# Acting national police commissioner, Puleng Dimpane has called for a manhunt following an armed robbery and housebreaking incident at the home of former Cabinet minister, Naledi Pandor in Pretoria. Police spokesperson, Athlenda Mathe says three armed suspects forced entry into the property on Friday night and allegedly held occupants at gunpoint before ransacking the […]
# The Public Servants Association is calling on the minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson, to activate immediate salary freezes for all unverified persons flagged by the system, pending physical and biometric validation. During the department budget speech, the Minster revealed that 14-million-rand in taxpayers’ money are being systematically channelled to ghost workers in the […]
# SAFTU says crime in South Africa must be understood as a manifestation of deeper socio-economic conditions, including mass unemployment, inequality, inadequate housing, failing public services, substance abuse, and systemic social exclusion. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani says the persistence of these conditions is closely linked to the macroeconomic framework adopted by the state. She says austerity […]
# Gauteng MEC for Education, Lebogang Maile has welcomed the Special Investigating Unit’s settlement agreements with various companies and individuals who had benefitted from the department’s irregular 431-million-rand contracts. Spokesperson Onwabile Lubhelwana says this was for the decontamination, disinfection, and sanitisation of schools during the Covid-19 pandemic between March and December 2020. He says the […]
# The George Municipality has lifted emergency water tariffs and the easing of water restrictions from Level 2D to Level 2B. The municipality’s spokesperson, Ntobeko Mangqwengqwe, says the decision follows a substantial improvement in storage levels at the Garden Route Dam, which increased from 46,09-percent to nearly 89-percent within two weeks after heavy rainfall in […]
# Eskom continues to demonstrate sustained improvement in power system performance and maintaining grid stability amid higher winter demand, particularly during the morning and evening peak periods. The power utility spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena says Eskom recently reached 365 consecutive days without load-shedding, the first full year without power interruptions since September 2018. She says this is […]
# Higher Education and Training minister, Buti Manamela says South Africa does not primarily have a skills shortage, but a workforce transition-capacity problem. Manamela was addressing the Johannesburg Business School Skill Forum at the University of Johannesburg. The minister says a skills shortage implies that South Africa simply needs more graduates while a workforce transition-capacity […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, has called for greater unity and resilience among Southern African countries. He was speaking during the opening of the SADC Ministers of Foreign Affairs Retreat at Kruger National Park in Mpumalanga. Minister Lamola warned that global geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty are placing increasing pressure on […]
# Cosatu is urging Parliament to swiftly open the public participation phase for the Protected Disclosures Bill to effectively combat corruption and protect whistleblowers. The initial window for written public submissions has officially closed and the legislative process is advancing toward parliamentary public hearings. COSATU’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks, says South Africa’s cannot afford to cut corners when […]
