# The South African Communist Party has ruled out entering a coalition with the DA or the Freedom Front Plus following the local government elections. The SACP, which contested the local government elections independently of the tripartite alliance for the first time, won 2.38 percent of the national vote and 264 council seats. Yesterday marked […]
# City Power acting CEO Charles Tlouane says they are implementing interventions to stabilise electricity supply, but warns that criminal activities targeting its infrastructure are undermining these efforts. More than 20-percent of electricity outages in the City of Johannesburg are linked to theft and vandalism. Tlouane has expressed concern about organised syndicates stealing copper cables […]
# Agricultural organisation TLU SA says it appreciates every individual and organisation that helps bring the harsh reality of farm attacks in the country into the public eye. The organisation has expressed its support for the National Motorcycle Ride against farm attacks, which will take place at various locations across the country on the sixth […]
# Authorities have opened an investigation into an ammonia leak at Festive Chicken in Olifantsfontein, Ekurhuleni, that left 24 workers hospitalised. The incident was reported via the City of Ekurhuleni’s Life-Threatening Call Centre yesterday, prompting crews from the Olifantsfontein Fire Station to initiate an immediate emergency intervention. Disaster and Emergency Management Services spokesperson Eric Maloka […]
# The GOOD Party has selected six Proportional Representation councillors who will represent the movement on the City of Cape Town Council following the local government elections. They are Roscoe Palm, Ayesha Mahatey, Kaden Arguile, Fiona O’Keane-Cloete, Lorenzo Johnson and Lulama Benge. GOOD’s Secretary-General Brett Herron says the councillors will focus on six non-negotiable pledges: […]
# The EFF says South Africa cannot have a public broadcaster that struggles to keep its services on air. The SABC issued an alert about a disruption in transmission affecting some of its broadcasting services yesterday. The public broadcaster has been running on generator power due to a prolonged power outage in and around the […]
# The National Consumer Commission has announced the recall of 738 Volvo EX30 and EX30 Cross Country vehicles sold in South Africa. The recall is due to a potential safety risk involving the front seat head cushions. This affects certain 2024 to 2027 model-year vehicles sold nationally by Volvo Car South Africa. The commission’s spokesperson, […]
# Union NEHAWU has condemned president Cyril Ramaphosa’s approval of salary increases of 3.5- and four-percent for public office-bearers across different categories. This follows recommendations by the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office-Bearers. NEHAWU spokesperson Lwazi Nkolonzi says the decision is completely unprincipled and insensitive to the harsh socio-economic realities facing the majority […]
# FNB Senior Economist Handa Sithole says manufacturing production remained weak towards the end of the third quarter of 2026. Manufacturing output contracted by 3.5-percent year-on-year in September, following a 4.1 percent decline in August. The latest figure was also weaker than market expectations, which had forecast a contraction of 2-percent. Sithole says the monthly […]
