# The Public Servants Association is calling on the Free State Department of Education to urgently intervene in the ongoing water supply crisis at Panorama Combined School. The association says the school has, for several months, been subjected to severe water shortages, compromising the health, safety, and dignity of learners and staff. PSA’s Claude Naiker […]
# The DA in Gauteng is demanding answers on why the agreement between the Emfuleni Municipality and Rand Water has not been honoured. This has resulted in the attachment of the municipality’s bank accounts. At the end of March, Emfuleni’s water losses were at 57.3-percent. The DA’s Elize Aucamp says this has happened, despite the […]
# Government says the arrival of vaccines to combat the persistent foot-and-mouth disease will help contain the spread of the disease and enhance biosecurity. A total of 900-thousand vaccines purchased from the Botswana Vaccine Institute arrived in the country last week. FMD has been reported in KwaZulu-Natal, the most affected, Gauteng, North West and Mpumalanga. […]
# The ATM has welcomed the swift action of the police’s national intervention unit in identifying Zola Bishop Yolelo and five other individuals alleged to be involved in extortion and intimidation activities in Mthatha, in the Eastern Cape. Six armed suspected extortionists were killed in a shootout with police on the R61 road between Mthatha and […]
# The ANC Study Group on Appropriations has welcomed the proposal of the Public Sector Pension and Related Payments Bill, which comes before the national assembly plenary today. The ANC’s Nonceba Gcaleka-Mazibuko says they are satisfied by the provisions of the Bill that will improve the administration of public sector related pension, post-retirement medical and other benefits to deserving […]
# The DA says it is proud to recognise a victory by Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen, which will stop the price of bread from going up. The party says the minister has identified and terminated an inherited arrangement where a supplier had been authorised to conduct quality inspections of breads and grains at retailers across […]
# Cosatu says the engagements of the National Union of Mineworkers’ national congress will continue to resist unsafe working conditions in the mining sector. The union is hosting its 18th National Elective Congress in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni from today until Thursday. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Zanele Sabela says last year the mining sector alone shed more than 13-thousand jobs:
# The University of Pretoria has strengthened its international standing, after placing 63rd worldwide in the 2025 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, and securing seventh spot globally for Sustainable Development Goal 17. The rankings measure actions taken by higher education institutions towards achieving the United Nations’ 17 SDGs. This year, only three African universities were ranked […]
# The City of Tshwane is reminding residents in the Eersterust Reservoir supply area about the rescheduled 48-hour upgrading work. The upgrading work was initially scheduled to take place in May but was postponed to the 25 and 26 of June, which will commence at 7am. The metro’s spokesperson, Lindela Mashigo, says they will try […]
