# eThekwini mayor, Cyril Xaba says the South African government has made available 20 buses to expedite repatriation of Malawian foreign nationals from Durban in KwaZulu-Natal to their home country. He says to date, close to four-thousand people have been deported or repatriated. The mayor says the Drive-Inn site will serve as a temporary staging […]
# The acting minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia has expressed confidence that police is operationally prepared to uphold and enforce the law ahead of the planned foreign national march protests on 30 June. The ministry’s spokesperson, Kamogelo Mogotsi, says while the constitutional right to peaceful protest will be respected, no acts of lawlessness, violence, intimidation […]
# ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa’s Constitution permits only the President to appoint ministers to his cabinet. Ramaphosa’s comments come after DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis wrote to him requesting the removal of John Steenhuisen as Agriculture minister to be replaced by Willem Aucamp. He was speaking during the ANC’s voter registration drive in KwaThema, […]
# The City of Cape Town’s public libraries and recreation facilities across the metro are ready to welcome children and young people for a winter school holiday programme. Library events include cookie making, coding and reading challenges. Mayoral committee member for Community Services and Health, Francine Higham says the Recreation and Parks Department’s programme give children and […]
# The Activists and Citizens Forum is calling on Justice and Constitutional Development minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi to immediately disband the Independent Directorate Against Corruption. Forum spokesperson, Dennis Bloem says this unit promotes disorder and instability in the country. He says IDAC is in a fight back campaign against the police and targeting specific police officers […]
# The Forum for South Africa says the ongoing migration crisis facing South Africa is not accidental, it is the direct result of failed leadership across parts of the African continent. FOSA leader, Tebogo Mashilompane says for too long, governments in countries such as Zimbabwe, Malawi, and others have failed their own people through poor […]
# Eskom has announced a massive 85-percent year-on-year reduction in its diesel expenditure for the current financial year driven by a much stronger Energy Availability Factor and fewer unplanned outages. The power utility spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena says diesel expenditure stands at 640.27-million-rand at a load factor of 1.30-percentt for the open cycle gas turbines significantly lower […]
# Deputy Minister in The Presidency Nonceba Mhlauli says the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention continues to make significant strides in connecting young South Africans to earning opportunities in the country. He says a total of 155-thousand-161 new opportunities were secured during the fourth quarter of the 2025/2026 financial year. The deputy minister says the PYEI that […]
# Deputy minister for Trade, Industry and Competition, Alexandra Abrahams says government is committed to continue improving productivity across the manufacturing value chain and positioning South African manufacturers to access new regional and global markets. Delivering the keynote address at the KwaZulu-Natal Clothing and Textile Cluster’s annual general meeting, Abrahams emphasised that the future of South […]