# President Cyril Ramaphosa will this evening address the nation on the government’s management approach to illegal migration and the recent surge in protests against foreign nationals. Anti-immigration organisers threatened to initiate a nationwide shutdown if the government failed to remove undocumented foreigners. The organisers had set a deadline of June 30 for undocumented immigrants […]
# The Department of Employment and Labour maintains that South Africans are not xenophobic, framing the ongoing nationwide protests as grievances regarding illegal immigration. The department’s spokesperson, Teboho Thejane says the country has a group of formations that are protesting the presence of undocumented illegal foreigners in the country. They are accused of contributing to crime, impacting […]
# The ANC in Cape Town notes with serious concern reports of coordinated search-andseizure operations conducted by law enforcement authorities at the residence of Mayoral committee member for Finance, Siseko Mbandezi, the homes of City officials, and municipal offices. ANC spokesperson, Judy-Ann Stevens says investigators seized 21 cellphones and nine laptops as part of an […]
# Eskom has announced that average unplanned outages declined to nine-thousand-252-megawatts in a week. Eskom spokesperson, Daphne Mowena says this is a significant reduction of five-thousand-655-megawatss from the 14-thousand-907-megawatts recorded over the same period last year, equivalent to more than the nominal capacity of Kusile Power Station. She says this improvement is also reflected in […]
# The City of Tshwane continues to strengthen frontline service delivery through strategic investment in its municipal fleet while improving oversight and management of municipal assets. One-hundred-fifteen of the 118 fleet units procured during the current financial year have already been delivered and deployed across various departments. Mayoral committee member for Corporate and Shared Services, […]
# Cosatu and its affiliates, the National Union of Mineworkers and the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union are calling on government to fortify border management and immigration systems. Cosatu spokesperson, Zanele Sabela says this is to ensure that only appropriately documented foreign nationals are granted entry, residence and work in the country. She […]
# The City of Cape Town offers the most rates relief and benefits for pensioners and indigent households, based on a comparison of the tabled 2026/27 draft budgets for the big five metros. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says pensioners continue to benefit from the country’s widest rebate qualifying criteria, with Cape Town also the only metro offering […]
# The Department of Employment and Labour says it will continue with compliance inspections to clamp down on contraventions of the Immigration Act and Employment Service Act. Spokesperson, Teboho Thejane says the department is amending the Employment Services Act to legally enforce the National Labour Migration Policy. He says the updated legislation expands sections 8 and 9 […]
# Government says it remains committed to sound public finances and implementing structural reforms that will support higher and more inclusive economic growth and underpin investor confidence. National Treasury Director-General, Duncan Pieterse, says improved sovereign credit ratings help to lower borrowing costs for government, businesses and households and have tangible benefits for ordinary people. He says South Africa still has […]
