# The DA in Tshwane says that without the necessary funding to procure parts and perform preventative maintenance, the metro’s electricity network remains in a state of decline. The party says currently, regional Electricity Departments are being forced to operate on an average budget of just 1.5-million-rand per region. The DA says Themba Fosi says […]
# The Forum for South Africa has expressed concern regarding the recent approach taken by Public Protector, Kholeka Gcaleka, in the wake of the Constitutional Court’s judgment on the Phala Phala scandal. She issued a sharp warning to critics attacking the Chapter 9 institution, saying individuals who do so could be fined up to 40-thousand-rand […]
# Minister of Employment and Labour, Nomakhosazana Meth, says the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey results paint a sobering picture of the state of the labour market in South Africa. The unemployment rate in the country has increased by 1.3 percentage points to 32.7-percent in the first quarter of this year, as 301-thousand people lost […]
# Union federation Cosatu says the composition of Parliament’s impeachment committee, established to consider the Section 89 Report on president Cyril Ramaphosa, is unconstitutional. The committee will have 31 members, with the ANC having the most seats, with nine, followed by the DA with five. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says Parliament’s decision on how parties will […]
# The DA is concerned by the reported accident that claimed three lives of family members including a child on the N1 in Limpopo over the weekend. The party’s Michele Clarke says in the first incident, a man was fatally struck by a vehicle driven by an off-duty police officer. She says the man’s wife and […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa says the Quarterly Labour Force Survey for the first quarter of 2026 shows that unemployment is worsening. The official unemployment rate climbed from 31.4-percent to 32.7-percent, while the expanded unemployment rate, which includes discouraged work-seekers, rose to 43.7-percent. GIWUSA president, Mametlwe Sebei, says the only answer […]
# The DA in Gauteng says premier Panyaza Lesufi’s employment initiatives are failing, as the unemployment rate has increased by 1.1-percent from the fourth quarter of 2025 to 34.1-percent. According to the latest Labour Force Survey for the first quarter of this year, the province lost 67-thousand jobs. The DA’s Mike Moriarty says investors are moving away from the […]
# The Tshwane Metro Police Department Public Transport Unit members impounded 19 public transport vehicles during an operation at Lilian Ngoyi Street and Jeff Masemola Street in Pretoria CBD yesterday. In addition, the TMPD Overloading Control Unit at the Centurion weighbridge tested and weighed a total of 15 vehicles. TMPD spokesperson, Puleng Motholo, says two vehicles […]
# The National Energy Regulator of South Africa says it will approach the High Court to seek an extension to finalise the consideration and approval of 14 outstanding municipal and private distributors’ tariff applications for the 2026/2027 financial year. Of the 176 tariff applications received on 31 March, 162 were approved within the prescribed timeframe […]
