# Human Settlements minister, Thembi Simelane says government plans to introduce a policy declaration to expand priority access to subsidised housing for survivors of gender-based violence and femicide. Simelane was speaking at the Women of Human Settlements Ministerial Leadership Engagement at Freedom Park in Pretoria. She says the recommendation will integrate GBV prevention into housing […]
# Education activist Hendrick Makaneta is calling on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme board not to invalidate the good work done by the administrator, Hlengani Mathebulain, in an effort to resolve the challenges faced by the scheme. The Pretoria High Court on Friday suspended the appointment of Mathebula and reinstated the disbanded NSFAS board. […]
# Eskom says it continues to maintain additional system capacity, with three-thousand-363-megawatts in cold reserve due to excess capacity, providing further assurance of system adequacy. The power utility spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena says last week, average unplanned outages declined to six-thousand-653-megawatts from eleven-thousand-982-megawatts in the corresponding period last year, a reduction of five-thousand-329-megawatts. She says this […]
# Solidarity has welcomed the US Senate’s approval of a two-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act until the end of December 2028. Solidarity spokesperson, Jaco Kleynhans says although it still needs to be approved by the House of Representatives and subsequently signed by the US president, no immediate obstacles are anticipated. Howevr, […]
# The National Gambling Board is calling on government to urgently address the crisis of young people who continue to experience disproportionately high levels of economic exclusion. The Board’s acting CEO, Lungile Dukwana strongly encourages young South Africans not to view sports betting and other forms of gambling as an alternative pathway to earning an […]
# The African Unite Borders Bus Trucks Association is calling on African leaders to intervene into the Lake Kariba ferry tragedy in Zimbabwe. Forty-four people died when an overloaded ferry capsized near Long Island on Tuesday, with many people still missing . The association chairperson, Mukhwathi Phumudzo says it was an old boat and African […]
# The Forum for South Africa calls for the immediate reinstatement of the suspended National Police Commissioner, Fannie Masemola, pending the conclusion of all legal and disciplinary processes. Forum leader, Tebogo Mashilompane, says evidence presented before the Madlanga Commission has raised serious concerns about the conduct and motives of certain individuals. He says the testimony […]
# The Forum for South Africa says unemployment is a social crisis that contributes to poverty, crime, inequality, substance abuse and hopelessness among millions of South Africans. According to StatsSA the official unemployment rate increased from 32.7-percent in the first quarter of this year to 33.6-percent in the second quarter. Forum leader, Tebogo Mashilompane is […]
# The DA has welcomed the Pretoria High Court judgement declaring key aspects of ICASA’s election broadcasting regulations unconstitutional and unlawful. The party’s Ashor Sarupen says the Court has granted the relief by creating an urgent mechanism for disputes over rejected political advertisements and party election broadcasts. He says the Court also found it unlawful […]
