# Minister of Social Development, Dina Pule, has commended the role of Ilitha Labantu in intensifying the fight against gender-based violence and femicide. The Cape Town-based non-profit organisation focuses on addressing violence against women and children and supporting victims. The department’s spokesperson, Sandy Godlwana, says that by classifying GBVF as a national disaster, the full […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says the Tshwane Metro Council’s community upliftment initiative has immense potential, but the current administration needs to provide more guidance. The upliftment model’s objective is to empower communities by allowing groups, individuals and businesses to maintain council property such as streetlights, road signs and parks, and to install security measures […]
# The DA in Tshwane says the removal of mayoral committee member for Utility Services, Frans Boshielo, just two months before an election is clearly the product of internal party politicking, not accountability for his failures. He has been replaced by Molatelo Samuel. The DA’s Themba Fosi claims Boshielo was removed from his position for […]
# The Eastern Cape police arrested a 52-year-old suspect and recovered eleven firearms, hours after they were stolen from a private security company in Newton Park, Gqeberha, yesterday. Nine shotguns, two rifles, three battle jackets and a bakkie belonging to the security company were recovered. Police spokesperson Sandra Janse van Rensburg says the suspect will appear […]
# The City of Cape Town has concluded its first power purchase agreements worth an estimated eight-billion-rand, with two independent solar power producers, Jempec Energy and Make a Difference. These are worth 70 megawatts of power at a lower price than Eskom tariffs. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the 20-year agreements are with solar plants that […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says it rejects the attempt to portray Eskom’s financial performance as an unqualified success. The power utility achieved roughly 30.35-billion-rand in profit for the 2026 financial year, more than doubling its 14-billion-rand profit the previous year. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani says Eskom’s profitability is a consequence of making […]
# Union federation COSATU has urged swift action by government, industry, labour and consumers to protect local jobs and value chains in the sugar industry. South Africa’s sugar industry has lost an estimated 1.5-billion-rand as a result of subsidised sugar imports. COSATU’s Matthew Parks says they welcome the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition and […]
# The Jacob Zuma Foundation has described the Constitutional Court’s ruling on retired Justice Sisi Khampepe’s recusal from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission cases inquiry as a narrow loss. The court dismissed Zuma and former president Thabo Mbeki’s application for chairperson Khampepe to recuse herself from the inquiry. They cited her role in the Amnesty Committee […]
# Energy regulator NERSA has approved Sasol Gas’ application for maximum gas prices covering the next two financial years. The approved maximum gas price for end-user customers is 97-rand-31-cents per gigajoule for the first quarter of 2026/27, while traders and resellers will pay a maximum of 92-rand-44-cents. Spokesperson Charles Hlebela says a quarterly price adjustment […]
