# Union federation Cosatu says delinquent employers, who fail to pay over contributions to pension funds, must be charged and prosecuted for the theft, fraud and corruption that this mass looting is. The latest Financial Sector Conduct Authority report indicates that by the end of February this year, the number of defaulting employers stood at […]
# The City of Johannesburg has secured a court order in the Gauteng High Court against Goldenrod Group, the owner of Marble Towers in the CBD. This stems from claims that illegal trading continued despite an earlier court order requiring the owner to secure the building. The mayor’s spokesperson, Khathutshelo Mulaudzi, says in terms of […]
# The United Africans Transformation says no president should be permitted to suspend Parliament’s constitutional work simply because the accountability process has become politically inconvenient. The Western Cape High Court this week heard arguments in president Cyril Ramaphosa’s interdict application, in which he is seeking to halt the commencement of the impeachment process against him. […]
# Minister of Social Development, Dina Pule, has called on South Africans to speak out against gender-based violence and femicide, and not wait to report abuse before it escalates into tragedy. Nearly half of all rapes reported in South Africa during the fourth quarter of the 2025/2026 financial year took place in the homes of […]
# Forum for South Africa says the closure of 58 illegal initiation schools, the arrest of 40 suspects, and the opening of 116 criminal cases demonstrate illegal practices continue to threaten the lives of young South Africans. The death toll from the winter season has risen to 43. FOSA leader, Tebogo Mashilompane, says illegal initiation […]
# Western Cape police are offering a cash reward of up to 50-thousand-rand for information that could lead to the arrest of the murderers of a Ghanaian national. Thirty-five-year-old Bashira Issaka was shot and killed inside his container business premises last month after attackers demanded a protection fee from him. Police spokesperson, Thembakazi Mpendukana, says the […]
# The DA in the Western Cape says it is concerned by the 17-percent learner’s licence pass rate recorded under the new Computerised Learner Licence Testing system during the 2025/2026 financial year. The system selects randomised questions from a database of around one-thousand-200 questions. The DA’s Nomafrench Mbombo says the party supports reforms that improve […]
# The City of Tshwane mayoral committee member for Human Settlements, Aaron Maluleka, says the relocation of Mamelodi flood victims to Leeuwfontein Extension 32 is progressing well. To date, 381 of the planned 402 qualifying beneficiaries have been successfully relocated to the newly developed township. The department’s spokesperson, Doreen Mokgolo, says the relocation programme forms part of […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions has condemned the murder of March and March Gauteng leader Andile Somgaxa, saying violence and political assassination have no place in a constitutional democracy. Somgaxa was shot in the driveway of his home in Greenfield, Johannesburg, earlier this month and succumbed to his injuries in hospital. Saftu’s […]
