# A recent study from the University of the Western Cape has found that television advertisements for maize products in South Africa rely on, and perpetuate colonial-era ideologies. Author Nandi Mhlongo says the study highlights a significant gap in academic literature concerning staple food consumption discourses, especially in a multicultural context like South Africa, where maize is a common staple for the majority of […]
# The DA in Gauteng is accusing the City of Ekurhuleni of breaking the law, crippling small businesses, and sabotaging service delivery. This comes as the metro has failed to pay companies rendering services to it within the stipulated 30 days. Ekurhuleni’s debt to service providers has ballooned to 13-billion-rand. The DA’s Mike Waters says […]
# The Congress of the People is calling for the adoption of a constituency-based electoral system that will strengthen the direct relationship between voters and their elected representatives. The party has accused the ANC and its allies of sabotaging the country’s constitutional democracy by obstructing urgent and long-overdue electoral reform. COPE’s Pakes Dikgetsi says the […]
# The Referendum Party has hailed Julius Malema’s conviction as long-overdue accountability for his threats and violence. The East London Magistrate’s Court found the EFF leader guilty of five charges, including the unlawful possession of a firearm and discharging a firearm in a public area. This relates to him discharging a firearm at the party’s fifth […]
# The Solidarity Movement says there is growing frustration within the US government over South Africa’s lack of political will to reach a trade agreement. Trade, Industry and Competition minister Parks Tau says progress has been made in talks with president Donald Trump’s administration over a trade deal. Solidarity Movement’s chairperson, Flip Buys, says it’s […]
# Action Society has lodged a formal complaint with the Public Protector over SAPS’s handling of the murder of four-year-old Tamia Botha in 2022 in Paarl East, in the Western Cape. Three years on, no suspects have been arrested, and the family has received inconsistent updates. The organisation’s Juanita du Preez says they call for […]
# Two former Gauteng Department of Education employees and an external accomplice are set to appear in the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court today and tomorrow for sentencing. In May, the three were found guilty of multiple charges, including fraud, forgery and theft. The department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says the three were part of a ghost […]
# The City of Cape Town has upgraded five early childhood development centres operating from city-owned properties during the past financial year. The upgrades costing over two-million-rand were at Leonsdale, Nantes, Avonwood, Hazendal and Smurf Bubbles in Bellville. More upgrades are planned for this financial year. Mayoral committee member for Community Services and Health, Francine […]
# The DA in Gauteng says City Power’s inability to restore power outages swiftly is because of the City of Johannesburg’s own financial mismanagement. By the end of August, the metro owed the power utility almost two-billion-rand. The DA’s Tyrell Meyers says City Power has no available stock of mini-substations, as its supply contract has […]
