# The Public Servants Association has welcomed the dismissal of the Gauteng Gambling Board CEO, Karabo Mbele, over governance failures and gross misconduct. The board’s chief financial officer, Oscar Maripane, has been suspended, following revelations of procurement irregularities and financial governance failures. PSA’s Claude Naicker says this overdue intervention is a crucial step towards restoring accountability, ethical […]
# The DA in Gauteng is calling on the provincial government to immediately reverse the devastating 64-percent budget cuts to Quintile 5 public schools. The party has formally submitted a petition signed by more than 16-thousand residents to the Gauteng Education portfolio committee. The DA’s Michael Waters says these cuts are not abstract numbers on a […]
# Union federation Cosatu says it is concerned by the dangers posed by the Constitutional Court challenge to the Public Procurement Act by the Western Cape government and the City of Cape Town. The Act will bring all procurement within the state under a central office housed in the National Treasury. It also sets guidelines for […]
# ActionSA sê hy is bekommerd oor Eskom se hernude dreigement om elektrisiteit na dele van Johannesburg af te sny oor City Power se skuld van 5,2-miljard-rand. Die kragverskaffer sê dis omdat City Power nie die bepalings van ʼn skikkingsooreenkoms oor uitstaande skuld nakom of sy huidige rekening betaal nie. ActionSA sê die metro moet […]
# Die minister van Sport, Kuns en Kultuur, Gayton McKenzie, sê die Patriotic Alliance sal nie stem om president Cyril Ramaphosa in ʼn staat van beskuldiging te plaas nie. Die Parlement het ʼn ampsklagkomitee van 31 lede aangestel om te bepaal of hy sy ampseed oortree het. Dit hou verband met die inbraak in 2020 […]
# ActionSA says it is concerned at Eskom’s renewed threat to disconnect power to parts of Johannesburg, over City Power’s escalating debt 5.2-billion-rand. The power utility stated that this was due to the failure to honour the terms of a settlement agreement relating to outstanding debt and the payment of its current electricity account. ActionSA says […]
# Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, says his party, the Patriotic Alliance, will not vote to impeach president Cyril Ramaphosa. Parliament has established a 31-member impeachment committee to look into whether the president violated his oath of office. This is in relation to the burglary at his Phala Phala farm in Limpopo […]
# The National Arts Festival has unveiled its 2026 music programme, promising two weekends of Afro-pop, gospel, jazz and pan-African performances in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape. The festival will run from 25 June to 5 July and will feature artists including Nomfundo Moh, Nontokozo Mkhize, Msaki, the Soweto String Quartet, as well as Standard […]
# Rand Water chairperson Ramateu Monyokolo says Water and Sanitation minister Pemmy Majodina’s 2026 Budget Vote marks a major step in addressing South Africa’s water crisis. Monyokolo says it reflects a shift toward stronger governance, accountability and institutional reform. Monyokolo highlighted issues such as failing municipal infrastructure, sewage spills and unreliable supply. Monyokolo welcomed plans […]
