to insufficient evidence. Six people were killed and three wounded in the incident over the weekend. Police spokesperson Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi:
# The Maanda Ashu Workers Union of South Africa alleges unfair contract execution for its members under the Expanded Public Works Programme. Members staged a march and submitted a memorandum of demands to the Department of Public Works headquarters in Pretoria yesterday. Union spokesperson Lumka Bekindawo provided details, highlighting grievances over employment conditions and calling […]
