# The ANC Youth League says it is honouring the fearless spirit of the youth of 1976 who stood against injustice and fought for a better future. On the 16th it will be the 50th anniversary of the Soweto uprising, when thousands of students demonstrated against Bantu Education and the imposition of Afrikaans in schools. […]
# The Freedom Front Plus has expressed concern at the deterioration of service delivery in Pretoria North, saying residents have lost confidence in the City of Tshwane. The party’s Rina Marx says residents experience electricity outages every week, and roads are riddled with potholes. She says while residents are urged to save water, the metro […]
# Two suspected armed robbers were shot and fatally wounded, and one was injured in a shootout with police at KwaMsane in KwaZulu-Natal just after midnight on Tuesday. Police spokesperson, Robert Netshiunda, says they received a report from a man who was robbed by armed suspects in the Hluhluwe policing area. He says they responded […]
# Forum for South Africa says government has no credible plan to stabilise fuel prices. Petrol prices will increase by one-rand-43-cents a litre at midnight. The National Treasury is partially rolling back the fuel levy relief introduced earlier, adding back 75-cents a litre to both petrol and diesel prices. FOSA’s Tebogo Mashilompane says the continued […]
# The Tshwane Metro Police Department has expressed concern at the growing number of vehicles impounded due to illegal parking within the metro. In May alone, approximately one-thousand-100 vehicles were impounded for parking violations. The TMPD says illegal parking poses significant risks to motorists, pedestrians and emergency services. It adds that more critically, it can […]
# The ANC Greater Joburg Region has welcomed the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s decision to lift its suspension on the City of Johannesburg’s listed debt instruments. This restores the metro’s access to the local debt market, after the temporary halt triggered by delays in submitting its audited financial statements. ANC spokesperson, Amukelani Mashele, says this reinforces […]
# The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union says it is inspired by the qualitative outcomes of the Conference of the Left, as enshrined in the Declaration for Working-Class and Popular Power. The conference was hosted by the South African Communist Party over the weekend. Nehawu’s spokesperson, Lwazi Nkolonzi, says they welcome the conference declaration […]
# The City of Johannesburg’s mayoral committee member for Human Settlements, Mlungisi Mabaso, has issued a strong warning about housing scams linked to the Fleurhof Mega Housing Development. The project is a mixed-income residential development that will yield over 16-thousand-800 housing units upon completion. The metro’s spokesperson, Virgil James, says any person claiming to guarantee housing, offer access through connections, or demand payment […]
# Cosatu has urged government to provide further fuel levy relief to cushion embattled workers amid the Middle Eastern conflict. Petrol prices will rise by a further one-rand-43-cents a litre at midnight, while diesel prices will fall by as much as three-rand-23-cents a litre. The general fuel levy relief has been reduced. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says […]
