# The iconic Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company has officially reopened its doors to the public. This follows the completion of its annual maintenance. Executive director Selma Hercules says the annual shutdown allows them to carry out essential upgrades and make sure the Cableway runs at the highest possible standards. She adds that the maintenance is […]
# Religious leaders and the Christian political party Hope4SA strongly opposed the proposed Marriage Bill during public hearings in Kimberley in the Northern Cape. The bill seeks to unify all marriages under one law, including same-sex unions. The ACDP’s Zeilede Kgomongoe says the bill undermines traditional values and fails to reflect the beliefs of many […]
# A 26-year-old security guard has been sentenced to life in prison for the rape of a 14-year-old girl in Roodepoort, Gauteng. Mpho Antonio Lebona, who was tasked with the protection of a residential complex, raped the girl in January 2021. He claimed their interaction was consensual. The National Prosecuting Authority’s spokesperson, Phindi Mjonondwane, says […]
# The ANC’s National Executive Committee has characterised the country’s economy as being in a state of emergency that requires drastic action. Economic growth slowed in the first quarter as the gross domestic product increased marginally by 0.1-percent. In his closing remarks following the NEC’s four-day meeting in Gauteng, ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa said urgent […]
# The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa members working at the Lesedi Aluminium/Big Cookware in Thaba Nchu, Free State, have embarked on an indefinite strike action. This comes after the union deadlocked with the employer over organisational rights in the workplace. Numsa’s spokesperson, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, says its core demand is that Lesedi Aluminium […]
# The Public Servants Association says it is extremely concerned about hazardous working conditions at the Gauteng Department of Education Registry in Ekurhuleni. During a recent inspection by the Department of Employment and Labour and the PSA, it was found that the Registry environment was severely overcrowded, dirty, and unsafe, with uncontrolled piles of files. […]
# The DA has accused Parliament’s joint standing committee on Defence of shielding minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga, from accountability. The party’s Nicholas Gotsell says the minister has not been to Parliament to account for the Democratic Republic of Congo deployment calamity, and the missing 813-million-rand that is unaccounted for by the […]
# The DA’s Glynnis Breytenbach described calls for National Prosecuting Authority head Shamila Batohi to resign as unfair, despite labelling her tenure disappointing. Batohi has faced criticism after the NPA mishandled high-profile cases, including the Cholota extradition, the Omotoso trial, and state capture matters. Breytenbach says Batohi inherited a broken institution still riddled with internal […]
# The DA in Johannesburg claims that motorists are facing increased victimisation, due to political interference in the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department operations. The party’s Michael Sun says they have been reliably informed by JPMD officers that they are under pressure to each collect at least seven-thousand-rand in traffic fines daily. He says to incentivise […]
