# The MK Party says it has noted the recent arrest of Gqeberha-based attorney and acting judge, Siphokazi Cubungu, on serious charges of fraud and corruption. The party’s spokesperson, Nhlamulo Ndhlela, says this incident reinforces and strengthens their longstanding call for lifestyle audits and the declaration of assets by all members of the judiciary. He says they […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says government has failed to take timely action and implement alternative plans to ensure that HIV/AIDS programmes and treatment do not collapse. Health activists, led by the founder of the Treatment Action Campaign, Zackie Achmat, disrupted a Parliamentary sitting of the portfolio committee on Health yesterday. The FF Plus’ Philip […]
# KwaZulu-Natal premier, Thami Ntuli has urged provincial government departments and municipalities to lead the way by banking and transacting with Ithala. The bank has not been trading since January 16, when the Reserve Bank’s Prudential Authority lodged a court application for it to be liquidated, citing insolvency and regulatory noncompliance. Last week, a court […]
# BOSA Leader Mmusi Maimane has launched the party’s Budget to the People initiative. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana is expected to table the third 2025 budget speech and tabling the fiscal framework before Parliament next week Wednesday. BOSA’s spokesperson, Roger Solomons says they begun a Budget to the People initiative, a national mobilisation effort to […]
# The GOOD Party says many residents of the gang-ravaged Cape Flats should qualify for consideration by the US as potential refugees. The party says the only reason they do not is colour. GOOD secretary-general, Brett Herron says South Africa’s official crime statistics for the final quarter of last year recorded a single murder of […]
# The ATM calls on the government of national unity to leverage the mineral resources to stimulate job creation through value-added industries. Statistics South Africa’s latest quarterly labour force survey shows the number of unemployed people reached 8.2 million in the first quarter of 2025. The ATM’s spokesperson, Zama Ntshona called for the implementation of […]
# The Metal Mining and Allied Workers Union of South Africa has condemned the latest unemployment statistics for the first quarter of 2025. The union’s spokesperson, Mogoshadi Maserumule, says with the official unemployment rate at 32.9-percent and over 8.2-million people jobless, this crisis is not a tragedy. She says this is a predictable outcome of […]
# Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, has welcomed the launch of the Roadmap for the Digital Transformation of Government, saying this is a significant step in reshaping how citizens access essential services. The roadmap gives effect to the digital transformation pillar of phase two of Operation Vulindlela, which president Cyril Ramaphosa launched […]
# University of the Free State alumna, Lisa Msiza, is set to represent South Africa at the Miss + Mister Deaf Universe pageant in Georgia, USA, in October. She was crowned Miss Deaf South Africa last year. During her time at UFS, she pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree in Linguistics and South African Sign […]
