# The EFF says the disclosure that external partners have provided 445.57-million-rand towards Presidential initiatives confirms that the Presidency of Cyril Ramaphosa has increasingly opened state machinery to private and foreign interests. The party says it rejects what it calls the privatisation of state-owned entities, westernisation and the imperialist capture of South Africa’s economic policy. […]
# Minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela is giving the Pretoria High Court judgment urgent consideration and has sought legal advice on its implications, including the available legal remedies and the appropriate steps to be taken. The department’s spokesperson, Matshepo Seedat says this follows the High Court’s instruction that the appointment of the […]
# The minister of Human Settlements, Thembi Simelane says South Africa’s drive to build sustainable, inclusive and resilient human settlements has received a major boost with the launch of a dedicated UN-Habitat Country Office in the country. Simelane and UN-Habitat director, Anacláudia Rossbach, officially launched the office in Pretoria, marking a new chapter in the […]
# The Parliament Public Infrastructure Committee says the decision by Public Works and Infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson to take Expanded Public Works Programme recruitment onto the South Africa Youth Mobi platform represents an important shift in how government should create opportunities for unemployed South Africans. The committee chairperson, Rikus Badenhorst, says the reform is a […]
# The MK Party has welcomed the Pretoria High Court judgement to suspend the appointment of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme Administrator, Hlengani Mathebula and reinstated the disbanded NSFAS board. Higher Education and Training minister Buti Manamela dissolved the board and placed the entity under administration in May this year. The MK Party is […]
# The DA has delivered an urgent letter to the Parliament Higher Education and Training Portfolio Committee, requesting that the minister Buti Manamela to brief Parliament on his intervention at National Student Financial Aid Scheme. This comes after the Pretoria High Court ruling to suspend the appointment of Hlengani Mathebula as NSFAS Administrator. The DA’s Delmaine […]
# Tshwane Executive Mayor, Nasiphi Moya, has denied allegations that a company doing business with the city carried out renovations at her private home. Her spokesperson, Samkelo Mgobozi, says Tlopo Construction did not build her swimming pool or undertake any other work at the property and the allegations are false. He says Moya has become […]
# The deputy minister for Justice and Constitutional Development, Andries Nel, says gender-based violence cannot be solved by the Justice Department alone, saying all South Africans have responsibilities to end GBV. Nel officiated at the closing event of the 2026 Access to Justice Week in Thulamahashe, Mpumalanga. He said violence against women is not something […]
# The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union says the National Student Financial Aid Scheme continues to lurch from one crisis to another, which has compromised both NSFAS and the broader post-school education and training sector. NEHAWU’s spokesperson, Lwazi Nkolonzi, responded to the Pretoria High Court ruling on the application by former NSFAS Board […]
