# Cosatu is caling on the Department of Employment and Labour and National Treasury to expedite the recruitment of the pledged ten-thousand labour inspectors. The Federation is deeply concerned by delays in government honouring this progressive commitment announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in the State of the Nation Address in February this year. Cosatu’s spokesperson, […]
# ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa says efforst has been made by government to strengthen police service in the country. Police crime starts recorded a decline in serious contact crime during the first quarter of the 2026/2027 financial year. While addressing the media during the ANC election trail compaign in Orlando West, Soweto yesterday, Ramaphosa says […]
# Eskom says South Africa’s electricity supply continues to strengthen as its delivers sustained structural and operational improvements across its generation fleet. Eskom’s year-to-date Energy Availability Factor has increased to 67.87-percent, its highest level since 2020. The power untility spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena, says average unplanned outages have been reduced by six-thousand-873-megawatts over the past three […]
# The Competition Commission has welcomed the appointment of Bukhosibakhe Majenge and Tamara Mokoka as deputy commissioners of the Commission, effective 1 September 2026. The appointments was announced by Trade, Industry and Competition minister, Parks Tau. Spokesperson Siyabulela Makunga says both are institutionally developed leaders whose careers have been shaped by, and have helped shape, […]
# Mpumalanga police has opened murder cases following the discovery of six bodies of suspected illegal miners in Mashobote on Saturday. Police spokesperson, Mavela Masondo says police received a call from a member of the community who reported that he noticed human bodies at a mountain in the area. He says police members from the […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the government is in the process of identifying the South Africans who were caught up in the Nepal floods disaster. Ramaphosa was addressing media during the ANC election trail campaign in Orlando West, Soweto yesterday. Six South Africans are reported missing after the floods swept across the Nepal-Tibet border. The […]
# The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Local Government Elections has urged all South Africans to exercise caution and not undermine democracy through any type of violence during the elections. The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs spokesperson, Pearl Maseko-Binqose says, the Electoral Commission’s research report provides information on the views and behavioural preferences of adult […]
# The agriculture organistion, TLU SA, says the country’s latest quarterly police crime statistics provide no reason for complacency. Between April and June this year, five-thousand-427 people were murdered in South Africa. Contact crime decreased by 2.3-percent, while the number of murders fell by 5.9-percent. TLU SA’s Bennie van Zyl says the government cannot present […]
# SAFTU has urged government and the Higher Education and Training Department to prioritise the transformation of the higher education sector. Statistics show that at the University of Cape Town, 39.7-percent of the professors are white, 39.3-percent are foreign nationals, while African, coloured and Indian professors combined constituted only 22.6-percent. Saftu’s Asive Dyani says this […]
