# The South African Federation of Trade Unions has welcomed the historic ruling of the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. The Court overturned the 1967 inquest and found that Chief Albert Luthuli was beaten to death by apartheid police, and not killed in a train accident. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani says this judgment finally shatters the […]
# Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago says there is no reason to delay lowering South Africa’s inflation target to three-percent, despite pressures from electricity and water tariffs, and salary agreements. He told Reuters waiting for multi-year wage deals to expire would stall progress. Kganyago insists the current three-to-six-percent target band is outdated and uncompetitive. Finance […]
# Communications and Digital Technologies deputy minister Mondli Gungubele is conducting an oversight visit to the Broadcasting Digital Migration Programme in Botshabelo, Bloemfontein. The visit comes as South Africa continues its transition from analogue to digital broadcasting. The programme aims to improve signal quality, expand access to digital television, and free up spectrum for broadband […]
# eSport: Die Suid-Afrikaanse Sokkervereniging se nasionale Rocket League-span het gekwalifiseer vir die FIFAe Wêreldbeker, nadat hulle die Afrika-streekskwalifiseringsronde oorheers het. Die groep van ses het 13 nasies geklop, insluitend Seychelle en Egipte, voordat hulle teen Marokko as naaswenners uit die stryd getree het. SAFA se uitvoerende hoof, Lydia Monyepao sê die sukses van Rocket […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions is calling on president Cyril Ramaphosa to urgently permit investigation into allegations of looting and mismanagement at the Public Investment Corporation. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani says these allegations, if substantiated, point to a continuing pattern of financial irregularities, political interference, and reckless investment practices at an institution responsible […]
# Paliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts has unanimously resolved to subpoena former Road Accident Fund CEO, Collins Letsoalo, after repeated attempts to secure his voluntary appearance before the committee. The committee’s chairperson, Songezo Zibi, says he will write to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Thoko Didiza to seek her concurrence. He says the letter will explain […]
# Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure has urged Public Works and Infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson to submit a full forensic report on the Independent Development Trust’s hospital oxygen tender. Chairperson Carol Phiri told SABC News that the committee rejected the summary report tabled this week, insisting that Parliament requires the complete document […]
# University of Pretoria researchers, Professors Lerothodi Leeuw and Muaaz Bhamjee, have made scientific history after earning the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for their role in CERN’s ATLAS experiment in Switzerland. Their work contributes to understanding fundamental questions about dark matter, forces, and the universe, upgrading the Large Hadron Collider’s detectors. UP recently […]
# Action Society doen ʼn beroep op die Departement van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling om onmiddellik die Nasionale seksoortreder-register uit te gee. Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi het beloof om die register in Februarie vir die publiek toeganklik te maak. Die Raad op Arbeidsverhoudinge in die Onderwys het in die 2024/2025-boekjaar 111 gevalle aangemeld waar onderwysers leerders […]
