# The Gauteng government says the DA’s statements regarding the Alternative Building Technology housing project in Vosloorus Extension 9 in Ekurhuleni are misleading. The party says the metro has already spent over 56-million-rand on the project using alternative building technology, yet it stands incomplete, vandalised and abandoned for years. The DA accused premier Panyaza Lesufi […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says the country is on the brink of ruin after more than three decades of ANC rule. The party officially launched its registration campaign in Centurion ahead of the local government elections in November. FF Plus leader Corné Mulder says incompetence and corruption have eroded state institutions and caused municipalities to […]
# ActionSA in Tshwane has welcomed the metro’s 2026/2027 fully-funded budget of 58.5-billion-rand tabled by deputy mayor and mayoral committee member for Finance, Eugene Modise. The budget, which includes operating revenue of R57.1 billion and expenditure of R55.6 billion, prioritises financial stability, economic revitalisation and investment attraction, among others. ActionSA caucus leader, Henriette Frohlich, says Tshwane […]
# Eastern Cape police have launched a manhunt following four separate murder incidents reported in Walmer, Gqeberha, yesterday. The bodies of six men aged between 23 and 56 were found with multiple gunshot wounds in different areas in Walmer. Police spokesperson, Nobuntu Gantana, says investigators are probing whether the cases may be linked:
# Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen has welcomed the drop in food inflation to its lowest level in 14 months, but warns that soaring fuel prices are threatening South Africa’s agricultural sector. According to the Consumer Price Index data, annual food and non-alcoholic beverages inflation eased to 2.9-percent in April, down from 3.6-percent in March. Steenhuisen […]
# The Forum for South Africa has expressed concern at public transport operator Putco’s latest fare increase. Putco will increase bus fares by an average of ten-percent from the first of June, fuelled by record-high diesel costs. FOSA leader, Tebogo Mashilompane, says every increase in fares pushes thousands of commuters closer to economic exclusion:
# Union federation Cosatu says it is concerning that the Unemployment Insurance Fund has not shut down its old website. This has resulted in thousands of unemployed South Africans sending their UIF claims through an outdated online system. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Zanele Sabela, says the old platform remains live and gives no indication that it is […]
# The City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee has greenlit plans for inner-city affordable housing and mixed-use development of a municipal parking lot at the Civic Centre in the CBD. The site is currently used as an open-air staff parking facility. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the site is strategically located within Cape Town’s CBD Foreshore precinct, […]
# The Tshwane Metro Police Department says its Public Transport Unit is continuing to conduct operations to ensure compliance. Seventeen minibuses and one e-hailing vehicle were impounded in Pretoria West this week for operating without valid operating licences. TMPD also inspected four business premises where Section 56 notices were issued for contraventions of the Business […]
