# The National, Education and Allied Workers’ Union says the SACP’s electoral performance must serve as a building block for strengthening its presence amongst communities and consolidating its role in the struggles of the working class. Contesting the local government elections independently for the first time, the SACP will have 264 councillors take up their seats […]
# The South African Local Government Association has expressed concern about incidents of political violence and killings during the local government election period. Police recorded 21 politically motivated murder cases linked to the election, mostly in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and the Eastern Cape. SALGA spokesperson Motalatale Modiba says there can be no place for violence or […]
# Die adjunkminister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Yusuf Cassim, doen ʼn beroep op die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente om probleme wat studente by verskeie instellings raak, dringend te hanteer. Dit sluit in uitstaande toelaes vir persoonlike sorg, en Funza Lushaka-betalings aan studente by UNISA. By die Sentrale Universiteit van Tegnologie het 81 studente […]
# The South African Communist Party says its support for the ANC in coalition negotiations is not automatic. The SACP, which contested the local government elections independently from the tripartite alliance for the first time, won 2.38-percent of votes nationally and 264 council seats. It has drawn a hard line on collaborating with the DA or […]
# Deputy minister of Higher Education and Training, Yusuf Cassim, is calling on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme to prioritise and resolve outstanding challenges affecting students at various institutions. These include outstanding Personal Care Allowances and Funza Lushaka payments affecting students at UNISA, and 81 Central University of Technology students receiving incorrect qualification coding, which […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse vereniging vir plaaslike regering, SALGA, sê politieke partye moet gemeenskappe bo politieke belange stel wanneer hulle gereedmaak om munisipale rade saam te stel. In 138 rade is daar geen volstrekte meerderheid ná die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing nie, en koalisies moet gevorm word. SALGA-woordvoerder, Motalatale Modiba, sê koalisie-ooreenkomste moet bestendigheid, aanspreeklikheid, doeltreffende oorsig en voortgesette dienslewering […]
# Aluma Capital se hoofekonoom, Frederick Mitchell, sê die feit dat Suid-Afrika uitgesluit is van die Wet op Groei en Geleenthede in Afrika, beteken die land verloor mededingendheid in nis-uitvoermarkte en kan duisende werksgeleenthede verloor. In 2025 het 89-persent van Suid-Afrika se uitvoere na Amerika onder gewone handelsterme plaasgevind, en sowat 10-persent onder AGOA, teenoor […]
# The South African Local Government Association has urged political parties to put communities ahead of political interests as they prepare to form municipal councils. Following the local government elections, there are 138 hung councils in municipalities where no political party received an outright majority, and where coalitions will have to be negotiated. SALGA’s spokesperson […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa vra pasverkose raadslede om voorkeur te gee aan dienslewering, om verby politieke verskille te werk en openbare vertroue in plaaslike regering te herstel. Hy sê in sy weeklikse nuusbrief inkomende raadslede het ʼn belangrike rol om plaaslike regering te hervorm volgens die Witskrif vir dié spesifieke regeringsvlak. Die Witskrif sit maatreëls uiteen […]
