# Forum for South Africa has welcomed the parliamentary impeachment committee’s decision to oppose president Cyril Ramaphosa’s urgent court application aimed at halting the impeachment process. FOSA leader Tebogo Mashilompane says the attempt to interdict the process raises serious concerns about accountability, transparency, and respect for democratic institutions. He says the impeachment process is a […]
# The DA in Gauteng says, despite an overall decline in several major crime categories during the fourth quarter of the 2025/2026 financial year, several communities continue to experience alarming increases in serious crime. This includes kidnapping, truck hijackings, vehicle-related crime, and sexual offences. The DA’s Crezane Bosch says premier Panyaza Lesufi must engage the […]
# The Border Management Authority says the ongoing deportation operation of illegal foreign nationals continues to demonstrate the state’s capacity to enforce immigration laws firmly, fairly and humanely. An intensive 13-hour operation at Beitbridge border post in Limpopo yesterday saw the processing of one-thousand-596 Malawian and Zimbabwean nationals. BMA spokesperson, Mmemme Mogotsi, says they are […]
# Union federation Saftu says the withdrawal of the liquidation application against Tongaat Hulett has averted a devastating blow to small-scale growers, rural communities and the broader sugar value chain. Business rescue practitioners, the Industrial Development Corporation, and the Vision Group concluded a binding tripartite agreement, protecting 250-thousand jobs. Saftu’s general secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, says […]
# Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya says the administration is committed to strengthening oversight, accelerating delivery and ensuring that infrastructure investments achieve their intended impact for residents. She conducted an oversight inspection of strategic roads and transport infrastructure projects yesterday. These included the Integrated Rapid Public Transport Network Line 3 corridor and the WF Nkomo Street […]
# South African Revenue Service Commissioner, Johnstone Makhubu, says the 2026 tax filing season will commence on the first of next month with the auto-assessment period. This is for taxpayers with less complex tax matters, and whose information has been fully provided. The broader filing period for provisional and non-provisional taxpayers will begin on 13 […]
# Western Cape premier Alan Winde says they are shifting from emergency response to long-term recovery following the severe storms that hit the province recently, claiming the lives of 12 people. The cost of the damage caused by the storms stands at over nine-billion-rand. Workers have reopened around 70-percent of closed roads, while Eskom has reconnected 97-percent of […]
# South Africa says the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the US and Iran provides the framework for durable peace and regional stability in the Middle East. The 14-point document includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the US lifting sanctions on Tehran and a commitment to further talks to reach a final agreement. […]
# Union federation Cosatu says the South African Post Office can be fixed and, once again, contribute to stimulating economic growth and creating jobs with competent management. The Joint Business Rescue Practitioners of the SAPO have launched an application in the High Court of Pretoria to end business rescue proceedings. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says the […]
