# Omnia shareholders have approved a 21.8-billion-rand buyout offer from India’s Solar Group, paving the way for the 73-year-old South African fertiliser and explosives producer to delist from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Omnia was founded in 1953. The offer values the company at 134-rand-50 per share. Solar Group says the deal demonstrates its confidence in […]
# The DA leader and mayoral candidate for the City of Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis, says the party is currently projected to receive 58-percent of the vote in the city following yesterday’s local government elections. He told the media Cape Town could be the only major city with a majority government if the current voting […]
# A 31-year-old Economic Freedom Fighters member has been fatally stabbed near a voting station in Polokwane in Limpopo. Police say the incident happened at around 5 AM this morning following an altercation between two people reportedly belonging to the same political party. The suspect allegedly returned to the scene and stabbed the victim in […]
# The South African Communist Party wants to strengthen municipalities as public institutions and build internal municipal capacity. National spokesperson Mbulelo Mandlana said at the Electoral Commission’s national results operations centre in Midrand, Gauteng, they reject outsourcing municipal functions and reliance on consultants, arguing these practices undermine employment. Mandlana says the SACP, who is contesting […]
# The Director of Public Prosecutions has rejected former police sergeant Fannie Nkosi’s application to have criminal charges against him reconsidered. His lawyer, Katlego Maleho, has also withdrawn from the case. Nkosi appeared in the Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court today following his resignation from the Police Service last month. The charges against him include defeating […]
# Government has thanked South Africans for participating in the local government elections and exercising their democratic right to vote. It has commended the Electoral Commission, law enforcement agencies, employers and volunteers for their contributions towards ensuring a peaceful and credible election process. Government deputy spokesperson William Baloyi urged citizens to stay united and hold […]
# Solidarity says wage negotiations between Kumba Iron Ore and four unions have stalled after five months. While the salary increase offers of 4.5-percent to five-percent are acceptable, the deadlock centers on Kumba’s demand that workers accept a new shift roster requiring mandatory work on all 12 public holidays. Solidarity’s Gideon du Plessis says management […]
# Hoofverkiesingsbeampte Sy Mamabolo sê die vaslegging van uitslae is reeds afgehandel in 18 munisipaliteite in die Noord-, die Wes- en die Oos-Kaap. Hy het in die Verkiesingskommissie se nasionale uitslagsentrum in Midrand, Gauteng, gesê 35,5-persent van die verwagte uitslagstate is reeds geskandeer, terwyl 34,8-persent vasgelê is. ‘n Kwart van alle uitslagstate is ook reeds […]
# Die ACDP sê hy is oortuig sy steun sal toeneem namate meer uitslae in die 2026-munisipale verkiesing bekend gemaak word. Die party se kandidaat vir Johannesburg, Norman Mkhonza, sê die ACDP se vroeë vertoning stem grootliks ooreen met sy uitslag in 2021. Hy sê stemme in verskeie gebiede, insluitend Limpopo en Kaapstad, moet nog […]
