# 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 […]
# Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mmamoloko Kubayi has urged women and communities to report corruption, intimidation, violence, and criminal activities without fear. The minister joined women leaders, political formations, faith-based organisations and civil society at the KwaZulu-Natal Election Peace Prayer 2026 in Durban yesterday. The department’s spokesperson, Palesa Rammitlwe, says minister Kubayi emphasised […]
# Die vakverbond SAFTU vra dok- en hawe-werkers en hul vakbonde in Suid-Afrika en Afrika om Vrydag aan te sluit by die internasionale dag van aksie teen oorlog en die militarisering van hawens. Dit volg ná die Istanboel-verklaring wat dokwerker-vakbonde in Mei vanjaar aanvaar het, en waar die boodskap was dat dokwerkers nie ʼn skakel […]
# Die DA se interne peiling-data plaas dié party in volgende Woensdag se plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing op 28,4-persent, wat slegs 1,2-persentasiepunte minder die ANC se 29,6-persent is. Die inligting is saamgestel uit daaglikse telefoniese peilings om ʼn vier-week-gemiddeld te kry. Volgens die meningspeiling is die DA die grootste party in Johannesburg, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, Mangaung, Nelson Mandelabaai en […]
# The South African Social Security Agency CEO Themba Matlou says the agency is strengthening its systems, closing loopholes, pursuing allegations of wrongdoing and ensuring that those found guilty face the consequences of their actions. Since April 2025, SASSA has received 134 cases involving alleged misconduct and fraud by its officials. Of these, 106 cases […]
# Die vakverbond COSATU het die Suid-Afrikaanse Vakbond vir Handels-, Spysenierings- en Verwante Werkers, SACCAWU, geloof vir sy oorwinning teen Pick n Pay. Dit volg na die kleinhandelaar se besluit om sy Artikel 189A-konsultasieproses oor herstrukturering en aflegging te staak ná ʼn ooreenkoms met SACCAWU. Minstens 22-duisend werkers sou geraak word. COSATU-woordvoerder Zanele Sabela sê […]
# Union federation SAFTU is calling on dock, harbour and port workers and their unions in South Africa and Africa to join the International Day of Action against War and the Militarisation of Ports on Friday. This follows the Istanbul Declaration adopted by dockworkers’ unions in May this year, where the message was that dockworkers […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die regering werk landwyd aan waterprobleme, daarom het hy die Nasionale Waterkrisis-kommissie saamgestel. Hy het gister tydens die ANC se deur-tot-deur-veldtog in Soweto gepraat. Die komitee moet seker maak daar is ʼn gekoördineerde benadering tot die institusionele en finansiële hervormings wat nodig is vir watersekerheid. Ramaphosa sê die onmiddellike probleem […]
# The DA’s internal polling data places the party at 28.4-percent, just 1.2 percentage points behind the ANC on 29.6-percent ahead of the local government elections next Wednesday. The data was compiled from a daily telephone tracking poll to produce a four-week rolling average. The polling shows the DA as the biggest party in Johannesburg, […]
