# The EFF in Tshwane is calling for the immediate removal of all individuals irregularly appointed through processes that blatantly disregard legal prescripts. The party says the appointment of key senior managers, including the City Manager, Johann Mettler, the Financial Officer, the Chief Audit Executive, and the Chief of Police, was conducted by a panel […]
# Cosatu says the National Council of Provinces’ passing of the 2025/2026 Appropriation Bill brings budgetary certainty to government. The legislation outlines how government funds will be allocated among various departments. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks, says they welcome the additional funding to help rebuild frontline public services crippled by years of reckless neo-liberal austerity budget […]
# The GOOD Party in Johannesburg says Wednesday’s council session laid bare the widening gap between political promises and lived realities in the metro. The party’s Matthew Cook says while oversight reports covered multiple separate portfolios, what emerged was a single, sobering truth that the metro is in systemic crisis. He says they are calling […]
# Four major federations, Cosatu, Saftu, Fedusa and Nactu, say the Trump-era trade wars have exposed the brutal consequences of weaponised tariffs. South Africa is among several countries facing punitive tariffs from the US as it moves to protect its own manufacturers and labour force. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Zanele Sabela, says the answer is not a return […]
# The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development is calling on all South Africans to play their role in ending trafficking and take care of children and monitor their online behaviour. Today marks World Day against Trafficking in Persons and it is commemorated under the theme ‘Human Trafficking is Organized Crime – End the Exploitation’. […]
# The South African National Defence Force has confirmed the death of a member deployed under Operation Corona in the Madimbo area of Limpopo. The SANDF’s spokesperson, Prince Tshabalala says Private X. Raynard was found dead near the Yellow Gate of their operational base on Sunday. He says early indications suggest that he may have been fatally trampled by […]
# ActionSA in the Free State says it demands that the provincial government must immediately place Matjhabeng Local Municipality under administration. The party says Matjhabeng owes Eskom and Bloem Water 5-billion-rand each, crippling the municipality’s ability to provide even the most basic services. ActionSA’s Patricia Kopane says its vehicle fleet has been attached over unpaid […]
# COSATU says it whole-heartedly supports the removal of Sipho Sono as business rescue specialist at the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers’ Union. The federation says the union is appearing at the Labour Court in Braamfontein today, to rid itself of its current administrator, with the intention of getting the union back […]
# The eThekwini Municipality has established the country’s first World Trade Centre at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, making Durban the first South African city to join the prestigious World Trade Centre Association. Durban now joins a global network of over 300 WTCs in nearly 100 countries, including cities such as New York, […]
