# Earthlife Africa Johannesburg says ordinary citizens should not be forced to pay the price for Eskom’s financial mismanagement, corruption, and failure to modernise. This comes as the National Energy Regulator of South Africa has granted the power utility a 12-percent tariff increase for the 2025/2026 financial year, which will kick in on the first of April. Earthlife’s, Thabo […]
# Eastern Cape police have launched a manhunt following the kidnapping of a teacher from Happydale Special School in Algoa Park, Nelson Mandela Bay on Monday morning. Police spokesperson, captain Andre Beetge, says three men drove into the school’s parking lot and grabbed the 45-year-old female teacher, who had just parked her vehicle. He says […]
# Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga, is hosting her Democratic Republic of Congo counterpart, Kabombo Muadiamvita, this week. The visit aims to strengthen further and enhance the longstanding bilateral relations between the two countries. This comes against the backdrop of an escalating conflict in the DRC. Minister Motshekga’s spokesperson, Onicca Kwakwa, says […]
# The Department of Water and Sanitation says it has increased outflows at the Bloemhof Dam by 100-cubic-meters-per-second to over 350-cubic-meters-per-second to allow for the extra water that is expected from the Vaal Dam. Water levels at the dam are currently at 98.69-percent and the aim is to keep it at below 100-percent. The department’s spokesperson, Wisane Mavasa says […]
# BOSA says the latest findings and research by the Teddy Bear Foundation has laid bare the shocking reality of South Africa’s failing justice system when it comes to protecting vulnerable children in the society. BOSA’s spokesperson, Roger Solomons says according the Teddy Bear Foundation, more than five-thousand cases of child abuse were reported to […]
# The ANC has welcomed the unwavering solidarity demonstrated by progressive members of Parliament from across the world, united under the banner of Progressive International. More than 100 members of Parliament and legislative bodies globally have endorsed South Africa’s independence and have urged US president Donald Trump to revoke his February 7 executive order suspending […]
# The DA in the Western Cape is congratulating all the winners of the 60th Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards. South Africa’s most prominent and longest-running theatre awards were held at the Cape Town Stadium on Sunday. Each year, the judging panel comprising local critics, journalists, writers, and drama educators, evaluate approximately 90 productions staged […]
# The DA in Gauteng says the security costs at provincial hospitals have doubled, even though patients are suffering from a hiring freeze at short-staffed hospitals. According to an official reply to DA questions in the Legislature, 72-million-rand a year is spent on security at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital alone. The DA’s Jack Bloom says […]
# University of the Witwatersrand vice-chancellor and principal, professor Zeblon Vilakazi, says he is honoured to continue to lead the institution, a national treasure, that makes a real difference in society. The Council of Wits voted for Vilakazi to serve his second and final term, which will run from January 2026 to December 2030. Vilakazi […]
