# The Motor Industry Staff Association calls on the government to declare unemployment a national state of emergency as rising joblessness is fuelling poverty, anger and growing hostility toward immigrants. MISA’s Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says South Africa’s unemployment rate of 32.7-percent remains among the highest in the world, leaving millions of people, especially young people, dependent […]
# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse says Johannesburg’s financial and service delivery challenges will not be solved through unclear announcements or vague intervention plans. It comes as Eskom and the City of Johannesburg consider an agreement aimed at addressing the city’s growing debt while avoiding electricity cuts to paying customers. OUTA’s Julius Kleynhans says the […]
# Minister of Higher Education and Training Buti Manamela says the National Student Financial Aid Scheme is being strengthened and reformed despite growing governance concerns. He appeared before Parliament’s portfolio committee on Higher Education and Training, where concerns were raised about irregularities at the scheme, including the filling of positions. Manamela defended the administration of […]
# ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says veterans in the party are expected to play a key role in guiding the future direction of the movement. He made the remarks during the party’s veterans league national executive committee meeting in Sandton, Gauteng. Mbalula described the veterans as an important source of experience and wisdom that will […]
# Statistics South Africa says business liquidations increased in April, rising by 17-percent compared to the same month last year, from 199 to 233 cases. Stats SA’s Onica Mushwana says over the three months to April, liquidations were up by 8.8-percent, while the first four months of this year saw a 3.7-percent increase compared to […]
# Parliament’s ad hoc committee investigating police corruption has made adverse findings against Police minister Senzo Mchunu, who is currently on special leave. The report found Mchunu issued a directive to disband the political killings task team without proper consultation and sent the instruction to a junior official instead of the national police commissioner. It […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says land restitution is about restoring dignity and correcting historical injustice. The president led a title deed handover ceremony in Setlagole in the North West. Over 300 households in Setlagole and Madibogo received title deeds under government land reform programmes, while farmers were granted full ownership of previously leased state land. […]
# Three foreign nationals have been remanded in custody until 5 June after appearing in the Musina Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo in connection with a nearly one-billion-rand drug bust at the Beitbridge border. The suspects, a Malawian man and woman and a Zambian man, were arrested after Border Management Authority officials intercepted a Malawi-registered truck […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema says the party wants the Phala Phala impeachment committee to be chaired by someone outside the government of national unity to ensure a fair and transparent process. Malema, who is expected to serve on the committee, believes an independent chairperson would strengthen public confidence and reduce the risk of political […]
