# The GOOD Party is calling on the DCI Community Housing Services to immediately stop the ongoing illegal lockouts and evictions taking place at the Goodwood Social Housing complex. More tenants of the complex have been issued with eviction notices due to non-payment of rent. GOOD’s Axolile Notywala says since 2023, the tenants have been overcharged […]
# The Western Cape’s Blombos Museum of Archaeology has been named as the best innovative project in the Field of Museums, Heritage and Geographical Names. The project by the University of the Witwatersrand and SapienCE Blombos Museum of Archaeology was recently recognised by the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport. The exhibition invites […]
# The EFF says it cautiously welcomes the recent US-brokered ceasefire agreement in Gaza with a sense of historical scepticism. The first phase of the peace plan has seen the return of all 20 living Israeli hostages held by Hamas and the remains of four hostages. Approximately two-thousand Palestinian prisoners detained in Israel were also […]
# FNB senior economist, Thanda Sithole, says the decline in mining output in August represents a setback, amid weak economic growth and elevated global trade uncertainty. South Africa’s mining production fell slightly by 0.2-percent in August, with the biggest declines seen in platinum group metals, gold, and manganese ore. Sithole says domestic structural reforms to improve […]
# The UDM Students’ Movement in the Eastern Cape has condemned the break-in at a Nelson Mandela University residence in Summerstrand. A 23-year-old student was stabbed to death, and another student was injured during a robbery at the off-campus residence on Monday evening. No arrests have been made as yet. UDESMO’s Lucia Matomane says that for […]
# The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union says it has received reports from its members about unexplained reductions in their pension fund values. The reductions are reflected in their most recent statements from the Government Employees Pension Fund. Popcru’s spokesperson, Richard Mamabolo, says the fund has attributed these reductions to actuarial projections, which raises […]
# The GOOD Party says the work done by the City of Tshwane’s multi-party coalition government to turn around the metro’s finances is remarkable. Mayor Nasiphi Moya says reducing Eskom debt, fielding a funded budget and rebuilding services are some of the progress they have achieved after one year in office. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett […]
# The Communications Workers Union has expressed outrage that the SABC’s total expenditure on executive directors ballooned to 10.3-million-rand up from 9.9-million-rand in the 2024/2025 financial year. The public broadcaster recorded a net loss of 253.3-million-rand compared to 197.8-million in 2024, as modest total revenue growth of 1.3-percent was outpaced by a three-percent rise in expenditure. CWU’s spokesperson, […]
# The United Democratic Movement Youth Vanguard is demanding that government creates a plan to address the continuing rise in teenage and child pregnancies across South Africa. Spokesperson Zintombi Sododile says according to recent reports, 31-thousand girls aged 10 to 19 gave birth in KwaZulu-Natal in the past year and over 23-thousand teenage pregnancies were recorded […]
