# The Congress of the People is calling for an urgent, accelerated national economic recovery programme focused on job creation, youth entrepreneurship, township and rural economies and infrastructure rollout. A total of 345-thousand jobs were lost between January and March this year. COPE’s acting national chairperson, Pakes Dikgetsi, says the collapse of employment in the […]
# The EFF Youth Command says the government of national unity continues to claim economic stability while presiding over a collapsing economy. Between January and March this year, South Africa’s economy shed 345-thousand jobs, reducing the number of employed persons to 16.8-million. During the same quarter, 258-thousand young people lost their jobs. The EFF Youth Command’s […]
# The George Municipality in the Western Cape says tap water remains safe for human consumption, following recent heavy rainfall and flooding in the Garden Route area. Residents in parts of Denneoord and the George CBD experienced discoloured or brown water. The municipality’s spokesperson, Debra Sauer, says water is tested according to regulatory standards. She […]
# The GOOD Party says the increasing number of active South Africans jobseekers to more than 8.1 million adults, together with sustained slow economic growth, is a national crisis. According to the unemployment numbers for the first quarter of the year released by Statistics SA, the expanded unemployment rate rose 1.6-percent to 43.7-percent. GOOD’s secretary […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says the figures in the latest quarter one 2026 Labour Force Survey expose an economy in deep structural crisis, and a society being pushed towards desperation. Unemployment rate rose by 1.3 percentage points, from 31.4-percent in the fourth quarter of 2025 to 32.7-percent in the first quarter […]
# Minority governing parties in the City of Johannesburg warn that the metro stands dangerously close to institutional collapse, consumed by political interference, executive dysfunction, administrative instability and weakening financial governance. The minority governing parties are a grouping of ten small parties that form part of the ANC-led coalition government in the metro. MPG’s Yongama Zigebe […]
# The MK Party has written to National Assembly speaker Thoko Didiza requesting that she initiate a motion of impeachment against Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka. The party accuses the Public Protector of failing to act on evidence related to the Phala Phala matter. It alleges that Gcaleka failed to identify or refer possible criminal conduct, […]
# The Freedom Front Plus in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, is concerned by the parliamentary standing committee on Public Accounts’ revelation of extensive cybercrime in the metro. The party’s Denise Janse van Rensburg says cybercriminals are estimated to have stolen more than two-billion-rand from the metro’s billing system over an extended period. She says this shocking revelation […]
# The Public Servants Association honours nurses who dedicate their lives to caring for others, often placing the needs of patients above their own. Today marks International Nurses Day, and it is commemorated under the theme “Our Nurses. Our Future: Empowered Nurses Save Lives.” The PSA’s spokesperson, Claude Naicker says many nurses in the public sector […]
