# Cosatu says it is underwhelmed by the Free Market Foundation’s latest tirade opposing any attempts by government and society to transform and deracialise the economy, including through Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment. A new study by the foundation and the Solidarity Research Institute reveals that B-BBEE policies are costing the country’s economy up to 290-billion-rand per […]
# The National Energy Regulator of South Africa says since the introduction of its registration of electricity generation facilities in 2018, it has successfully registered a total of one-thousand-971 generation facilities. This is a combined capacity of 12-thousand-737 megawatts. Nersa’s spokesperson, Charles Hlebela, says in the fourth quarter of the 2024/2025 financial year, 160 new […]
# The Climate Justice Coalition says it stands in firm support of the call to break Israel’s brutal siege on Gaza, end the ongoing genocide, and fight for a free Palestine. On Thursday, thousands of activists and health professionals from different countries gathered in Egypt for the global March to Gaza. CJC’s, Tara Nair van Ryneveld, […]
# The Public Servants Association says it is extremely concerned about the impact of severe flooding in the Eastern Cape. The death toll from the floods has risen to over 70, with more than ten-thousand people displaced. Of that number, 61 died in Mthatha and surrounding areas. PSA’s spokesperson, Claude Naiker, says this disaster underscores […]
# The Minibus Taxi Task Team held a special meeting on Thursday, amid conflict that flared up between operators in Somerset West and Mfuleni in the past weeks. This follows the recent killing of eight taxi operators from the Cape Organisation for the Democratic Taxi Association and the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association in Mfuleni, Lwandle […]
# The DA has welcomed the long-overdue return today of the first group of South African National Defence Force soldiers deployed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The troops have been stationed in Goma since December 2023 in peacekeeping efforts amid tensions between DRC forces and M23 rebels. The DA’s Chris Hattingh says the […]
# Cosatu says it reiterates its rejection of child labour. The federation says today the global community marks World Day Against Child Labour to highlight the persistence of this practice and to mobilise the world to strengthen its systems towards complete eradication of underaged children in the labour market. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Zanele Sabela says as […]
# ActionSA in the Eastern Cape is calling for a full audit of bridges, roads, and drainage systems in high-risk municipalities in the province. The party says this follows recent floods that claimed 49 lives in the OR Tambo District alone. ActionSA’s Luzuko Gedze says they demand that the Eastern Cape Provincial Government, in conjunction with National Treasury and the […]
# The Parys Magistrate’s Court in the Free State has postponed the double farm murder case against a 34-year-old accused to next week Wednesday for a bail application. Police spokesperson, Josephine Rani says on Saturday, the police responded to a scene, where two males aged 27 and 34 years old were found dead at a farm […]
