# Union federation Cosatu urges the Industrial Development Corporation to quickly create a plan to fix and reopen the Mozal aluminium plant in Mozambique. The plant has been closed because there is not enough electricity due to drought-related power shortages and high electricity costs. Mozal provides about five-thousand direct jobs and up to 25-thousand, in […]
# The DA has urged government of national unity partners to work together on coordinated steps to strengthen law enforcement, improve border control and prevent further violence. The party’s Glynnis Breytenbach says Parliament’s security cluster committees should urgently convene a joint sitting to respond to growing concerns over attacks on foreign nationals and community unrest. […]
# Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero has been removed as ANC Gauteng convenor of the local government intervention subcommittee and replaced by Nathi Congwane, just weeks after his appointment. The party says the change is part of ongoing adjustments to its deployment structures. According to News24, reports suggest concerns were raised about Morero holding both the […]
# The South African Medical Association says fake doctors are becoming harder to detect and are putting patients at risk. They warn that fraudulent practitioners are using more advanced methods, including forged qualifications, falsified registration documents and identity theft, allowing some to operate undetected for long periods. According to recent figures, more than 50 bogus […]
# The Presidency has warned against misinformation about South Africa’s migration challenges following recent incidents involving foreign nationals. Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says the Department of International Relations and Cooperation will work with the World Health Organisation to ensure accurate information is shared. Magwenya added reports linking the deaths of Ethiopian nationals to law enforcement […]
# Business Leadership South Africa says recent developments, including a credit rating upgrade, improved port performance in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, and stronger-than-expected gross domestic product growth, show that reforms are starting to work. However, the organisation warns investment remains too low at just 13.5-percent of gross domestic product, far below the 30-percent target needed to drive […]
# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has welcomed support from outgoing Western Cape police commissioner Thembisile Patekile for expanded powers for Metro Police. Patekile has suggested that certain policing functions could be transferred to Metro Police to ease pressure on police and allow it to focus on specialised investigations, amid resource constraints. Hill-Lewis now urges […]
# Statistics South Africa says mining production increased by 8.2-percent in April compared with the same period last year. The growth was driven mainly by strong performance in platinum group metals, manganese ore, and chromium ore. However, coal production declined and weighed on overall output. Stats SA’s Juan-Pierre Terblanche also reports mineral sales surged by […]
# The DA says thousands of teenage pregnancies highlight a serious breakdown in the government’s system for reporting and prosecuting child sexual abuse. The party has filed a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission because many cases of statutory rape are not being properly reported as required by law. The DA’s Angel Khanyile […]
