# The Health Department has assured the public that the operations at forensic pathology centres continue as usual across the country. Spokesperson Foster Mohale says this follows a sporadic cases of picketing actions by public forensic pathology staff in some provinces over labour-related issues. He says the department and the National Education, Health and Allied […]
# Momentum Investments’ Chief Economist, Sanisha Packirisamy, says Moody’s Ratings revised South Africa’s sovereign rating outlook from stable to positive, while affirming the credit rating at Ba2. She says the outlook upgrade reflects improving fiscal performance and structural reforms that are stabilising debt and supporting an economic recovery since 2007, despite a global slowdown. However, Packirisamy says […]
# Cosatu has welcomed president Cyril Ramaphosa’s promulgation of Sections 5, 6 and 19 of the Companies’ Amendment Act. COSATU’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks says the promulgation of these long overdue provisions compels listed companies and state-owned enterprises to submit their remuneration policies for approval. He says this is including the total packages and the wage gap […]
# Western Cape premier, Alan Winde is warning that the levels of violence crime remain unacceptably high in the province. The latest police crime statistics for the fourth quarter of the 2025/2026 financial year show that murders in the province decreased by 8-percent, from one-thousand-068 cases between January and March 2025, to 983 cases for the same […]
# AZAPO says South Africans cannot feel safe when allegations persist that senior police officials are themselves connected to criminal networks operating within the country. Spokesperson Nosipiwo Manona says a police service that is compromised at the top cannot effectively protect ordinary citizens at the grassroots level. She says five-thousand deaths in just three months is […]
# The minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Willie Aucamp, has expressed shock after the tragic discovery of the bodies of two tourists in the northern section of the Kruger National Park, in Limpopo. He says a search operation was launched Thursday evening after camp staff noticed the tourists had not returned to the […]
# Limpopo police have launched a manhunt for suspects following the brutal murder of two tourists at Kruger National Park. Police spokesperson, Hlulani Mashaba says a 71-year-old male and his female companion reportedly arrived at one of the camps in the park last Sunday, and were last seen on Wednesday. Their bodies were found floating […]
# Acting national police commissioner, Puleng Dimpane has called for a manhunt following an armed robbery and housebreaking incident at the home of former Cabinet minister, Naledi Pandor in Pretoria. Police spokesperson, Athlenda Mathe says three armed suspects forced entry into the property on Friday night and allegedly held occupants at gunpoint before ransacking the […]
# The Public Servants Association is calling on the minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson, to activate immediate salary freezes for all unverified persons flagged by the system, pending physical and biometric validation. During the department budget speech, the Minster revealed that 14-million-rand in taxpayers’ money are being systematically channelled to ghost workers in the […]
