# The Gauteng Health Department has issued an apology to student nurses affected by administrative delays in the payment of their stipends. Human Resources Management officials are finalising the capturing and verification of the required documentation. The department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says the relevant files are being submitted to e-Government to enable the processing of […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee decision to increase interest rates by 25 basis points, taking it to seven-percent from 6.75-percent, is economically reckless and socially destructive. The prime lending rate is now 10.5-percent. Saftu’s Asive Dyani says the rate hike decision is completely detached from […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa is devastated and enraged by the brutal assassination of the Solidarity Action Committee Collective and Potch4Palestine leader, Mokoena Letsie. Letsie was shot and killed in a targeted hit with 17 bullets in Potchefstroom, North West yesterday. GIWUSA leader, Mametlwe Sebei demands that police launch a priority […]
# The Public Servants Association has welcomed the launch of the world-class new online real-time employee verification portal. The initiative by the Department of Home Affairs is in support of the government’s efforts to eliminate ghost employees and payment irregularities, which cost the national fiscus an estimated 3.9-billion-rand in 2025. PSA’s Claude Naicker says payroll fraud […]
# The City of Cape Town has opened supplementary public participation on amendments to its 2026/2027 budget. This follows a Western Cape High Court ruling, which declared the metro’s property value-based fixed charges for cleaning levy and water and sanitation unlawful. A key effect of the judgment is that Cape Town must revert to using […]
# The Border Management Authority intercepted a drug consignment at the Beitbridge Port of Entry valued at 998.2-million-rand in Musina, Limpopo. Three Malawian suspects were arrested. An intelligence-driven operation coordinated out of the National Targeting Centre identified a truck travelling through Zimbabwe to Beitbridge. According to the BMA, the truck was intercepted and examined through […]
# Gauteng MEC for Human Settlements, Tasneem Motara, handed over houses to deserving beneficiaries in Sokhulumi, Tshwane, yesterday. This forms part of ongoing efforts to accelerate housing delivery, unlock project bottlenecks, and restore dignity to communities through sustainable human settlements. The department’s spokesperson, Terry-Ann van Eck, says the Sokhulumi Project is expected to deliver 265 houses […]
# The ANC in Cape Town says it is concerned about the continued use of virtual council meetings by the metro and the Speaker of Council. It has now been almost a year since the last physical council sitting was held. The ANC’s Judy-Ann Stevens says virtual meetings continue to weaken robust debate, limit accountability and […]
# ActionSA says the City of Johannesburg’s 97.1-billion-rand budget for the 2026/2027 financial year fails to address the lived experience of the downtrodden and the middle class. Key revenue drivers of the budget are electricity, water and wastewater, property rates, and refuse removal. ActionSA’s Mpumi Edward says the budget continues to prioritise service delivery and infrastructure […]
