# Momentum Investments’ Chief Economist, Sanisha Packirisamy says in Moody’s baseline assumptions the government of national unity is expected to see through its term. However, she says Moody’s acknowledges that the upcoming electoral cycle, including the local government elections scheduled for 4 November, presents political and policy risks in South Africa. Packirisamy says while Moody’s notes that reform […]
# The Freedom Front Plus in Tshwane has called on the metro to urgently engage with Eskom and implement proven measures against cable theft. The party’s Willie Spies says these include replacing copper cables with alternative materials of low re-sale value as scrap metals, installing vibration sensors and radio monitoring, and cable armouring. He says the […]
# The Health Department has assured the public that the operations at forensic pathology centres continue as usual across the country. Spokesperson Foster Mohale says this follows a sporadic cases of picketing actions by public forensic pathology staff in some provinces over labour-related issues. He says the department and the National Education, Health and Allied […]
# Momentum Investments’ Chief Economist, Sanisha Packirisamy, says Moody’s Ratings revised South Africa’s sovereign rating outlook from stable to positive, while affirming the credit rating at Ba2. She says the outlook upgrade reflects improving fiscal performance and structural reforms that are stabilising debt and supporting an economic recovery since 2007, despite a global slowdown. However, Packirisamy says […]
# Cosatu has welcomed president Cyril Ramaphosa’s promulgation of Sections 5, 6 and 19 of the Companies’ Amendment Act. COSATU’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks says the promulgation of these long overdue provisions compels listed companies and state-owned enterprises to submit their remuneration policies for approval. He says this is including the total packages and the wage gap […]
# Western Cape premier, Alan Winde is warning that the levels of violence crime remain unacceptably high in the province. The latest police crime statistics for the fourth quarter of the 2025/2026 financial year show that murders in the province decreased by 8-percent, from one-thousand-068 cases between January and March 2025, to 983 cases for the same […]
# AZAPO says South Africans cannot feel safe when allegations persist that senior police officials are themselves connected to criminal networks operating within the country. Spokesperson Nosipiwo Manona says a police service that is compromised at the top cannot effectively protect ordinary citizens at the grassroots level. She says five-thousand deaths in just three months is […]
# The minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Willie Aucamp, has expressed shock after the tragic discovery of the bodies of two tourists in the northern section of the Kruger National Park, in Limpopo. He says a search operation was launched Thursday evening after camp staff noticed the tourists had not returned to the […]
# Limpopo police have launched a manhunt for suspects following the brutal murder of two tourists at Kruger National Park. Police spokesperson, Hlulani Mashaba says a 71-year-old male and his female companion reportedly arrived at one of the camps in the park last Sunday, and were last seen on Wednesday. Their bodies were found floating […]
