# The Public Servants Association has welcomed the suspension of two additional Government Pensions Administration Agency executives. This is amid allegations of maladministration and financial misconduct. The suspension of the acting chief financial officer and the acting Chief Director of Client Relations Management follows that of the CEO, Kedibone Madiehe. PSA’s Claude Naicker says they view these […]
# The National Union of Metalworkers SA criticises the Electricity Minister Kgosientso Ramokgopa and Eskom for delays in implementing an electricity dispensation tariff that could reopen mothballed Glencore and Samancor smelters. Numsa’s Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says despite promising meetings, retrenchments continue, with thousands of jobs lost. She says the union urges decisive government action, including moratoriums […]
# Swimming: Graeme King has made history by becoming the first swimmer to complete the Cape Triple Crown in the wetsuit category. The Cape Triple Crown was established to recognise swimmers who complete three of Cape Town’s most iconic and demanding open water swims. These are the False Bay Crossing, the Double Robben Island Crossing […]
# The DA in the Free State says the Fezile Dabi District Municipality must be applauded for conducting a district-wide landfill site audit in an effort to assist struggling local municipalities. The audit has highlighted serious shortcomings across local municipalities, which include no access control or fencing, inadequate operational plans, burning of waste, and ineffective management. The […]
# The DA in Gauteng has expressed concern at the increasing cases of kidnapping in the province. According to the South African Police Crime Statistics, kidnapping cases have increased by 15.8-percent in Gauteng from two-thousand-and-85 in the fourth quarter of the 2023/2024 financial year to two-thousand-414 in the same quarter for the 2024/2025 financial year. […]
# Lamb Champs 2025 made history at Hoër Landbouskool Boland in Paarl, featuring a record-breaking lamb carcass sale. Lamb Champs is an annual competition which showcases the best lamb producers from across South Africa. Louis Botha from Cradock in the Eastern Cape won, walking away with a cash prize of 40-thousand-rand. Botha will now compete […]
# The DA in North West has welcomed the transformation and development of the Olympia Park Stadium in Rustenburg, saying the upgrades will bring real benefits to residents. The party’s Joe McGluwa says local soccer teams will now have access to the stadium, boosting soccer development and nurturing young talent. He says the project also creates […]
# The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Gauteng says it has managed to put a stop to Laerskool A.G. Visser’s planned camel races at this weekend’s Kameelfees. NSPCA’s Jacques Peacock says after alerting the Department of Agriculture, the department confirmed that the school’s Performing Animals Protection Act licence covers only riding, exhibition […]
# Over 12 months between July 2024 and June 2025, the City of Cape Town’s Traffic Service responded to five-thousand-392 incidents on the highways. Half of the incidents were stationary vehicles, just over 30-percent were crashes involving vehicles, pedestrians and animals, and the rest were a combination of incidents, including protest action, crime, fires, and […]
