# The GOOD Party says the City of Cape Town is stripping struggling households of any meaningful ability to manage or reduce their utility costs. The party says in the 2024/2025 financial year, the metro is projecting a profit of R5.586-billion-rand from electricity sales. The GOOD Party’s, Anton Louw says now, the metro claims to […]
# Real Reform for ECD has welcomed the retention in the budget of ten-billion-rand in new funding to early childhood development programmes. The funds are expected to increase the ECD subsidy from 17-rand per child per day to 24-rand. It will also support increased access to ECD for 700-thousand more children, up to the age […]
# Two suspected cash-in-transit suspects were killed in a shootout with police at Wasbank near Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday. Police spokesperson, Robert Netshiunda, says the two suspects were allegedly involved in at least six cash-in-transit robberies at KwaDukuza, Verulam, Phoenix, Greytown, Nyomi and Langlaagte between 2022 and March this year. He says they followed […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says president Cyril Ramaphosa’s meeting with US president Donald Trump exposed South Africa as a country plagued by violence, a struggling economy, collapsing infrastructure and overall stagnation. In the meeting at the White House on Wednesday, Trump confronted Ramaphosa with false claims of genocide against whites, including allegations of mass […]
# The Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, has strongly condemned the recent resurgence of taxi violence across parts of the province. In recent weeks, violent incidents, including the killings of taxi drivers and marshals, have continued to take lives and disrupt services in the taxi industry. The department’s spokesperson, Lesiba Mpya, says […]
# The GOOD Party says the relationship between AfriForum and the DA is troubling, given that the one has been responsible for trashing South Africa’s integrity in the US, while the other is part of the government of national unity. The GOOD Party secretary-general, Brett Herron says AfriForum started legal action against Tshwane over new […]
# The GOOD Party says president Cyril Ramaphosa demonstrated commendable maturity and statesmanship in the face of what was clearly a choreographed fake news ambush by US president Donald Trump and his team. Secretary-general, Brett Herron says what began as a routine photo opportunity quickly descended into political theatre:
# The ATM says the budget presented by minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana fails to address the urgent needs of the majority of citizens. The ATM’s spokesperson, Zama Ntshona says this budget prioritises the interests of the government of national unity partners, aimed primarily at appeasing their political allies rather than advancing the welfare of […]
# General Industries Workers Union of South Africa has accused president Cyril Ramaphosa of betraying the national liberation struggle, begging favours from what it says is the world’s leading racist imperialist, US president Donald Trump. Ramaphosa met with Trump at the White House on Wednesday to reset relations between the two nations. Giwusa president, Mametlwe […]
