# Union federation Cosatu says bold and decisive action is needed to tackle the country’s unemployment crisis. South Africa’s official unemployment rate has increased by 0.9 percentage point from 32.7-percent in the first quarter of this year to 33.6-percent in the second quarter. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says the extent of this crisis requires a bold and […]
# The Gauteng legislature’s portfolio committee on Community Safety has commended law enforcement agencies involved in the investigation into the weekend’s Reiger Park shootings. A person of interest was taken in for questioning yesterday in relation to the murder of two Anti-Gang Unit officials and two civilians. The committee’s chairperson, Bandile Masuku, says the recovery […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum is calling on government and the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture to erect a statue of Winnie Mandela at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Spokesperson Dennis Bloem says the country must never forget her contribution and sacrifices. He says when leaders’ voices were silenced either by imprisonment, banishment or […]
# Government has urged the public to remain vigilant and exercise extreme caution as severe winter weather affects parts of the country, including heavy snowfall, freezing conditions, rain and strong winds. Several roads were closed and disruptions due to snow and heavy rain are experienced in several provinces. Government deputy spokesperson, William Baloyi, says the […]
# City Power says it is currently dealing with more than two-thousand outages across Johannesburg as the cold and wet weather continues to put pressure on the power network. Lenasia has the highest backlog, followed by Hursthill and Randburg. City Power’s spokesperson, Isaac Mangena, says the cold weather is pushing households and businesses to use […]
# Union GIWUSA demands the immediate nationalisation of the pharmaceutical Industry. Last week, Pharmaceuticals Made in South Africa alleged the Health Department’s focus on price was squeezing local drug manufacturers out of crucial medicine tenders, triggering the loss of two-thousand-500 jobs in the past 18 months. GIWUSA’s president, Mametlwe Sebei, says government must take direct ownership and control […]
# The GOOD Party says more illegal guns are flowing into communities daily, bringing more killings, pain, and destruction. This follows the murders of eleven people in separate incidents in Cape Town over the weekend. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, says murder, gangsterism and violent crime are prevalent where communities are underdeveloped, overcrowded, and trapped by […]
# Union federation Cosatu says it is shocked that the Department of Social Development paid 1.4-million-rand to an external service provider to write and edit press releases. The department paid Six Fingaz Media roughly 82-thousand-rand per month since October last year. Meanwhile, between 2025 and May this year, the department forked out 670-thousand-rand to accommodate […]
# The City of Tshwane’s Emergency Services is urging residents to take extra precautions as colder weather conditions are expected across Gauteng this week. According to the South African Weather Service, snow is a possibility in Johannesburg and other parts of Gauteng as the cold front intensifies. Tshwane’s Emergency Services spokesperson Nana Radebe-Kgiba says the […]
