# Solidarity says it welcomes the US government’s acknowledgement of the brutality and uniqueness of farm attacks in South Africa. This follows an investigation by the US State Department’s Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour. It found that farm attacks are not ordinary crimes, but that in certain documented cases, victims are tortured or […]
# The Eastern Cape government says it is making significant progress in its efforts to resettle the affected families following the June floods that killed 103 people. Relocation operations have resumed in the Mnquma Local Municipality in the Amathole district and the King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality in OR Tambo. The provincial government’s spokesperson, Khuselwa Rantjie, says […]
# International Relations and Cooperation minister, Ronald Lamola, says South Africa is anti-war and prefers dialogue over violence. He addressed the United Nations two-state solution conference in New York on Tuesday, aimed at resolving the longstanding Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Lamola says there cannot be peace while the very existence of the Palestinian people is being threatened […]
# Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, says the intersection of geopolitical, domestic and trade issues best defines the current impasse between South Africa and the US, and a reset is unavoidable. The new US tariffs, which South African imports into America would be subject to a 30-percent import tariff, kick in on […]
# ActionSA in Gauteng says it is unconscionable that, in a time of urgent need for functional and safe learning environments, a multi-million-rand public school could be constructed on ecologically sensitive and unsuitable land. This follows revelations that Bachana Mokwena Primary School in Ga-Rankuwa was built on a wetland. ActionSA’s John Moodey says the provincial […]
# The North West Department of Education says electricity has been restored to five schools and two offices in the Ditsobotla Local Municipality. The department’s spokesperson, Mphata Molokwane says they were shocked to learn that some of the schools which were disconnected didn’t owe the municipality. He says the department remains committed to ensuring that […]
# The DA has welcomed the precautionary suspension of the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Corporate Services Officer of the South African Bureau of Standards. The party’s Toby Chance says the suspension of Lungelo Ntobongwana and Lizo Makele comes just days before the report of an investigation instituted by Trade, Industry and Competition minister Parks […]
# The DA in Gauteng says it is concerned that seven-thousand-743 patients got hospital-acquired infections last year, including many antibiotic-resistant infections that are difficult to treat and could be life-threatening. These are known as nosocomial infections, which develop during a hospital stay when patients get an infection other than which they were admitted. The DA’s […]
# The DA has officially opened applications for its flagship political leadership development programme for 2026. The programme is a part-time development initiative that equips young South Africans with the skills, knowledge, and networks to thrive in politics and public service. The DA’s Mat Cuthbert says South Africa urgently needs a new generation of ethical, […]
