# Former Police minister Bheki Cele has told the Truth and Reconciliation Commission inquiry that the murder of anti-apartheid activist and lawyer Victoria Mxenge was a major blow to the liberation struggle. Testifying before the inquiry, Cele said he arrived at her home shortly after she was killed and found her blood still fresh and […]
# Union federation Cosatu says the Government Employees Medical Scheme has undermined collective bargaining by informing members directly that the Council for Medical Schemes rejected a proposal to reduce the 2026 contribution increase to 7.5-percent. The federation’s Zanele Sabela says GEMS bypassed organised labour and the Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council by communicating through the […]
# Trade union Solidarity has instructed its legal team to finalise court papers challenging the City of Tshwane’s suspension of city manager Johann Mettler. The union argues the decision is unlawful, irrational and unconstitutional, and claims the suspension is politically motivated. Solidarity’s Anton van der Bijl says the union is seeking to have the suspension […]
# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse says South Africans are tired of paying more for deteriorating municipal services while poor governance goes unpunished. OUTA argues that rising tariffs cannot solve financial mismanagement, corruption and failing infrastructure. The organisation says the government must ringfence revenue collected from electricity and water, implement stricter oversight of municipal finances, […]
# Rise Mzansi says poor leadership is to blame for Johannesburg’s ongoing refuse collection crisis, which has left residents and businesses surrounded by uncollected waste. According to the party’s Johannesburg mayoral candidate, Lukhona Mnguni, concerns raised by Pikitup casual workers, including job insecurity and the rotation of contractors, are disrupting waste removal services. Rise Mzansi’s […]
# Former eThekwini mayor and former ANC regional chairperson Zandile Gumede has joined the MK Party and has been appointed the party’s deputy provincial convenor in KwaZulu-Natal. Gumede is currently on trial with 21 co-accused on fraud and corruption charges linked to a 320-million-rand Durban solid waste tender. MK secretary-general Sibonelo Nomvalo announced the appointment […]
# The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs is coordinating emergency relief for residents affected by the devastating fire at the Jika Joe informal settlement in Pietermaritzburg. The weekend blaze has affected an estimated 427 households, with four people injured and one person missing. The department’s spokesperson, Senzelwe Mzila, says the cause of […]
# De Beers has announced it will suspend production at its Venetia mine in Limpopo, South Africa’s largest diamond mine, for two years, as part of a cost-cutting and restructuring plan. According to News24, the mine, which produces about 40-percent of the country’s diamonds, will use the pause to upgrade key underground infrastructure while Anglo […]
# The Motor Industry Staff Association is calling for municipal managers, mayors and councillors to be held personally liable for unpaid pension contributions owed by municipalities. According to the union, municipalities owe workers an estimated 1.7-billion-rand after failing to pay over money deducted from employees’ salaries into pension funds. MISA’s Phakamile Hlubi-Majola urges law enforcement […]
