# Renowned personalities DJ Zinhle and actress Rami Chuene took part in the Tshwane University of Technology’s Ntombazana 2025 Women’s Empowerment Seminar, where they uplifted and inspired young women. The seminar focused on empowering female students to embrace their potential, navigate challenges and pursue excellence. TUT says DJ Zinhle and Chuene shared personal life lessons […]
# The GOOD Party says it is deeply concerned by Burkina Faso’s regressive amendments to its Persons and Family Code, passed by the country’s transitional Parliament. The party says these amendments criminalise same-sex relations, marking a dangerous step backwards for human rights on the African continent. GOOD’s Keagen Gertse says Burkina Faso joins a growing […]
# The ActionSA in KwaZulu-Natal tabled a motion in the eThekwini council on Wednesday, calling for the establishment of a specialised task team within the Metro Police. The party says this is to deal specifically with the crisis of illegal foreigners fuelling drugs, hijacked buildings, and illegal trading. ActionSA’s Zwakele Mncwango says shamefully, the ANC, […]
# The DA has welcomed Stellenbosch Municipality mayor, Jeremy Fasser’s decision to call a special Council meeting to handle the matter of human resources manager, Alexander Kannemeyer. This follows a leaked video from 2023 of Kannemeyer suggesting that white employees should be made uncomfortable until they resign. An investigation against Kannemeyer has been launched. The […]
# The Congress of South African Trade Unions is urging immediate action by government to reduce the increasingly unaffordable price of electricity to stop a jobs bloodbath. The union federation says that since load-shedding started in 2006, electricity prices have increased by more than 450-percent. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks, says what the economy cannot afford […]
# The Referendum Party is calling for the suspension of Stellenbosch Municipality’s human resources manager, Alexander Kannemeyer, following allegations of racial discrimination in a leaked video. The party’s Robert King says while the municipality has since announced an investigation, it is troubling that mayor Jeremy Fasser has sought to distance himself from responsibility. He says […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa says it demands the re-nationalisation of Sasol and the expropriation of all private oil companies, refineries, and retail networks. GIWUSA president Mametlwe Sebei says these assets must be consolidated into a new, powerful South Africa National Petroleum Company. He says this entity’s mandate will be to […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa has welcomed the fuel price decreases for this month. GIWUSA president Mametlwe Sebei says the decrease in diesel prices is particularly significant, as it may slightly ease the pressure on the logistics chains that supply the country with essential goods. He says the union maintains that […]
# The ANC Youth League says its rejects the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s proposals to amend the National Credit Act, which include the reckless suggestion that student debt be listed with credit bureaus. The League’s spokesperson, Zama Khanyase says such a move would tighten the debt trap around young people from the working class […]
