# Union federation Cosatu has welcomed Postbank’s investment of more than 500-million-rand over the past three years in technology and infrastructure. Postbank customers who have been using a post office branch to access their accounts will now use new and expanded banking channels. This includes accessing deposit and withdrawal services through Standard Bank and retailers. […]
# The Western Cape’s George Municipality has achieved a significant milestone by spending 100-percent of the 1.115-billion-rand budget facility for infrastructure grant by the end of June 2025. To date, it has spent 73-percent of the municipality’s contribution of 300-million-rand. The municipality’s spokesperson, Chantel Edwards-Klose, says infrastructure projects are successfully delivering bulk water and sanitation […]
# The Public Servants Association has commended government for acting decisively to protect ordinary South Africans from the worst effects of escalating fuel costs. Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana has extended the temporary fuel relief levy of three-rand for petrol and 3.93-rand per litre for diesel until June 2nd. PSA’s Claude Naicker stresses that the […]
# The Tshwane Metro Police Department Task Team Unit intercepted and impounded a scholar transport minibus for overloading and operating without a permit on R80 Mabopane Highway at Theo Martins Poort. The scholar transport vehicle was stopped during a routine patrol yesterday. TMPD’s spokesperson, Puleng Motholo, says upon inspection, it was found that the vehicle […]
# The DA says it supports reforms that secure South Africa’s borders while facilitating trade and economic growth. Recently, over 600-thousand individuals have been deported from the country, for either attempting to illegally enter South Africa, or from the interior of the country. The DA’s Adrian Roos says efficient borders are not only a security imperative but […]
# The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union is calling on its members and all South Africans to attend COSATU’s Workers Day rallies planned across the country for Friday. POPCRU spokesperson Richard Mamabolo says the day carries a special revolutionary significance in South Africa. He says it was the organised might of workers, united under […]
# The ANC has expressed concern at the 1.6-billion-rand textbook tender for the publishing of textbooks for Grades 1 to 3. Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube, has formally requested Finance minister Enoch Godongwana to initiate an investigation into alleged irregularities in the procurement process. Lighthouse Publishers was awarded over a quarter of the tender, despite […]
# Forum for South Africa has condemned what it calls government’s so-called extension of the three-rand fuel levy relief for next month. FOSA leader Tebogo Mashilompane describes it as a deceptive, inadequate, and politically convenient gesture that fails to confront the real crisis facing South Africans. He says what is being presented as relief is […]
# Minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela, has accepted the resignations of two National Student Financial Aid Scheme board members. Interim board chairperson Mugwena Maluleke cites personal and academic commitments for his decision. Karabo Mohale served as chairperson of the Human Resources and Organisational Development Committee. Manamela’s spokesperson, Matshepo Seedat, says the cumulative effect […]
