# The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa says it’s in talks with the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition to find strategic partners to take over the Goodyear SA plant in the Eastern Cape. The tyre manufacturing plant in Kariega shut its doors last Friday, resulting in over 900 job losses. Numsa’s spokesperson, […]
# The National Taxi Alliance in Gauteng has distanced itself from reports claiming that taxi operators are behind the brutal attacks on e-hailing drivers in Soweto. Last week, e-hailing driver Mthokozisi Mvelase was killed and his car burnt, allegedly by taxi operators, while stationed at a pickup point at the Maponya Mall in Soweto. A […]
# The Freedom Front Plus in Ekurhuleni says the National Energy Regulator of South Africa has not received a formal notification from the metro regarding the suspension of the fixed electricity tariff charge. Last month, mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza resolved to suspend the implementation of the tariff charge of 126-rand, following protest action in Tembisa. The […]
# ActionSA says the national convention was a stage-managed talk shop that was heavy on rhetoric and empty on solutions. The two-day convention brought together civil society, labour, business, faith groups and community organisations to map out how the next phase of the national dialogue will unfold over the next year. ActionSA’s Matthew George says […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema criticised the cost and purpose of the national convention that kicked off the national dialogue. Speaking in Seshego, Limpopo, at a rally celebrating the party’s ward 13 by-election victory, Malema argued the talks were disorganised and served only the egos of certain people, rather than addressing South Africa’s challenges. Malema […]
# Stellenbosch University will launch South Africa’s first master’s programme in Violent Histories and Repair in January 2026. Offered through the University’s Centre for the Study of the Afterlife of Violence and the Reparative Quest, the Master of Philosophy equips students to study the transgenerational impact of genocide, slavery, colonial-era violence, and apartheid, while exploring […]
# Despite Eskom’s improved operational performance, South African companies are increasingly investing in alternative energy to reduce reliance on the power utility and mitigate rising electricity costs. This is according to Stanlib chief economist Kevin Lings. A report from Green Cape has estimated that the private sector will add a further six-thousand-megawatts of solar power […]
# Residents of Ga-Rankuwa in Tshwane will hold a planned shutdown protest over poor service delivery today. Residents will be protesting over frequent power cuts, alleged municipal billing corruption, badly damaged roads, non-functional streetlights, blocked sewage and stormwater drains. The march will start at Cassandra Park at 9am and move toward the Ga-Rankuwa Municipal Offices […]
# Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, is set to meet with public transport operators in Soweto again today. This is part of efforts to find lasting solutions to issues affecting the sector. This comes in the wake of resurging violence, which left one person dead and two others injured near the Maponya Mall […]
