# The Gauteng Department of Health says it is pleased with the impact of the rollout of the Treatment Time Guarantee system. According to the department, the system is yielding positive results in improving surgical access, strengthening patient management, and increasing the number of procedures performed across public hospitals. The department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says […]
# The Western Cape Department of Social Development has called on the private sector and the general public, who are in a position to assist, to support relief non-profit organisations as they respond to the weather-related disaster. To date, three-thousand-628 people across the province have been displaced and are being housed in community halls. MEC […]
# The DA says the affairs of the Department of Social Development are collapsing under minister Sisisi Tolashe. This as some South African Social Security Agency grant beneficiaries, who have already been successfully biometrically verified, have still not received their grants this month. The DA’s Nazley Sharif says beneficiaries have reported unanswered phones, inaccessible support channels, and […]
# The DA in Tshwane says that without the necessary funding to procure parts and perform preventative maintenance, the metro’s electricity network remains in a state of decline. The party says currently, regional Electricity Departments are being forced to operate on an average budget of just 1.5-million-rand per region. The DA says Themba Fosi says […]
# The Forum for South Africa has expressed concern regarding the recent approach taken by Public Protector, Kholeka Gcaleka, in the wake of the Constitutional Court’s judgment on the Phala Phala scandal. She issued a sharp warning to critics attacking the Chapter 9 institution, saying individuals who do so could be fined up to 40-thousand-rand […]
# Minister of Employment and Labour, Nomakhosazana Meth, says the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey results paint a sobering picture of the state of the labour market in South Africa. The unemployment rate in the country has increased by 1.3 percentage points to 32.7-percent in the first quarter of this year, as 301-thousand people lost […]
# Union federation Cosatu says the composition of Parliament’s impeachment committee, established to consider the Section 89 Report on president Cyril Ramaphosa, is unconstitutional. The committee will have 31 members, with the ANC having the most seats, with nine, followed by the DA with five. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says Parliament’s decision on how parties will […]
# The DA is concerned by the reported accident that claimed three lives of family members including a child on the N1 in Limpopo over the weekend. The party’s Michele Clarke says in the first incident, a man was fatally struck by a vehicle driven by an off-duty police officer. She says the man’s wife and […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa says the Quarterly Labour Force Survey for the first quarter of 2026 shows that unemployment is worsening. The official unemployment rate climbed from 31.4-percent to 32.7-percent, while the expanded unemployment rate, which includes discouraged work-seekers, rose to 43.7-percent. GIWUSA president, Mametlwe Sebei, says the only answer […]
