# Based on an analysis of the 2025/2026 draft budgets, the City of Cape Town offers the lowest property rates for Commercial, Industrial, and Residential properties. The rate-in-rand is a statutory formula used by municipalities to calculate property rates. The formula shows how much a person would pay in rates for every rand of their […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says residents of the Emfuleni Municipality are angry about the unlawful water levy being charged to their utility accounts, even though some don’t use municipal water. This mainly applies to people with boreholes that are not registered with the municipality. FF Plus’, Gerda Senekal, says residents cannot be expected to […]
# The Green Connection and Natural Justice have formally lodged objections against exploratory oil and gas surveys in Blocks 9 and 11B/12B, of the Outeniqua Basin in the Western Cape. The organisations argue that the exploration, development, and downstream use of oil and gas resources will result in unacceptable significant emissions of greenhouse gases. The […]
# ActionSA in Gauteng will today join a picket by the Sekwanele-Golekane Movement in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, where the first policing summit is being held. They want justice for the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl. ActionSA’s, Zwelithini Mtshali, says their regional leadership got called to a house in Cosmo City where a family alleged […]
# Cosatu has welcomed the Constitutional Court upholding the Labour Court’s ruling in favour of the union federation and SAMWU’s challenge on the constitutional validity of the Municipal Systems Amendment Act. Both courts have declared the prohibition of all municipal employees from holding office in a political party to be unconstitutional. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks, says the Amendment […]
# The GOOD Party in the Western Cape has welcomed the release of the report on the George building collapse, which revealed systemic negligence across the entire construction process. Thirty-four workers were killed when the partially built residential structure collapsed in May last year. GOOD’s, Chantelle Kyd, says they support the decision to suspend implicated officials, […]
# The ANC says it continues to demonstrate its readiness to engage all parliamentary stakeholders with a clear focus on the national interest, public accountability, and advancing economic recovery. The party’s negotiating team led by Secretary General, Fikile Mbalula, met with ActionSA to address the national budget impasse over the value-added tax hike. The ANC’s […]
# The Congress of the People warns that the government of national unity, formed after the May 2024 elections, is facing a legitimacy crisis that threatens South Africa’s constitutional democracy. COPE’s Pakes Dikgetsi says the GNU, supported by a minority of voters amid widespread disengagement, is collapsing under the weight of power struggles between the […]
# The EFF says it demands full transparency, accountability, and an immediate explanation about the deployment of the South African National Defence Force, alongside the police, to #JusticeForCwecwe demonstrations in Matatiele, in the Eastern Cape. The party says this act of state-sponsored intimidation is a declaration of war against the young and voiceless by a government that […]
