# Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero has called for a stronger partnership between City Power and communities to address the persistent electricity challenges affecting Alexandra. City Power has 40-thousand registered electricity customers in Alexandra, but only around one-thousand-600 are actively purchasing electricity. Morero says the metro cannot introduce a blanket or flat electricity rate for Alexandra, […]
# Minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela, has welcomed the Public Protector’s findings on systemic inefficiencies at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme. A damning report by Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka found that 40-thousand eligible students were left unfunded, despite a three-billion-rand allocation between 2024 and 2027 aimed at supporting the missing middle. The […]
# The Food and Allied Workers Union calls upon government to urgently address the broader structural challenges confronting the South African sugar industry. FAWU’s spokesperson, Dominique Martin says the state has a responsibility to protect local production, decent employment and the country’s industrial capacity from destructive import competition and policies that contribute to deindustrialisation. She […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Mineral and Petroleum Resources says South Africa needs a regulatory framework that protects the environment and the rights of affected communities, while providing investors with sufficient certainty to undertake responsible exploration. The Constitutional Court has blocked Shell and Impact Africa’s offshore exploration activities along the country’s Wild Coast. The committee […]
# A University of Cape Town study has found South Africa’s stokvels could become an important platform for improving nutrition and food security in low-income communities. Funded by the International Research Development Centre, the study examined how grocery stokvels influence food purchasing and nutrition-related decisions in two low-income Cape Town communities, Dunoon and Khayelitsha. The […]
# The Soil of Africa Civic Movement says the debate on migration must move beyond the false choice between protecting South Africans and protecting foreign nationals. The movement’s spokesperson, Luzuko Sofute says South Africans have concerns about undocumented migrants, pressure on public services, employment opportunities, crime, corruption and the integrity of the country’s immigration system. […]
# Western Cape police have arrested a 16-year-old Malmesbury teenager linked to an international child sexual abuse network. This followed a joint intelligence operation involving the US’ Federal Bureau of Investigation, SAPS’ National Serial and Electronic Crime Investigations team, the US embassy, and the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children. Police spokesperson Amanda van […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Correctional Services has expressed concern over allegations at the Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Centre in Pretoria. Inmates alleged they are being forced to pay 240-rand for access to a bunk bed, with those unable to pay allegedly left sleeping on concrete floors in overcrowded and unsanitary cells. The committee says it […]
# Gauteng MEC for Education, Lebogang Maile, has expressed concern about the impact of ongoing gang-related gun violence in Westbury on learners, educators and the broader school community. Four people were shot dead, and one was injured over the weekend. One of those shot is a learner from R.W. Fick Secondary School. The department’s spokesperson, […]
