# The GOOD Party says the City of Cape Town’s draft 2026/2027 budget represents the final move in a strategy to de-risk the metro’s finances. The budget includes an escalation of the home user electricity tariff and expands relief for the most vulnerable. GOOD’s Sandra Dickson says a critical analysis of the figures in the […]
# Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, says the passing of a legendary member of world-renowned Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a loss to the music industry and South Africa. Seventy-seven-year-old Albert Mazibuko sang for the iconic group for over five decades. He died on Sunday. McKenzie’s spokesperson, Zimasa Velaphi, says Mazibuko was the […]
# The MK Party Youth League leadership, led by its president Qiniso Cibane, is embarking on a visit to China. The visit is aimed at exploring global innovations, skills development models, and sustainable developmental opportunities to empower the youth of South Africa. The MK Party says this strategic engagement reflects the Youth League’s commitment to […]
# Eastern Cape police have managed to rearrest one of the eight detainees, who escaped from Afsondering police station in Maluti at the weekend. Siphelele Mkhulisi, originally in custody for a murder case, was found still asleep and rearrested without incident on Monday. Police spokesperson, Nobuntu Gantana, says the remaining seven escapees, who are facing […]
# The South African Police Service says nationwide Easter operations yielded positive results, including the arrest of 15-thousand-840 suspects for various criminal offences. Authorities also confiscated 132 illegal firearms and more than one-thousand rounds of ammunition, with KwaZulu-Natal recording the highest number of handgun confiscations. National Police spokesperson, Athlenda Mathe, says during the operations, 532 […]
# The EFF has formally written to the SABC and Newzroom Afrika to request a right to reply. This follows what the party says is biased and unbalanced coverage on the appointment of the EFF’s provincial chairperson, Nkululeko Dunga, as Gauteng MEC for Finance. He was appointed by premier Panyaza Lesufi last week. The EFF […]
# ANC secretary general, Fikile Mbalula, says the public has lost trust in the party. A recently released poll by the market research company, Ipsos, shows the ANC’s support among all eligible voters in the country now stands at 33-percent. A Social Research Foundation poll measures the party’s support nationally at 39-percent. Speaking at the […]
