# Education activist Hendrick Makaneta has condemned Operation Dudula’s latest campaign targeting undocumented migrant children at Gauteng schools. The movement visited several schools in Soweto on Monday and delivered notices, warning them against admitting undocumented children in 2026. The Gauteng Education Department has slammed the group’s stance, emphasising every child’s constitutional right to education. Makaneta […]
# The George Municipality in the Western Cape says efforts to manage alien vegetation in the Kat River and Upper Kat River catchment areas are ongoing. As part of these efforts, the municipality recently carried out a control burn north of Denneoord Water Works. The municipality’s spokesperson, Chantel Edwards-Klose, says these burns help reduce fuel […]
# Government says for South Africa, the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, remains a vital platform to advocate for reform of the UN Security Council. The session is being held under the theme, Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights. Government spokesperson, Boipelo Modise, […]
# Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dion George, has emphasised that South Africa’s waste and renewable energy reforms are turning environmental policy into a source of jobs and investment. In 2024/2025, the department processed 324 of 326 environmental impact assessments within the legal timeframe, achieving 99-percent efficiency. The department’s spokesperson, Thobile Zulu-Molobi, says […]
# The ANC says it condemns the DA’s defence and continued support of the apartheid State of Israel. DA Federal Council chairperson, Helen Zille, has drawn criticism after sidestepping questions about Israel’s atrocities in Gaza. In an interview with Newzroom Afrika, Zille avoided taking a clear stand on whether Israel’s actions in Gaza amounted to genocide. […]
# The City of Tshwane says it is experiencing high water consumption in several areas, and some reservoirs are showing a serious decline in water levels. Mayoral committee member for Utility Services, Frans Boshielo, says Rand Water has allocated 700-mega-litre-per-day; however, this is 22-percent more than the metro’s permitted limit. He is urging residents to use water sparingly to […]
# Nehawu has welcomed the gazette published by the minister of Higher Education, Buti Manamela, to fill vacancies on the councils of Community Education and Training Colleges. Spokesperson, Lwazi Nkolonzi says the union has been at the forefront of highlighting the urgent need for government to reposition the CET sector for its mandate, which is to ensure access […]
# The DA says reports of inflated board compensation and potential conflicts of interest at water boards are eroding public trust and must end now. The party’s Stephen Moore says they are formally requesting hearings of the Parliament Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation to interrogate board remuneration and decision-making since the 2023/2024 financial year. He says the […]
# Eskom says it is planning to return a total of three-thousand-603-megawatts of generation capacity to service ahead of this evening peak, and throughout the week. This is in a bid to further strengthen the country’s electricity grid stability. Eskom spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena, says year-to-date, planned maintenance has averaged five-thousand- 240-megawatts, accounting for 11.17-percent of total generation capacity:
