# The DA in Gauteng says premier Panyaza Lesufi’s employment initiatives are failing, as the unemployment rate has increased by 1.1-percent from the fourth quarter of 2025 to 34.1-percent. According to the latest Labour Force Survey for the first quarter of this year, the province lost 67-thousand jobs. The DA’s Mike Moriarty says investors are moving away from the […]
# The Tshwane Metro Police Department Public Transport Unit members impounded 19 public transport vehicles during an operation at Lilian Ngoyi Street and Jeff Masemola Street in Pretoria CBD yesterday. In addition, the TMPD Overloading Control Unit at the Centurion weighbridge tested and weighed a total of 15 vehicles. TMPD spokesperson, Puleng Motholo, says two vehicles […]
# The National Energy Regulator of South Africa says it will approach the High Court to seek an extension to finalise the consideration and approval of 14 outstanding municipal and private distributors’ tariff applications for the 2026/2027 financial year. Of the 176 tariff applications received on 31 March, 162 were approved within the prescribed timeframe […]
# The Congress of the People is calling for an urgent, accelerated national economic recovery programme focused on job creation, youth entrepreneurship, township and rural economies and infrastructure rollout. A total of 345-thousand jobs were lost between January and March this year. COPE’s acting national chairperson, Pakes Dikgetsi, says the collapse of employment in the […]
# The EFF Youth Command says the government of national unity continues to claim economic stability while presiding over a collapsing economy. Between January and March this year, South Africa’s economy shed 345-thousand jobs, reducing the number of employed persons to 16.8-million. During the same quarter, 258-thousand young people lost their jobs. The EFF Youth Command’s […]
# The George Municipality in the Western Cape says tap water remains safe for human consumption, following recent heavy rainfall and flooding in the Garden Route area. Residents in parts of Denneoord and the George CBD experienced discoloured or brown water. The municipality’s spokesperson, Debra Sauer, says water is tested according to regulatory standards. She […]
# The GOOD Party says the increasing number of active South Africans jobseekers to more than 8.1 million adults, together with sustained slow economic growth, is a national crisis. According to the unemployment numbers for the first quarter of the year released by Statistics SA, the expanded unemployment rate rose 1.6-percent to 43.7-percent. GOOD’s secretary […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says the figures in the latest quarter one 2026 Labour Force Survey expose an economy in deep structural crisis, and a society being pushed towards desperation. Unemployment rate rose by 1.3 percentage points, from 31.4-percent in the fourth quarter of 2025 to 32.7-percent in the first quarter […]
# Minority governing parties in the City of Johannesburg warn that the metro stands dangerously close to institutional collapse, consumed by political interference, executive dysfunction, administrative instability and weakening financial governance. The minority governing parties are a grouping of ten small parties that form part of the ANC-led coalition government in the metro. MPG’s Yongama Zigebe […]
