# The Motor Industry Staff Association rejects any talk of job cuts in the fuel retail sector following the latest petrol price increase of one-rand-43-cents per litre. The union argues it’s premature and irresponsible to consider retrenchments when workers are already under pressure from high living costs, debt and unemployment. MISA spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola warns […]
# South African scientists, engineers and innovators are competing for top national recognition after the National Science and Technology Forum announced the finalists for the 2025/2026 NSTF-South32 Awards. The awards, known as the Science Oscars, honour outstanding work in science, engineering, technology and innovation across 16 categories. This year’s theme focuses on healthy ageing, with […]
# ANC Veterans’ League has vowed to intensify its door-to-door campaign and community outreach ahead of the upcoming local government elections. The veterans’ Snuki Zikalala says members will be actively involved in mobilising voters and engaging communities, particularly the elderly, as part of efforts to rebuild trust and improve the party’s electoral performance. Zikalala added […]
# Rise Mzansi’s Makashule Gana has been elected chairperson of Parliament’s impeachment committee after receiving 19 votes to 12. The committee held its first sitting to elect leadership, with the ANC and DA supporting Gana’s nomination. The EFF nominated United Africans Transformation’s Wonderboy Mahlatsi. The committee will investigate matters linked to president Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala […]
# Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen says a new public-private biosecurity model will be introduced to strengthen long-term control of foot-and-mouth disease. Steenhuisen states the government has made major progress in its fight against the disease, with 13.5-million vaccine doses procured and nearly 4.4-million animals already vaccinated. He added more vaccine doses have arrived and additional […]
# The Southern African Agri Initiative says Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen is misrepresenting a ruling by the High Court in Pretoria, allowing private vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease. The organisation accuses Steenhuisen of creating confusion and delaying cooperation during a livestock disease crisis. The court found there was no lawful prohibition on farmers and private owners […]
# The DA in the Western Cape says national government remains disconnected from the realities facing communities plagued by gang violence. This follows deadly weekend shootings in Fisantekraal and Salt River that left three people dead and three others wounded. The DA’s Benedicta van Minnen criticised deputy president Paul Mashatile for failing to engage directly […]
# The South African National Taxi Council is urging members of the media to avoid incorrect reporting on its newly elected leadership following its national elective conference held in Gauteng. The organisation has clarified that Fanyana Sibanyoni is the newly re-elected second deputy president and not taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni, as reported in some […]
# AfriForum says selective enforcement of the law undermines public trust in the justice system. The organisation has raised concerns over delays in the investigation into former Johannesburg mayor and mayoral committee member for Community Development, Thapelo Amad, following a viral video allegedly showing him firing shots into the air at a funeral in Soweto. […]
