# The Motor Industry Staff Association has expressed outrage at the findings in the South African Human Rights Commission’s report on Sexual Violence at Schools. The report found that 26-thousand-855 child abuse cases were recorded during the 2024/2025 financial year, including nine-thousand-857 cases of sexual abuse. MISA spokesperson, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, says this exposes the widening […]
# The Forum for South Africa says the country cannot afford further delays in enforcing its immigration laws and securing its borders. The Department of Home Affairs has raised concerns regarding budget constraints and the shortage of personnel to effectively deal with illegal immigration. FOSA leader, Tebogo Mashilompane, says they are prepared to provide the department […]
# The Board of Healthcare Funders says across its 25th annual conference, one principle anchored every session: the patient must remain at the centre of every regulatory and industry decision. The conference, which was held in Cape Town this week, has concluded. BHF’s Katlego Mothudi says industry representatives echoed the call for closer partnership while highlighting areas […]
# Deputy minister of Water and Sanitation, Jack Bloom, has urged the Mogale City Local Municipality in Gauteng to strengthen its maintenance and monitoring efforts to prevent unnecessary loss of water due to prolonged water leaks. He conducted an oversight visit to Dan Pienaarville in Krugersdorp, within the municipality, yesterday to inspect a water leak […]
# Union federation Cosatu is demanding urgent interventions to resolve the alarming crises facing financially distressed municipalities across the country. This comes as the National Treasury has temporarily withheld 13.5-billion-rand in local government equitable share transfers from 69 non-compliant municipalities. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says they appreciate the need to install financial discipline in these errant municipalities, […]
# The ANC in Cape Town says behind the DA’s carefully manufactured image of “good governance” lies a painful reality of neglected communities, crumbling infrastructure, and a municipality that has failed to uphold the constitutional rights of many residents. The Public Protector’s report found that the metro failed some of its most vulnerable communities by […]
# The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union says it is concerned about the allegations of wasteful expenditure by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme Administrator. According to reports, administrator professor Hlengani Mathebula hired four technical advisors for ten-million-rand per year and spent 200-thousand-rand on accommodation and travel allowances. Nehawu’s spokesperson, Lwazi Nkolonzi, says this was […]
# The Board of Healthcare Funders will explore the development of a core service package to provide a practical starting point for defining the essential healthcare services that should be available to all South Africans within finite resources. Managing director Katlego Mothudi says South Africa already has a precedent for coordinated, free-at-point-of-service healthcare delivery, demonstrating […]
# The GOOD Party says former DA leader Tony Leon’s lobbying of politicians on behalf of private sector clients cannot be termed state capture unless his clients were inordinately successful in winning government tenders or dictating government policy. His public relations firm, Resolve Communications, allegedly sought to facilitate meetings between its clients and ministers. GOOD’s […]
