# ActionSA in KwaZulu-Natal has requested Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC, Thulasizwe Buthelezi, to urgently intervene in the ongoing collapse of governance and oversight in the KwaDukuza Municipality. The municipality has been plagued by reports of instability and a potential collapse since the ANC removed Lindile Nhaca as mayor in a no-confidence vote in December 2024. […]
# South Africa’s trade union federations and the International Trade Union Confederation are calling for the strengthening of industrial policy capacity across Africa. The federations have emphasised that Africa must secure the necessary resources to support sovereign, worker-led development strategies that break the cycle of dependency and underdevelopment. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Zanele Sabela, says they have also […]
# The South African Police Service’s anti-kidnapping task team believes it has broken the back of a syndicate involved in the trafficking of unlicensed firearms. This follows the arrest of two suspects in Meyersdal, Johannesburg, who are believed to have been involved in the moving of unlicensed firearms across the country. National Police spokesperson, Athlenda […]
# The catastrophic floods of April 2022 in Durban, which claimed 544 lives, were made significantly worse by climate change, according to a study led by the University of Witwatersrand. A kilometre-scale climate attribution model was used, which simulated the storm in both today’s warmed climate and a counterfactual world without human-induced global warming. Three key drivers behind […]
# The Forum for South Africa has criticised Public Works minister, Dean Macpherson’s suspension of all Expanded Public Works Programme fund transfers to the Free State’s Matjhabeng Municipality. This follows reports that the municipality’s EPWP payroll is allegedly being used to pay inflated salaries. FOSA leader, Tebogo Mashilompane, says the minister should have dealt with only […]
# The ANC Youth League has welcomed the arrest of a former municipal manager of the Umzimkhulu Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, in connection with the murder of Sindiso Magaqa. The former ANCYL secretary general, who was a councillor in the municipality, was shot dead in 2017. The hitman, Sibusiso Ncengwa, was convicted to 25-years imprisonment earlier […]
# ActionSA says South Africa’s empowerment agenda must remain focused on the needs of South Africans and not benefit foreign nationals. The party says the Polokwane Local Municipality in Limpopo awarded tenders totaling approximately 200-million-rand in the past two financial years to foreign-owned companies. ActionSA’s Tshepo Magoma says the foundational purpose of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment is to remedy […]
# Johannesburg Metro Police has confirmed that the M1 Highway in Booysens has now been reopened to traffic following a serious accident earlier this morning. Police spokesperson, Xolani Fihla says the M1 North was closed at Booysens Road due to a collision involving a bus and six other vehicles. The incident, which occurred near the […]
# The Public Servants Association is calling on the new National Development Youth Agency board to immediately address alleged poor governance, nepotism and abuse of power, financial mismanagement, as well as ensuring consequence management. President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed the new board last week. PSA’s spokesperson, Claude Naiker, says the board must also ensure that the […]