# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa has noted the latest inflation figures released by Statistics South Africa. The figures show that annual headline inflation cooled to 4.3-percent in July, down from 5.0-percent in June. GIWUSA president, Mametlwe Sebei says while this slowdown driven by lower fuel costs, softer food price inflation, and […]
# Union federation SAFTU fully endorses union FAWU’s demand for a 13-percent across the board wage increase in the sugar manufacturing and refining industry. Thousands of sugar workers resumed protected strike action this week following the collapse of wage negotiations. The Sugar Manufacturing and Refining Employers’ Association has offered a 5.4-percent wage increase. SAFTU’s Asive […]
# The Freedom Front Plus in Ekurhuleni says the Stoffberg subway in Brakpan, which was reopened to traffic in July this year after repair work, is already showing alarming signs of deterioration. The party’s Riaan van Zyl says during an oversight, it was apparent that the tar on the repaired section, from Goods Road towards […]
Western Cape premier Alan Winde has appointed Jaco Londt as the new MEC for Education and Wendy Kaizer-Philander as the Social Development MEC. David Maynier, who was the Education MEC, is now the national minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment. Londt moves from Social Development, where he has served since June 2024. Winde says […]
# The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has registered 124 generation facilities during the first quarter of the 2026/2027 financial year. These facilities have a total capacity of 804 megawatts, with an estimated investment value of 20.18-billion-rand. Solar photovoltaic technology was the most popular choice for electricity generation. Nersa’s spokesperson, Charles Hlebela, says that […]
# ActionSA has filed papers in the High Court in Pretoria against the South African Police Service for what it deems to be a politically driven whitewash to shield Presidential Protection Service members. This is for their role in the Phala Phala cover-up. A SAPS investigation cleared Presidential Protection Service head Wally Rhoode and Hlulani […]
# The Department of Health says government is committed to working closely with the pharmaceutical industry to strengthen the sector and support local production. Senior government officials and leaders from across South Africa’s pharmaceutical sector met earlier this week to discuss urgent industry challenges. The department’s spokesperson, Foster Mohale, says the meeting provided an opportunity […]
# Acting national police commissioner Puleng Dimpane has commended the community of Joubertina in Klerksdorp, North West, for responding swiftly to police’s call for assistance in tracing 27-year-old Simiso Phakathi. He was wanted in connection with the murder of his 37-year-old girlfriend, Jabulisile Tshabalala, in Soweto. Spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says members of the community provided […]
# The GOOD Party says the City of Cape Town has failed to develop and upgrade BM Section Informal Settlement in Khayelitsha, 13 years after a devastating fire incident. The fire that ripped through the informal settlement on New Year’s Day in 2013 killed five people and left over three-thousand people displaced. GOOD’s secretary general, […]
