# The DA welcomes the Pretoria High Court ruling setting aside the City of Tshwane’s cleansing levy and declaring it unlawful and invalid. AfriForum brought the urgent application to set aside the metro’s decision to impose the new mandatory monthly levy of 194-rand-37-cents on about 260-thousand households and businesses. The DA’s Jacqui Uys says this ruling […]
# The City of Tshwane’s mayoral committee member for Community and Social Development Services, Palesa Modise, says the Expanded Public Works Programme Lottery Sessions will continue. The first session was held two months ago. The second session will take place today, followed by the third on the 28th of this month. Modise’s spokesperson, Sthembiso Skosana, says these […]
# KwaZulu-Natal premier, Thamsanqa Ntuli, has commended the political killings task team and Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, for their relentless efforts in tackling crime and safeguarding communities. This follows a series of major arrests in the murder cases of ANC Youth League secretary general, Sindiso Magaqa, DA councillor Nhlayenza Mdlovu, and KwaDukuza Municipal official Nokulunga […]
# The Border Management Authority commissioner, Michael Masiapato, says no new laws have been implemented relating to the entry or exit of South African citizens. This comes after a widely circulated message claiming that a new law requires all persons born in South Africa to enter and exit the country solely using a South African […]
# The ANC in Cape Town is calling for an immediate independent investigation into the violent incident involving an EFF councillor. Mzubani Dambuza was seen on video being choked unconscious by security personnel during his forceful removal from a Cape Town City council meeting on Wednesday. He has lodged a complaint of assault with the […]
# Cosatu has welcomed the decision by the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee to reduce the repo rate by 25 basis points. The repo rate, at which the central bank lends money to commercial banks, now stands at seven-percent, while the prime lending rate has been lowered to 10.5-percent. Cosatu’s spokesperson Zanele Sabela […]
# The GOOD Party says the decision by the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee to reduce the repo rate by 25 basis points is a welcome but modest relief for indebted consumers. The prime lending rate for commercial banks decreases to 10.50-percent. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, says the country remains trapped in […]
# One of the suspects who were wanted in connection with the attempted murder of police officers was shot and fatally wounded and two others were left injured in a shootout with police in KwaDabeka, KwaZulu-Natal yesterday. Police spokesperson, Robert Netshiunda says two police officers were driving along Danisa Road in the Bester area on […]
# ActionSA says it has written to the Chairperson of Parliament’s Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests, Lusizo Makhubela. The party says this to formally request an investigation into deeply offensive and racially charged remarks made by minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson. ActionSA’s Alan Beesley says on two separate occasions, the Minister […]
