# The Public Servants Association has expressed concern at reports indicating real salaries have declined to a two-year low, as inflation continues to outstrip wage growth. The latest PayInc Net Salary Index shows take-home pay rose slightly to just over 21-thousand-500-rand in May, but after adjusting for inflation, the average real net salary fell to […]
# ActionSA says the City of Cape Town losing its clean audit status exposes how mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis is leading the metro backwards. Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke stated that the metro had regressed from its previous clean audit status due to supply chain management and procurement-related non-compliance, resulting in an unqualified audit opinion with findings. ActionSA’s, […]
# Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen has approved a new set of national foot-and-mouth disease control measures. They are aimed at providing livestock farmers with a clearer path to recovery during outbreaks, while safeguarding South Africa’s agricultural trade and biosecurity. The department’s spokesperson, Joylene van Wyk, says a key feature of the new measures is […]
# The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport has been allocated a total baseline budget of 27-8-billion-rand for the 2026/2027 financial year. The amount includes 3.2-billion-rand committed to public transport services. The department currently manages 16 subsidised bus contracts, comprising 15 negotiated contracts and one tendered contract. MEC Kedibone Diale-Tlabela says increased focus is on […]
# The Border Management Authority says eight-thousand-230 Malawian and Zimbabwean nationals have been repatriated through the Beitbridge Port of Entry in less than two weeks. This comes ahead of planned anti-illegal immigration marches next Tuesday. BMA spokesperson, Mmemme Mogotsi, says foreign nationals arriving for repatriation were processed in the presence of officials from their respective embassies, to […]
# Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, has called for urgent action to address persistent governance, financial management and accountability challenges in local government. The Auditor-General’s consolidated report on local government outcomes for 2024/2025 reveals that only 15-percent of municipalities received clean audits in the 2025 fiscal year; 28-percent have shown improvements […]
# Union federation Cosatu calls on South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, and Namibia to review their revenue-sharing formula. South Africa will host the Southern Africa Customs Union’s summit of heads of state and government in Cape Town tomorrow. They will deliberate on key issues affecting regional economic integration, industrial development and trade cooperation. Cosatu’s Zanele […]
# The City of Cape Town says in the 11 months since July, officers attached to the Law Enforcement Advancement Plan have increased drug confiscations by 41-percent. They have also removed 148 firearms and nearly one-thousand-500 rounds of ammunition from the streets of the areas where they are deployed. Mayoral committee member for Safety and […]
# The DA in the Western Cape says visible law enforcement and proactive interventions are essential as schools increasingly become targets for vandalism and theft. The provincial Education Department has expanded holiday security support from 424 schools last winter to 453 high-risk schools for this holidays. The DA’s Peter Johnson says 11.9-million-rand has been allocated […]
