# ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa’s Constitution permits only the President to appoint ministers to his cabinet. Ramaphosa’s comments come after DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis wrote to him requesting the removal of John Steenhuisen as Agriculture minister to be replaced by Willem Aucamp. He was speaking during the ANC’s voter registration drive in KwaThema, […]
# The City of Cape Town’s public libraries and recreation facilities across the metro are ready to welcome children and young people for a winter school holiday programme. Library events include cookie making, coding and reading challenges. Mayoral committee member for Community Services and Health, Francine Higham says the Recreation and Parks Department’s programme give children and […]
# The Activists and Citizens Forum is calling on Justice and Constitutional Development minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi to immediately disband the Independent Directorate Against Corruption. Forum spokesperson, Dennis Bloem says this unit promotes disorder and instability in the country. He says IDAC is in a fight back campaign against the police and targeting specific police officers […]
# The Forum for South Africa says the ongoing migration crisis facing South Africa is not accidental, it is the direct result of failed leadership across parts of the African continent. FOSA leader, Tebogo Mashilompane says for too long, governments in countries such as Zimbabwe, Malawi, and others have failed their own people through poor […]
# Education activist Hendrick Makaneta says young people should not stand aside and watch as adults continue to take decisions which will affect them in future. The Electoral Commission has announced that more than 70-percent of South Africans aged between 18 and 19 have not registered to vote despite being eligible. On the last day of vote […]
# Eskom has announced a massive 85-percent year-on-year reduction in its diesel expenditure for the current financial year driven by a much stronger Energy Availability Factor and fewer unplanned outages. The power utility spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena says diesel expenditure stands at 640.27-million-rand at a load factor of 1.30-percentt for the open cycle gas turbines significantly lower […]
# The City of Tshwane has announced the successful completion of a public lighting improvement project at the Union Buildings Precinct in Pretoria. The mayor spokesperson, Samkelo Mgobozi says through the City’s Energy and Electricity Business Unit, an overhead streetlight network was constructed and 18 new streetlights were installed and energised along Government Avenue. He says […]
# Deputy Minister in The Presidency Nonceba Mhlauli says the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention continues to make significant strides in connecting young South Africans to earning opportunities in the country. He says a total of 155-thousand-161 new opportunities were secured during the fourth quarter of the 2025/2026 financial year. The deputy minister says the PYEI that […]
# Deputy minister for Trade, Industry and Competition, Alexandra Abrahams says government is committed to continue improving productivity across the manufacturing value chain and positioning South African manufacturers to access new regional and global markets. Delivering the keynote address at the KwaZulu-Natal Clothing and Textile Cluster’s annual general meeting, Abrahams emphasised that the future of South […]
