# The advocacy movement Soil of Africa says it will be shutting down Uane Primary School in Mamelodi East today. This follows allegations of corruption involving the principal and the school governing body, and the mismanagement of funds. The movement’s Joseph Maake says they won’t tolerate the misuse of resources that are meant for the education, […]
# The Forum for South Africa is calling on Public Works and Infrastructure minister, Dean Macpherson, to apologise to the Expanded Public Works Programme workers at Matjhabeng Municipality in the Free State. This comes after an investigation determined that the municipality had properly used the EPWP funds for approved projects. This follows allegations that the funds were used […]
# The Referendum Party has condemned the City of Cape Town’s proposed eight-percent average rates hike for 2025/2026, saying this is a punishing blow to hardworking ratepayers already buckling under a weak economy. The party’s Robert King says properties valued over 1.5-million-rand will see disproportionate hikes, with those above three-million-rand facing double-digit increases. He argues […]
# The Freedom Front Plus has welcomed the Department of Home Affairs’ expansion of its digital banking partnerships, as additional financial institutions will now assist with issuing identity documents and passports. Approximately 840 branches of Capitec, FNB, Absa, Discovery and Standard Bank are now involved in this initiative. FF Plus’ Philip van Staden says this initiative […]
# The GOOD Party says South Africa cannot claim to be building inclusive cities while poor and working-class residents are priced out of their homes by unfair utility charges. Sustained pressure has led to tenants of the DCI Social Housing facility in Goodwood, Cape Town, having their monthly fixed water and electricity charges reduced by […]
# The Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s portfolio committee on Community Safety is set to join the community of Eldorado Park and various civil society organisations at the Protea Magistrate’s Court today. This is for the formal bail application of two parents facing charges related to the abuse, rape and murder of their four-year-old child. Last week, […]
# The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa says the ANC is a capitalist state, designed to protect the property and profits of the dominant minority ruling class. The union says the Marikana massacre would have never happened if the ANC government had been committed to genuinely transforming the country’s economy for the benefit […]
# Major cryptocurrency platform Luno is calling on government to amend Board Notice 90, to permit Collective Investment Schemes to invest a percentage of their asset allocation into crypto assets, like Bitcoin. This follows a recent response to questions in Parliament by the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, who stated that crypto assets are still […]
# The Referendum Party says president Cyril Ramaphosa is refusing to recognise that ANC rule and policies are continuing to crippled the economy. Referendum Party leader Phil Craig says poverty persists and inequality remains crises that are not accidents, but the inevitable result of policies that have crippled the economy, hollowed out state capacity, and […]
