# ActionSA calls on president Cyril Ramaphosa to fire Employment and Labour minister Nomakhosazana Meth, for failing to tackle the growing unemployment crisis. The party says the latest quarterly labour force survey shows over 291-thousand jobs were lost in the first quarter of this year, the worst contraction since 2021. ActionSA’s Alan Beesley says keeping […]
# Build One South Africa says the sharp rise in sexual crimes shows the urgent need to make the national sex offenders register public. The party states the police’s latest crime statistics show over 13-thousand sexual offences were reported, with contact cases up 21-percent. They want the register digitised and shared with schools and employers […]
# South African-founded digital asset platform, Luno, has welcomed a landmark ruling by the High Court in Pretoria, calling for an overhaul of South Africa’s outdated crypto regulations. Judge Mandlenkosi Motha found that the country’s 1961 exchange control laws cannot apply to digital currencies and called for urgent legislative reform. Luno’s general manager, Marius Reitz, […]
# Business Leadership South Africa urges the government to urgently address the failing logistics system to avoid harming economic recovery. They warn that continued problems in ports, rail, and transport infrastructure are causing delays and increasing costs for businesses, threatening growth, investment, and job creation. In her weekly newsletter, the organisation’s CEO, Busisiwe Mavuso, calls […]
# The Ntirhisano Community Centre urges unity and solidarity among residents of ward 56 in Cape Town to overcome deep-rooted inequality and service delivery challenges. They condemn a recent xenophobic protest planned against refugees at the Wingfield refugee camp, calling it a harmful distraction from the real issues affecting all communities. The organisation’s Phillip Nyalungu […]
# The GOOD Party has expressed disappointment over the state’s decision to provisionally withdraw one-billion-rand fraud charges against former Cape Town mayoral Committee member for Human Settlements Malusi Booi, alleged gang boss Ralph Stanfield and others. The party argues the move raises serious concerns about the National Prosecuting Authority’s ability to tackle complex cases. GOOD’s […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says while the latest crime statistics show slight improvements, South Africa remains in the grip of a severe crime crisis. The party notes a 12.4-percent drop in murders and a 15-percent decline in carjackings between January and March. The FF Plus’s Wouter Wessels has welcomed progress under Police minister Senzo […]
# A woman who allegedly posed as a patient to kidnap two newborns from Dora Nginza Hospital in the Eastern Cape is expected back in the New Brighton Magistrate’s Court on Friday. Sinovuyo Rabula, reportedly faked abdominal pain to gain access to the maternity ward before fleeing with the babies on Tuesday. Both infants were […]
# The Director of Public Prosecutions in the Western Cape has provisionally withdrawn charges in the one-billion-rand City of Cape Town tender fraud case. This affects former mayoral committee member for Human Settlements, Malusi Booi, alleged 28s gang leader Ralph Stanfield, his wife Nicole Johnson, and other co-accused. The National Prosecuting Authority’s Eric Ntabazalila says […]
