# The SACP condemns the brutal assassination of its Ward 10 councillor candidate Ernest Fipaza in Mbhashe, Eastern Cape, saying threats in other areas render elections unfree and unfair. Addressing the Red October Campaign rally, the party said it will contest local government elections independently for the first time since 1994 on 4 November under […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die regering moes die afgelope paar jaar ‘n moeilike balans handhaaf tussen die bestendiging van die land se openbare finansies en om die hoë vlakke van armoede en werkloosheid aan te pak. Die minibegroting wat die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, verlede weekter tafel gelê het, toon staatskuld het bestendig […]
# The ANC has warned the public against a fraudulent message claiming to offer an instant free 300-rand as part of its 2026 election campaign. The party has not authorised or launched any such giveaway, urging members of the public not to click on links accompanying the message, respond to it or share it with […]
# Eskom het sedert 16 Mei verlede jaar 525 agtereenvolgende dae sonder beurtkrag bereik en die herstel van sy opwekkingsvermoë is op die beste vlak in ses jaar. Sy energie-beskikbaarheidsfaktor het gestyg tot 68,1-persent teenoor 62,48-persent verlede jaar. Eskom beskik oor ses-dusend-424 megawatt meer opwekkingsvermoë as drie jaar gelede. Onbeplande kragonderbrekings het die afgelope drie […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says government has been walking a difficult path over the last few years to stabilise the country’s public finances and tackle the high levels of poverty and unemployment. Last week, minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana, tabled the mini-budget which showed public debt has stabilised and government revenue is now about 54-billion-rand […]
# Die minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Velenkosini Hlabisa, sê logistieke, tegniese en veiligheidsreëlings vorder goed vir volgende Woensdag se plaaslike regeringsverkiesing. Byna 29,2-miljoen Suid-Afrikaners is geregistreer om te stem en 546 politieke partye gaan deelneem. Kiesers sal uit sowat 137-duisend kandidate kan kies vir net meer as 10-duisend-500 raadsposisies. Hlabisa is die […]
# Eskom reached 525 consecutive days without load-shedding since 16 May last year as generation recovery hits a six-year high. The utility says its year-to-date energy availability factor rose to 68.1-percent, up from 62.48-percent last year, adding 6.424-megawatt of capacity compared to three years ago. Unplanned outages fell by over seven-thousand megawatt in three years, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated Brazilian left-wing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his historic re-election. He secured an unprecedented, non-consecutive fourth presidential term after winning a closely contested runoff election against right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says South Africa and Brazil maintain a close bilateral and strategic relationship founded […]
# Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Velenkosini Hlabisa says logistical, technical, and security arrangements are fully on track for next Wednesday’s local government elections. Nearly 29.2-million South Africans are registered to vote, with 546 political parties contesting the polls. Almost 137-thousand candidates will be vying for just over ten-thousand-500 council seats. Hlabisa, who […]
