# The US’ recent inflation rates coming in higher than expected, and Brent crude sitting at way over 100-dollar a barrel, will indirectly filter through to South Africa. This is according to KPMG South Africa’s lead economist, Frank Blackmore. He says the persistent conflict in the Middle East and the closure of the Strait of […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum has welcomed National Director of Public Prosecution Andy Mothibi’s decision to withdraw charges against suspended police commissioner Fannie Masemola. He was charged with violation of the Public Finance Management Act in connection with the Medicare 24 tender. The forum’s Dennis Bloem says former Independent Directorate against Corruption head Andrea Johnson […]
# The DA says the ANC’s internal operational failures should not be excused for the party to be allowed to bend the rules of candidate submission for the November local government elections. At least 181 ANC candidate names were not captured and uploaded on the IEC system before the deadline of the 28th of August. […]
# Parliament’s Police Committee says the murders of eight women in Ekurhuleni speak to South Africa’s much broader struggle with gender-based violence and femicide. The eight bodies were discovered in and around Kempton Park over two months. Police have already established a multidisciplinary team involving specialist detectives, forensic experts, tracking capability, K9 resources and investigative […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared 4 November 2026, the day of the local government elections, a public holiday. A total of 546 political parties will contest the elections, while more than 140-thousand candidates have been nominated to contest ten-thousand-526 council seats across the country. Ramaphosa has called on all registered voters to use the […]
# The South African Local Government Association, through its National Women’s Commission, has condemned the continued and brutal murder of women in Kempton Park and across the country. This follows the discovery of six women’s bodies in the Kempton Park area over a two-month period. SALGA’s Nomvuyo Mposelwa is calling for urgent, decisive and coordinated […]
# The National Shelter Movement says there is an urgent need to strengthen the already overstretched network of shelters for women and safe spaces for gender-based violence and femicide survivors. The Department of Social Development is hosting the sixth National Shelter indaba in Benoni, Gauteng, this week to strengthen responses to the crisis. NSMSA’s Greer […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Police has welcomed the successes by SAPS and the specialised law-enforcement units against the drug trade in the past week. In the Western Cape, police intercepted 57-thousand mandrax tablets and five kilograms of cocaine worth approximately 5.85-million-rand. An alleged drug laboratory valued at 100-million-rand was uncovered in Erasmia, Tshwane. Committee […]
# KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Thulasizwe Buthelezi, is warning residents to brace for severe thunderstorms and heavy rain in parts of the province today. The South African Weather Service has issued a Level Two warning for severe thunderstorms, heavy downpours and strong winds. The department’s spokesperson, Siboniso Mngadi, says MEC Buthelezi […]
