# BOSA Leader Mmusi Maimane has launched the party’s Budget to the People initiative. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana is expected to table the third 2025 budget speech and tabling the fiscal framework before Parliament next week Wednesday. BOSA’s spokesperson, Roger Solomons says they begun a Budget to the People initiative, a national mobilisation effort to […]
# The GOOD Party says many residents of the gang-ravaged Cape Flats should qualify for consideration by the US as potential refugees. The party says the only reason they do not is colour. GOOD secretary-general, Brett Herron says South Africa’s official crime statistics for the final quarter of last year recorded a single murder of […]
# The ATM calls on the government of national unity to leverage the mineral resources to stimulate job creation through value-added industries. Statistics South Africa’s latest quarterly labour force survey shows the number of unemployed people reached 8.2 million in the first quarter of 2025. The ATM’s spokesperson, Zama Ntshona called for the implementation of […]
# The Metal Mining and Allied Workers Union of South Africa has condemned the latest unemployment statistics for the first quarter of 2025. The union’s spokesperson, Mogoshadi Maserumule, says with the official unemployment rate at 32.9-percent and over 8.2-million people jobless, this crisis is not a tragedy. She says this is a predictable outcome of […]
# Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, has welcomed the launch of the Roadmap for the Digital Transformation of Government, saying this is a significant step in reshaping how citizens access essential services. The roadmap gives effect to the digital transformation pillar of phase two of Operation Vulindlela, which president Cyril Ramaphosa launched […]
# University of the Free State alumna, Lisa Msiza, is set to represent South Africa at the Miss + Mister Deaf Universe pageant in Georgia, USA, in October. She was crowned Miss Deaf South Africa last year. During her time at UFS, she pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree in Linguistics and South African Sign […]
# Artists, cultural workers, creative entrepreneurs, and citizens will today march to the Union Building and the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture in Pretoria. The protest is under the banner of the Cultural and Creative Industries March. Spokesperson Zama Ntshona says this action follows months of growing outrage across the cultural and creative industries at what […]
# The Western Cape government says it is encouraged by the latest quarterly labour force survey data, which shows that the province still has the lowest unemployment rate in South Africa at 19.6-percent in quarter one of 2025. For the third consecutive quarter, the province’s official unemployment rate is below 20-percent. MEC of Agriculture, Economic […]
# Rugby: With the Stormers playing their last United Rugby Championship league match at the Cape Town Stadium on Friday night, supporters are encouraged to use the MyCiTi shuttle service. Mayoral committee member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, says fans are encouraged to park in the CBD, hop on a free MyCiTi shuttle or […]
