# The GOOD Party says it will vote against a motion of no confidence in Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero, despite strong criticism of his performance. According to the party, the city is in crisis and needs stable, ethical leadership, not more political reshuffling. GOOD’s Matthew Cook warns that the city has already had seven mayors […]
# Statistics South Africa has reported a drop of 74-thousand jobs in the formal sector between January and March this year, bringing total employment down to just over ten-million. The biggest losses were in trade and community services, while manufacturing and construction saw small gains. Stats SA’s Matlapane Masupye says full-time jobs fell by 55-thousand […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Social Development says new rules imposed by the National Treasury on the South African Social Security Agency are causing widespread delays, confusion, and distress among social grant recipients. The committee’s chairperson, Bridget Masango, says while fighting fraud is important, the current system is too strict and is hurting the elderly, […]
# The DA will today grill Trade, Industry and Competition minister Parks Tau and the National Lotteries Commission in Parliament over the controversial awarding of a 60-billion-rand lottery licence to Sizekhaya Holdings. The winning lottery bidder is reportedly connected to deputy president Paul Mashatile’s close associates and family members. The DA’s Toby Chance says the […]
# Parliament is set to summon Higher Education and Training minister Nobuhle Nkabane to fully disclose the names of the advisory panel that helped appoint the Sector Education and Training Authorities board chairpersons. A new date for her appearance is yet to be announced. The portfolio committee’s chairperson Tebogo Letsie says the list Nkabane submitted […]
# The Zion Christian Church is taking further legal action against Michael Kgotso Serepo for continuing to falsely claim links to the church and its leader, Barnabas Lekganyane. This follows last year’s interdict by the High Court in Pretoria that barred Serepo, leader of the Zion Creationist Church, from using the ZCC name, symbols, and […]
# DA leader John Steenhuisen will today celebrate the party’s 25th anniversary in Hanover Park, in Cape Town in the Western Cape. He will be joined by party leaders and councillors to hand out blankets to residents of Hanover Cottages as part of a winter outreach drive. The visit includes a cake-cutting and short speeches […]
# Western Cape MEC for Infrastructure, Tertuis Simmers, says good progress is being made on the 520-million-rand Louis Fourie Road upgrade in Mossel Bay. The largest provincial road investment in the Garden Route District is now 66-percent complete and on track to finish by mid-next year. Key milestones include the opening of new N2 on- […]
# Twelve South African National Defence Force members have appeared in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court today in connection with the 2023 murder of Hawks officer, Frans Mathipa. The soldiers now also face charges for two additional murders, along with kidnapping, fraud, and obstructing justice. Hawks spokesperson Christopher Singo says the case has been postponed to […]
