# The South African Democratic Teachers Union has applauded the Education Labour Relations Council’s recent appointment to lead a systematic, nationwide inquiry into allegations of ghost workers in the public schooling system. In 2024, the Auditor-General discovered that the Mpumalanga Education Department alone paid 6.4-million-rand in salaries to ghost workers. Sadtu’s spokesperson, Nomusa Cembi, says […]
# The ANC in Cape Town says it is deeply frustrated by how Thursday’s council meeting was conducted virtually. During the virtual council sitting, the GOOD Party tabled a motion of no confidence against the speaker, Felicity Purchase. The motion failed with 37 votes in favour, 125 against and two abstentions. The ANC’s Charlotte Heynes says the meeting […]
# The MK Party says it has written to Parliament, demanding that minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Maropene Ramokgopa, be summoned to account for her ministry’s abdication of its constitutional responsibilities. The party says the minister has attempted to shift accountability for the National Dialogue to the National Economic Development and […]
# Deputy minister of Water and Sanitation, David Mahlobo, has called for bold innovation, cross-border collaboration and sustainable practices to confront the escalating global water crisis. He has warned that South Africa’s water scarcity demands urgent action and cannot be treated as business as usual. Mahlobo has also highlighted the importance of integrating indigenous research […]
# ActionSA in Gauteng says it is concerned by Emfuleni Municipality’s latest plea for the National Treasury to once again write off a portion of its Eskom debt. The municipality owed the power utility eight-billion-rand, but after applying for the debt relief programme, Treasury wrote off nearly two-billion-rand of this debt. Emfuleni believes it meets […]
# The national police commissioner, Fannie Masemola says since the start of this financial year, South Africa’s have tragically lost six police officers in the line of duty. Masemola says the killings and attacks of police officers are deeply painful and unacceptable. The commissioner says the ministry reminds police members to never hesitate to defend themselves when […]
# National police commissioner Fannie Masemola says police destroyed drugs and unregistered medicines worth 420-million-rand. Masemola was speaking during the destruction operation in Gauteng. He says the fight against drug-related crimes continue to be intensified in all provinces, in particular the gang infested areas with a strong focus on supply reduction, as outlined in the National Drug Master […]
# The General Industrial Workers Union of South Africa says it is extremely concerned by the latest report of the ten month high inflation figure of 3.5-percent. GIWUSA president, Mametlwe Sebei says this surge graphically illustrates how inflation is a symptom of the deep-seated structural failures of the racialised, monopolised neocolonial capitalist system in South Africa:
# The EFF says South Africa does not owe the US explanations for its sovereign diplomatic and military engagements. This comes as the US government has asked South Africa for clarification on its policy on Iran, following SANDF chief General Rudzani Maphwanya’s controversial trip to Iran. The EFF says the country must not succumb to […]
