# The Department of Health urges the public to be extra vigilant of mpox symptoms, as three more laboratory-confirmed cases of the disease have been detected in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. The newly detected positive cases are two males and one female including a 14-year-old. The department’s spokesperson, Foster Mohale, says the patients are currently self-isolating and […]
# ActionSA in KwaZulu-Natal says it cautiously welcomes eThekwini Municipality’s allocation of ten-billion-rand to rebuild water, electricity, and solid waste management infrastructure. This comes as minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana announced a 3.33-billion-rand grant allocation to the municipality for trading services reforms over the next three years. ActionSA’s, Sanelisiwe Zuma, says municipal officials need to provide clarity […]
# Four young South African innovators will be competing at the Beijing Youth Science Creation Competition next week. Adam Gibbon and Christopher Collier-Reed both from Pinelands High School in Cape Town, Umtata High School learner Samiya Waza, and Cady De Koker from Northern Cape High School, all impressed at the Eskom Expo International Science Fair. […]
# The GOOD Party is urging the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee to grant relief to cash-indebted consumers and reduce the repo rate today. A few economists are anticipating another 25 basis point cut. This follows three consecutive 25 basis point cuts in the rate since September 2024. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, […]
# The DA says it has written to Parliament’s Security and Justice committee chairperson, requesting minister of Correctional Services Pieter Groenewald, be called to answer urgent questions about drug smuggling in correctional facilities. Nearly one-thousand-500 grams of tik were confiscated in the past 12 months in Western Cape prisons alone, along with 14 glass tik-pipes. […]
# The General Industrial Workers Union of South Africa is demanding the South African Reserve Bank slash interest rates to align with the current inflation rate of 3.2-percent. SARB’s Monetary Policy Committee will announce its interest rates decision today. GIWUSA president, Mametlwe Sebei, says the primary purpose of interest rates must be to protect the real […]
# The GOOD Party says the South African Social Security Agency’s gold card swap campaign has been a complete disaster. Of the 2.9-million beneficiaries who were on the SASSA gold card, it is estimated that over a million will not have made the switch to the Postbank black card by today’s deadline. GOOD’s, Suzette Little, […]
# ActionSA in Ekurhuleni is calling on mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakasa to resolve concerns raised by the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department. EMPD members took to the streets on Wednesday to protest against overtime cuts, staff shortages, and a lack of essential resources. ActionSA’s, Michael Basch, says the protest comes after a citywide 50-percent cut to overtime budgets, […]
# The GOOD Party in Cape Town is shocked to hear that the city plans to dramatically increase the Safety and Security Directorate’s budget. The party’s Jonathan Cupido says in a Facebook post, mayoral committee member for Safety and Security, JP Smith said mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis would be tabling a draft budget that included the […]
