# The chairperson of the inter-ministerial committee, Mmamoloko Kubayi, says government respects the Constitutional Court’s ruling on asylum applications, but is concerned about unintended consequences. She addressed the media following the committee’s meeting. Kubayi says the judgment does not legalise unlawful migration or automatically grant refugee status or permanent residence. Instead, asylum seekers must have […]
# South Africa plans to establish a new commission, chaired by president Cyril Ramaphosa, to coordinate and oversee state-owned companies. Minister in the Presidency Gwen Ramokgopa says the commission will review the national strategy for state firms, strengthen governance and monitoring, and coordinate restructuring to improve efficiency. The move follows the withdrawal of legislation proposing […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare vra die Departement van Binnelandse Sake om dringend ondersoek te doen na die werkslading van vlugteling-ontvangskantore. Die Konstitusionele Hof het bevestig asielsoekers mag nie verhinder word om hul aansoeke te laat oorweeg slegs omdat hul nie sekere prosedures gevolg het nie, soos hul immigrasiestatus of versuim om binne die voorgeskrewe […]
# Die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Handel en Nywerheid is bekommerd oor die Departement van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging se prestasie in die 2025/26-boekjaar. Die departement het slegs 62-persent van sy beplande teikens bereik, maar 98-persent van sy begroting bestee het. Die Ouditeur-Generaal het ook ‘n wesenlike onreëlmatigheid uitgewys rakende bedrieglike eise ingevolge die Kapitaalprojek-uitvoerbaarheidsprogram. […]
# The South African Canegrowers’ Association is calling on minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana to scrap the sugar tax in the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement on October 21st. The association says the levy is threatening the sugar value chain, while sugarcane deliveries have fallen 18-percent this season. It says growers are also facing foreign […]
# South Africa’s mining sector is calling for stronger partnerships between business and government to improve municipal services and build capable local administrations. Speaking at the Joburg Indaba 2026, experts warned that skills shortages, corruption and political instability are undermining municipalities. Business leaders said mining companies should support municipalities without becoming permanent substitutes for the […]
# The Afrika Mayibuye Movement says Eskom’s improved generation performance and the sustained absence of load shedding are positive developments, but electricity recovery must reach every community. South Africa has surpassed 500 consecutive days without load shedding as part of Eskom’s ongoing operational and financial recovery. The movement’s spokesperson, Sydney Baloyi, says households and businesses […]
# The Public Servants Association is calling on the Department of Home Affairs to conduct an urgent workload and capacity assessment at all refugee reception offices. The Constitutional Court has confirmed asylum seekers may not be prevented from having their claims considered solely because of procedural non-compliance. This relates to their immigration status, manner of entry […]
# Parliament’s Trade and Industry committee has raised concerns over the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s performance in the 2025/26 financial year. The department achieved just 62-percent of its planned targets while spending 98 percent of its budget. The Auditor-General also flagged a material irregularity involving fraudulent claims from the Capital Projects Feasibility Programme. […]
