# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says the clean cities and towns campaign, launched in Kliptown, Soweto, will expand beyond Johannesburg. Speaking at the Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication, Mashatile said the campaign aims to promote cleaner, greener, and more inclusive communities. He stressed that the goal is for the government to work with residents to […]
# The South African Weather Service has issued a warning of severe winter weather starting this weekend. A powerful weather system will bring heavy snow, cold temperatures, and strong winds across all provinces except Limpopo. The Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal face possible flooding from heavy rain. Farmers are urged to protect livestock. Forecaster Kevin Rae […]
# The Department of Agriculture expects a 72-million-rand shipment of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines to arrive in South Africa by the second week of June. The deputy director-general for Agricultural Production, Biosecurity and Natural Resources Management, Dipepeneneng Serage, told Moneyweb the vaccines are being imported from Botswana due to South Africa’s limited domestic manufacturing capacity. The […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended condolences to the family of former Zambian president Edgar Lungu and the people of Zambia following his passing in Pretoria yesterday, aged 68. According to the Patriotic Front, Lungu had been receiving medical treatment in South Africa for several weeks for an undisclosed illness. Lungu led Zambia from 2015, […]
# Metalworkers union Numsa says the Eastern Cape faces a deepening jobs crisis as tyre manufacturer Goodyear South Africa moves to close its manufacturing plant in Uitenhage. Over 900 workers are expected to be affected. The union warns that this will worsen unemployment in the province, which already stands at 42-percent. Numsa’s Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says […]
# The South African National Taxi Council in the Western Cape has condemned today’s deadly shooting at Mfuleni taxi rank, which left four people dead and three injured. SANTACO chairperson Mandla Hermanus called the attack a brutal and criminal act. He called on all operators to remain peaceful and exercise maximum restraint as efforts to […]
# The political analyst, Levy Ndou, says Floyd Shivambu’s replacement as secretary-general must work closely with MK Party leader Jacob Zuma and strengthen party structures nationwide. Shivambu, redeployed to Parliament just six months into the role, now serves as an ordinary member of Parliament following his visit to Shepherd Bushiri’s church in Malawi. Ndou stresses […]
# Social Development minister Sisisi Tolashe says stabilising her department and fighting poverty remain top priorities under the government of national unity. Tolashe told the media that her immediate focus includes fast-tracking the appointment of key leadership, expanding psychosocial support for victims of gender-based violence, and finalising long-term plans for the 370-rand social relief grant. […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare sê die gebrek aan beheer oor menslike hulpbronne het winsgewend geword vir krimineelgesinde mense wat salarisse ontvang sonder om in diens te wees in staatsdepartemente, semistaatsinstellings en munisipaliteite. Die woordvoerder van die vereniging, Claude Naiker, sê alle vlakke van regering en staatsbeheerde maatskappye betaal miljoene rand aan spookwerkers. Hy sê […]
