# The Western Cape Education Department has suspended a grade ten learner following the death of a fellow learner at Bellville South High School in Cape Town. The learner died last week in hospital after allegedly being assaulted in a classroom following an attempted cellphone theft. The department’s Bronagh Hammond says disciplinary action will follow […]
# The Western Cape government has invested more than 15-million-rand in support interventions for Knysna Municipality, aimed at improving service delivery. Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning MEC Anton Bredell says the funding is being used to strengthen key services including water supply, waste management and road infrastructure. According to Bredell, challenges in municipal […]
# SA Canegrowers has welcomed an agreement between the Industrial Development Corporation and the Vision consortium to fund the business rescue of Tongaat Hulett. The deal provides short-term funding and withdraws the liquidation application, allowing the company to continue operating while a rescue plan is implemented. The organisation’s chairperson, Higgins Mdluli, says Tongaat Hulett remains […]
# The City of Johannesburg is offering a ten-percent rebate to property owners who pay their municipal rates in advance from next month as part of its 2026/2027 budget. Qualifying residents who settle their annual rates upfront before the start of the financial year will benefit from the discount, alongside a 3.6-percent rates increase. The […]
# The Johannesburg Metro Police Department has uncovered an illegal operation in the CBD involving the relabelling of expired food and suspected stolen municipal cables during a high-impact operation. It’s alleged that expiry dates were removed using chemical substances and replaced with fraudulent labels. JMPD spokesperson Xolani Fihla says no arrests have been made yet, […]
# The High Court in Johannesburg has reserved judgment in the MK Party’s challenge to the 2024 general election results. The party is seeking to have the outcome set aside, arguing that the results were compromised after the Electoral Commission’s results dashboard went offline for about two hours during the counting process. The commission has […]
# AfriForum says it’s optimistic about the agriculture sector following the DA’s proposed cabinet reshuffle in the government of national unity, which includes Willie Aucamp as the suggested new Agriculture minister. The organisation believes the possible change is a positive step in addressing the foot-and-mouth disease crisis, which has been poorly managed. AfriForum’s Lambert de […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says the agricultural sector is waiting to see whether the proposed leadership change at the Agriculture Ministry will bring improvements. The party says reports that former DA leader and Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen may be replaced with Willie Aucamp have placed the sector in a period of uncertainty. The FF […]
# 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 […]
