# The DA has written to the National Assembly speaker, Thoko Didiza to request a debate of national importance on president Cyril Ramaphosa’s failure to release the Water Crisis Plan for public scrutiny. The party’s Stephen Moore says the President missed the deadline to publicly release the National Water Crisis Action Plan. He says the […]
# Eskom is sustaining improvements in power system performance as winter demand intensifies, with generation availability improving year-on-year and over 700-thousand households now removed from load reduction. Eskom spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena says these gains are driven by stronger plant performance, improved reliability, and targeted network interventions to address localised constraints, enabling more communities to benefit […]
# Police and the South African National Defence Force continue to intensify efforts aimed at disrupting and dismantling organised criminal networks involved in illicit mining, gang-related violence and other serious and violent crimes. Police spokesperson, Mpho Mathebula says during last month, coordinated multidisciplinary operations conducted across the Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, North West and […]
# The Eastern Cape Transport and Community Safety MEC, Xolile Nqatha has welcomed the breakthrough in the investigation of the recent fatal shooting of five young men in Motherwell, Gqeberha. A 28-year-old foreign national male was arrested earlier in connection with the murder of five teenagers. The department’s spokesperson, Makhaya Komisa says government is issuing a stern warning to […]
City Power acting CEO, Charles Tlouane has issued a stern warning to customers who continue to evade payment for municipal services and disregard municipal by-laws. He says City Power is increasingly concerned by the blatant disregard for municipal by-laws and the growing number of customers who continue to consume electricity while deliberately avoiding their payment […]
# The Department of Employment and Labour says some business sectors in South Africa, including hospitality, construction, agriculture, and informal trade, rely heavily on migrant labour. The department’s spokesperson, Teboho Thejane says the Employment Services Amendment Bill is currently before South Africa’s Parliament to modernise the labor market, primarily by heavily regulating the employment of […]
# Transport minister Barbara Creecy says her department is researching a new vehicle contributory scheme that could add a specific fee to South Africa’s annual licence disc renewal. She says government is also seeking an alternative ways to keep the Road Accident Fund financially sustainable. Creecy says the RAF is currently funded via a fuel levy on […]
# Saftu says for more than a decade, the Department of Basic Education budgets have failed to keep pace with enrolment growth, inflation, infrastructure needs and staffing requirements. The federation’s Asive Dyani says provincial education departments in all nine provinces have repeatedly cited budget constraints as the reason for freezing or delaying appointments. She says […]
# Anti-immigrant protests organisers say they are seeking urgent meetings with the government and police to outline their intentions for a planned June 30 immigrants national march. The march leader, Phakamile Ndabandaba, says they have not yet finalised what they will be doing on the march day. He reiterated the campaign’s position that undocumented foreign national […]
