# Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, has called for urgent action to address persistent governance, financial management and accountability challenges in local government. The Auditor-General’s consolidated report on local government outcomes for 2024/2025 reveals that only 15-percent of municipalities received clean audits in the 2025 fiscal year; 28-percent have shown improvements […]
# Minister of Tourism Patricia de Lille says government is demonstrating confidence in the tourism sector through continued investment in tourism infrastructure, aimed at boosting economic growth and job creation. The department has been allocated 2.54-billion-rand for the 2026/2027 financial year. Tourism sustained over 954-thousand direct jobs in 2024 and contributed 4.9-percent to gross domestic […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority says the plea agreement with alleged underworld figure Vusumuzi “Cat” Matlala has no bearing on any other cases he is facing. He pleaded guilty to fraud and corruption charges related to a controversial 228-million-rand South African Police Service tender awarded to his company, Medicare24. The NPA’s spokesperson, Kaizer Kganyago, says […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, sê Suid-Afrika volg ʼn onafhanklike buitelandse beleid wat stewig gevestig is in die beginsel van onverbondenheid, en sal nie van buite voorgeskryf word nie. Hy het gereageer op opmerkings van die Amerikaanse ambassadeur in Pretoria, Leo Brent Bozell, wat gesê het adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile se […]
# Die voormalige MK-partylede, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla en Nhlamulo Ndhlela, het hofdokumente by die Suid-Gautengse Hooggeregshof ingedien waarin hulle hul verwydering uit die party betwis. Hulle versoek dat hul skorsings tersyde gestel word, en voer aan dat die besluit om hul lidmaatskap te beëindig hersien en omgekeer moet word. In die dokumente sê die twee hulle […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, says South Africa pursues an independent foreign policy firmly anchored in the principle of non-alignment, and will not be dictated by external pressure. He was responding to comments made by the US ambassador to Pretoria, Leo Brent Bozell, who claimed that deputy president Paul Mashatile’s visit […]
# Former MK Party members Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla and Nhlamulo Ndhlela have filed papers in the South Gauteng High Court, challenging their removal from the party. They are seeking to have their expulsions set aside, arguing that the decision to terminate their membership should be reviewed and reversed. In court papers, the duo argues that they were […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says measures are in place to ensure that 30 June will be a normal working day despite the planned illegal immigration protests. Responding to questions in the National Council of Provinces, Ramaphosa said security forces are ready to maintain order and support stability nationwide. He assured the council that the government […]
# ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says migration is testing the principles of the Freedom Charter and is placing pressure on national unity and the rule of law. Briefing the media on the outcomes of the party’s national working committee, Mbalula said the government is dealing firmly with undocumented migration, with more than 110-thousand deportations carried […]
