# COSATU has welcomed the revised Gross Domestic Product estimates, saying the development could have positive implications for government debt and the country’s credit ratings. COSATU’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks says the improved debt-to-GDP ratio could help strengthen South Africa’s credit ratings and potentially reduce the interest charged on government borrowing. However, Parks warns that the […]
# The MK Party has established a centralised national framework to guide its coalition negotiations following the 2026 local government elections, after securing 10-percent of the vote. Speaking during a media briefing at the Electoral Commission’s KwaZulu-Natal Results Operations Centre in Durban, party secretary-general, Dali Mpofu says coalitions are important instruments for advancing the people’s […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Raad van Kerke, die National Foundations Dialogue Initiative en die Women’s Election Mechanism for Peace het Suid-Afrikaners geprys omdat hulle demokrasie gehandhaaf en verseker het dat die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing vreedsaam en ordelik verloop. Die organisasies het 619 opgeleide en geakkrediteerde verkiesingswaarnemers in al nege provinsies ontplooi om die opening, stemming, sluiting en telprosesse […]
# Die IVP-leier Velenkosini Hlabisa sê die party is tevrede met sy prestasie in die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing en is gereed om met koalisie-onderhandelinge te begin. Hlabisa het die media by die Verkiesingskommissie se Uitslagsentrum in Midrand, Johannesburg, toegespreek en gesê die IVP is bereid om met ander politieke partye in gesprek te tree oor die vorming […]
Die EFF-leier Julius Malema het die oud-EFF-LP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi gekritiseer omdat hy nie gestem het nie. Ndlozi het tydens ‘n onderhoud op SABC1 se Daily Thetha onthul dat hy besluit het om nie te stem nie. Hy sê verdeeldheid onder swart politieke partye en ontevredenheid met die land se politieke leierskap is die rede. In […]
# IFP leader Velenkosini Hlabisa says the party is satisfied with its performance in the local government elections and is ready to begin coalition negotiations. Addressing the media at the Electoral Commission’s Results Operations Centre in Midrand, Johannesburg, Hlabisa said the IFP was prepared to engage other political parties on forming coalition governments in municipalities […]
# UDM leader Bantu Holomisa says electoral disputes lodged with the Electoral Commission of South Africa are not intended to undermine the electoral process, but to safeguard its integrity. He says every vote represents the democratic choice of a citizen and must be accurately recorded. He is calling on the IEC to urgently address all […]
# Eskom sê hy handhaaf steeds die vordering wat deur sy Opwekkingsherstelplan behaal is, met ‘n energiebeskikbaarheidsfaktor vir die huidige boekjaar tot op hede wat 68,16-persent bereik het. Die Eskom-woordvoerder, Daphne Mokwena, sê die verbeterde opwekkingsvermoë het die land se elektrisiteitstelsel versterk, wat dit moontlik maak om die fokus te verskuif van herstel na langtermyn-betroubaarheid […]
# Die DA sê hy sal begin om politieke partye te betrek by koalisiegesprekke om munisipaliteite te bestuur waar geen party ‘n volstrekte meerderheid behaal het nie. Die party se federale uitvoerende komitee het besluit om samesprekings te begin ná wat hy as ‘n sterk verkiesingsprestasie beskryf. Ashor Sarupen van die DA sê die party […]
