# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa and Namibia share a common vision on issues of political and economic integration of the African continent. Ramaphosa received Namibian president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, on a courtesy visit at Mahlamba Ndlopfu, the President’s official residence in Pretoria. He says both countries pursue Africa’s renewal, South-South cooperation, and the promotion of […]
# Five suspects were shot and fatally wounded in two separate shootouts with police in Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal on Friday. Police spokesperson, Robert Netshiunda says in the first incident, one suspect wanted for murder, three counts of attempted murder and business robbery, was shot and killed on the Etafuleni Main Road. In another incident, police followed […]
# Eskom says the power system remains stable and continues to demonstrate resilience in response to increased electricity demand. Eskom spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena says sufficient emergency reserves are in place and are strategically deployed to support demand during morning and evening peak periods. She says to further enhance grid stability, the power utility plans to […]
# The Public Servants Association says it is committed to defend the rights of its members and will continue to act decisively against any employer that fails to comply with the law. The association’s Claude Naiker commented after the Eastern Cape Department of Health failed to comply with legally binding arbitration awards issued in favour of […]
# The DA says Land and Rural Development minister, Mzwanele Nyhontso is enforcing racial classification regulations in property transfers without a legal or legislative definition of race. The DA’s Mlindi Nhanha says this is utterly flawed and South Africans cannot be forced to participate in racial self-classification under the threat of administrative sanction:
# The DA says Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi revealed that the vacancy rates as of April this year for doctors, nurses, and radiographers were 9.4-percent, 14.2-percent, and 15.7-percent, respectively. The party says furthermore, yesterday, the Health Department admitted in a meeting with Parliament’s Standing Committee on Appropriations that the vacancy rates are unmanageable. The DA’s […]
# Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dion George says his department is operating in a constrained fiscal environment, but they are not sitting still. He says they launched a departmental spending review and implemented firm cost-containment measures. George says they are exploring international donor support for enforcement and anti-poaching, developing innovative financing mechanisms for […]
# Cosatu says it rejects with utter disdain Business Leadership South Africa CEO, Busisiwe Mavuso’s attack on Transnet’s employees. Mavuso criticised Transnet’s decision to provide an above-inflation wage increase of six-percent to workers for the next three-years, saying that the agreement overlooks the country’s weak economic growth, rising debt, and Transnet’s poor performance record. Cosatu’s spokesperson, […]
# The Western Cape government has launched Phase 2 of the Getting You to Work Jobseeker Travel Voucher Programme. The programme aims to tackle one of the greatest barriers facing unemployed residents, the cost of transport. Mobility Department’s spokesperson, Muneera Allie, says since the programme was first introduced in February last year, over three-thousand-700 unemployed residents […]
