# The All Truck Drivers Forum and Allied South Africa has planned to disrupt major transport routes, including the N3 and N2 in KwaZulu-Natal, during a protest tomorrow. The action is aimed at highlighting concerns over the employment of undocumented foreign nationals in the trucking industry. Speaking to SABC News, secretary-general Gugu Sokhela also questioned […]
# The Busisiwe Mkhwebane Foundation has approached the FBI and other United States authorities to investigate whether money stolen during the 2020 Phala Phala burglary violated American anti-money laundering and currency smuggling laws. Foundation spokesperson Shirley Willemse says the request focuses on the origin, storage and movement of US dollars allegedly kept at president Cyril […]
# The African Development Bank Group and the World Economic Forum have launched the Humanitarian and Resilience Investing Roadmap for Africa to attract private investment into some of the continent’s most fragile economies. The initiative aims to address Africa’s estimated annual development financing gap of 6.4-trillion-rand. The roadmap seeks to unlock sustainable funding for infrastructure, […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Health has criticised the Interim Traditional Health Practitioners Council for failing to fully implement the Traditional Health Practitioners Act nearly two decades after it was passed. Committee chairperson Faith Muthambi says the absence of regulations, enforcement systems and a national practitioner register continues to expose communities to unsafe practices. Committee […]
# The Congress of South African Trade Unions Johannesburg has welcomed key aspects of the City of Johannesburg’s 2026/27 budget, including the Politically Facilitated Agreement finding aimed at addressing salary disparities among municipal workers. The federation says fair worker compensation must be balanced with fiscal discipline. COSATU also backed plans for inner-city rejuvenation and safety […]
# A new South African Sorghum Bioethanol study has found strong commercial potential for bioethanol production using crops such as sorghum and sugar cane. Speaking at a roundtable in Sandton, industry leaders and farmers said clear demand, stable pricing and government support were needed before large-scale crop planting could begin. The study, commissioned by the […]
# Transport minister Barbara Creecy has welcomed the signing of a major terminal operator agreement for a liquefied natural gas facility at the Port of Ngqura in the Eastern Cape. Creecy says the project marks a decisive step towards energy security, infrastructure development and economic growth. The agreement authorises the Strategic Fuel Fund to build […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema has condemned recent anti-immigrant protests as Afrophobia, saying they reflect divisions created by colonialism. Speaking in Pretoria, Malema argued that Africans were deliberately divided through colonial systems to weaken continental unity. His comments come amid protests over unemployment, poor service delivery and undocumented immigration. He says frustrations should be directed […]
# The High Court in Johannesburg has dismissed an urgent application by the owners of Marble Towers in the CBD with costs. The court ordered the owners to stop erecting structures in and around the building, stating it’s unlawful as they lack approved building plans and pose fire safety risks. The company has also been […]
