# The GOOD Party says it has noted the City of Cape Town’s revised 2026/2027 Budget proposals by mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, following the Western Cape High Court ruling relating to the budget framework. The metro has reopened public participation on amendments to its ‘City of Hope’ Budget after the court ruled against parts of the […]
# The DA says South Africa’s post-school funding system is under severe and growing strain, with universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training colleges facing 62-billion-rand student debt. Universities alone carry approximately 59-billion-rand in student debt, including around 29-billion-rand linked to NSFAS-funded students. The DA’s Delmaine Christians says the solution to the student debt crisis […]
# The ANC Greater Joburg Region says the City of Johannesburg’s 97.1-billion-rand budget for the 2026/2027 financial year represents a bold and decisive intervention aimed at restoring the metro. The budget is up from the 89-billion-rand in the previous year. The ANC says it supports measures aimed at strengthening governance, improving revenue collection, reducing electricity […]
# The EFF is demanding that National Assembly speaker, Thoko Didiza, opposes president Cyril Ramaphosa’s application to set aside the Section 89 independent panel report into Phala Phala. On Tuesday, the president filed his papers in the Western Cape High Court for the review of the report. The panel found that there is prima facie […]
# Union federation SAFTU fully supports COSATU’s call on the South African Reserve Bank not to increase interest rates tomorrow. SAFTU general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi says a further rate hike would Increase the cost of home loans, vehicle finance and household debt repayments, and discourage investment and economic expansion. He says the central bank cannot […]
# As the protest against immigrats continue in the country, the Forum for South Africa demands enforcement of immigration laws and strengthened border security. FOSA leader Tebogo Mashilompane says government should be held accountable for weak and ineffective law enforcement, failed border control systems, and a lack of urgency in confronting organised crime. He says […]
# The Voices Against Evictions Campaign has condemned the Western Cape Department of Human Settlements’ public participation process on the proposed housing legislation as a complete disgrace. Spokesperson Keith Duarte says the decision to hold only one public hearing in Langa for all of Cape Town’s 5.15-million residents, does not come close to meeting the […]
# The ANC in Cape Town says it strongly rejects the proposed sale of the metro’s shares of the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The metro’s current shareholding in the CTICC is 72.7-percent, with the Western Cape government holding 22.2-percent and Sunwest International having the remaining 5.1-percent. The ANC’s Judy-Ann Stevens says they are concerned […]
# The Tshwane Metro Police Department, together with the National Traffic Police, conducted a coordinated operation at the R80 Highway and Bremer Street, where 31 vehicles were impounded. A further 18 mini buses and four e-hailing vehicles were impounded for operating contrary to the conditions of the National Land Transport Act. TMPD’s spokesperson, Puleng Motholo, says […]
