# COSATU has welcomed the tabling of the Employment Services Amendment Bill in Parliament, saying it addresses the employment of undocumented migrant workers. The Bill would allow Employment and Labour Minister Nomakhosazana Meth to set limits on the number of documented migrant workers employed in a workplace, region, sector or profession. COSATU spokesperson Matthew Parks […]
#Eskom says it is maintaining 6-thousand-571 megawatts of generation capacity in reserve due to excess capacity, providing additional assurance of system adequacy. Planned maintenance remains a priority, with the planned capacity loss factor averaging 13.83-percent, up from 10.71-percent during the same period last year. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says the utility also achieved its emissions […]
# City Power says it is strengthening security measures to combat theft and vandalism of electricity infrastructure. This follows the arrest of three suspects this week in two separate incidents in Lawley and West Turffontein. The utility says 148 suspects have been arrested between January and September for alleged tampering with electrical infrastructure. It recorded […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa is attracting global investment as government ramps up infrastructure development to grow the economy. Speaking at the launch of the ANC’s Asiy’ekhaya local government election campaign in eThekwini, Ramaphosa says government has turned around operations at the Port of Durban, with investors seeing progress across the country. He […]
# Police are investigating a murder after a woman’s body was found in Tembisa South’s Vusimusi section in Ekurhuleni this morning. The discovery comes after nine women’s bodies were found in Kempton Park and surrounding areas over the past two months. Police spokesperson, Brenda Muridili says investigators are on the crime scene:
# Police have arrested a 38-year-old man believed to be linked to multiple rape cases in Gauteng and the North West dating back to 2012. Joseph “Papi” Mokgwetsi was arrested in Vryburg on Wednesday. Police spokesperson Majang Skalkie says DNA evidence positively linked him to three rape cases reported in Kanana, Huhudi and Vaalpart between […]
# ActionSA has asked the Electoral Commission to investigate the alleged removal of its election posters by individuals it claims were contracted by, or acting in the interests of, the DA. The call follows a video posted on X showing two people apparently removing ActionSA posters while putting up DA posters. ActionSA chairperson Michael Beaumont […]
# The South African Communist Party is calling for the immediate reinstatement of National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola after the withdrawal of four Public Finance Management Act charges against him. The National Prosecuting Authority says, following a review, there are no reasonable prospects of a successful prosecution. The SACP welcomes the decision and says Masemola […]
# The Parliament Portfolio Committee on Social Development has condemned the reported intimidation of South African Social Security Agency’s Eastern Cape Regional Manager, Bandile Maqethuka, in kuGompo. Maqethuka says the intimidation is linked to SASSA’s anti-fraud operations to recover more than 10-million-rand allegedly stolen from the agency’s system. Committee chairperson Bridget Masango says threats of […]
