# Afrika Mayibuye Movement leader Floyd Shivambu says the party is contesting the upcoming local government elections to address unemployment and failing basic services. Speaking during the party manifesto launch for the upcoming local government election in Tembisa, Ekurhuleni, Shivambu says municipalities must create jobs, develop skills and build productive local economies. He says Mayibuye […]
# The DA in Tshwane says it needs a 50-percent-plus-one majority to end coalition instability and govern the metro outright after the upcoming local government elections. The party’s Cilliers Brink says without that mandate, he expects the ANC and other parties to try to split the DA vote. He says those parties do not want […]
# ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba says the party is declaring war on the collapse of local government in South Africa. He was speaking during the party’s launch of its local government election campaign in Johannesburg. Mashaba says ActionSA wants to end what he calls a culture of excuses, corruption and incompetence that has left millions […]
# COSATU has welcomed the tabling of the Employment Services Amendment Bill in Parliament, saying it addresses the employment of undocumented migrant workers. The Bill would allow Employment and Labour Minister Nomakhosazana Meth to set limits on the number of documented migrant workers employed in a workplace, region, sector or profession. COSATU spokesperson Matthew Parks […]
#Eskom says it is maintaining 6-thousand-571 megawatts of generation capacity in reserve due to excess capacity, providing additional assurance of system adequacy. Planned maintenance remains a priority, with the planned capacity loss factor averaging 13.83-percent, up from 10.71-percent during the same period last year. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says the utility also achieved its emissions […]
# City Power says it is strengthening security measures to combat theft and vandalism of electricity infrastructure. This follows the arrest of three suspects this week in two separate incidents in Lawley and West Turffontein. The utility says 148 suspects have been arrested between January and September for alleged tampering with electrical infrastructure. It recorded […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa is attracting global investment as government ramps up infrastructure development to grow the economy. Speaking at the launch of the ANC’s Asiy’ekhaya local government election campaign in eThekwini, Ramaphosa says government has turned around operations at the Port of Durban, with investors seeing progress across the country. He […]
# Police are investigating a murder after a woman’s body was found in Tembisa South’s Vusimusi section in Ekurhuleni this morning. The discovery comes after nine women’s bodies were found in Kempton Park and surrounding areas over the past two months. Police spokesperson, Brenda Muridili says investigators are on the crime scene:
# Police have arrested a 38-year-old man believed to be linked to multiple rape cases in Gauteng and the North West dating back to 2012. Joseph “Papi” Mokgwetsi was arrested in Vryburg on Wednesday. Police spokesperson Majang Skalkie says DNA evidence positively linked him to three rape cases reported in Kanana, Huhudi and Vaalpart between […]
