# The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs has urged residents in the northern parts of the province to vote early today. This as the South African Weather Service has issued a Level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms. The Electoral Commission has 148 voting stations that are just tents in the province. The […]
# The City of Johannesburg and the South African Municipal Workers’ Union have signed an addendum to their 10.3-billion-rand salary-parity agreement. This is linked to a settlement affecting an estimated 35-thousand municipal workers. Mayor Dada Morero says the contemplated payment, ranging between 1.2-billion-rand and five-billion-rand, remains subject to the applicable terms and conditions of the […]
# Agricultural organisation TLU SA has welcomed government’s plans to introduce stricter import controls and quotas on deep-sea sugar imports in a bid to stabilise the domestic sugar industry. Trade, Industry and Competition deputy minister Zuko Godlimpi announced government is considering the measures to support the local sugar industry. TLU SA’s Bennie van Zyl says […]
# Government is assessing the potential impact of the US’ decision to withdraw South Africa’s benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act, with effect from January. Washington has accused Pretoria of failing to make sufficient progress in combating corruption and removing barriers to American trade and investment. Department of Trade, Industry and Competition spokesperson, […]
# The Commission for Gender Equality will deploy commissioners and staff to monitor the local government elections across all nine provinces tomorrow. Monitors will visit voting districts in urban, peri-urban and rural communities, including informal settlements, to assess participation in the elections. The commission’s spokesperson, Javu Baloyi, says they want to ensure that there are […]
# Union federation SAFTU is calling on the National Prosecuting Authority and law enforcement agencies to broaden investigations into the Bosasa corruption scandal and other state capture-related activities. The Gauteng High Court ordered former Bosasa operational chief Angelo Agrizzi to pay the state 1.66-billion-rand from the proceeds of corruption linked to unlawful activities. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani […]
# Government has called on members of the public and organisations to refrain from altering or distorting the prescribed design of the South African national flag. This follows reports regarding a demonstration organised by the Christians United for Africa and the South African Friends of Israel outside Parliament last week, where the country’s flag was […]
# Deputy minister in the Presidency Nonceba Mhlauli has called on young people and all eligible voters to turn out in large numbers for the local government elections tomorrow. In 2021, just under 4.4 million voters in their 20s were on the roll. Today that number has increased by more than a million, with 5.5 […]
# The Public Servants Association has condemned the recent taxi-related violence in the Western Cape, saying violence can never be an acceptable means of resolving disputes, irrespective of the issues in contention. Conflict between taxi associations over routes left 12 people dead last week in the province. PSA’s Claude Naicker says continued instability in the […]
