# The EFF says minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen has failed to provide Parliament a coherent, transparent and credible account of the scale of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. Reported outbreaks have increased sharply from 932 cases in March to one-thousand-502 cases by last week. The Western Cape has not reported any new cases for a […]
# The Freedom Front Plus in Tshwane says it regards the EFF’s latest onslaught on the City Manager, Johann Mettler, and the metro’s head of Emergency Services, Moshema Mosia, as nothing more than political theatrics and opportunism. The EFF wants mayor Nasiphi Moya to take action against Mettler following the Public Protector’s report regarding alleged maladministration […]
# Deputy minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Nomalungelo Gina, says the department’s 2026/2027 annual performance is against the backdrop of a number of strategic challenges. These include a highly uncertain geopolitical and economic environment, a constrained national fiscal environment, a decline in expenditure on research and development, and the withdrawal of funding by the […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Kamer van Koophandel en Nywerheid se Sakevertroue-aanwyser het in Januarie effens gedaal met 1,8- punte tot 131,4, maar in Februarie tot 134,6 verbeter. Verlede maand het die BCI 3,3-punte afgeneem tot 131,3. Die kamer se uitvoerende hoof, Alan Mukoki, sê die daling was hoofsaaklik die gevolg van ‘n swakker rand, laer aandeelpryse […]
# The DA says it will fight vehemently against the draft Public Procurement regulations. The regulations state that companies that wish to do business with the government must demonstrate that a large percentage of their prior procurement was with majority black-owned businesses. The DA says that when public procurement does not focus primarily on value […]
# The Public Servants Association is concerned about the persistent and costly practice of prolonged precautionary suspensions across the Public Service. Over the five years from the 2021/22 to the 2025/26-financial years, government has spent more than one-billion-rand on salaries and benefits of employees placed on paid suspension across national, provincial, and local government. PSA’s […]
# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has called on the National Prosecuting Authority to oppose bail for drug dealers in gang-impacted communities on the Cape Flats. This comes after the Metro Police arrested a suspect in possession of 30 packets of tik in Mitchells Plain earlier this month, only for the suspect to be granted […]
# The City of Cape Town’s Emergency Policing Incident Control team has developed a new safety and security functionality on the city app. This allows the public to log certain categories of by-law and policing incidents directly from the app, with more categories to be phased in over time. Mayoral committee member for Safety and […]
# The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department is urging all motorists to prioritise safety as Gauteng is currently experiencing intense and unstable weather conditions. The South African Weather Service is predicting persistent heavy rain, localised flooding, and the possibility of severe thunderstorms for parts of the province. JMPD’s spokesperson, Xolani Fihla, says heavy rainfall has historically caused […]
