# The African Transformation Movement says it is outraged at the catastrophic mismanagement of South Africa’s economy, underscored by an alarming rise in unemployment. The country’s unemployment rate has increased to 32.9-percent in the first quarter of this year from 31.9-percent in the fourth quarter of 2024. ATM’s spokesperson, Zama Ntshona, says high levels of […]
# A California judge has resentenced Erik and Lyle Menendez to 50 years to life in prison for the 1989 murders of their parents, making them eligible for parole. The brothers acknowledged killing Kitty and Jose Menendez but said they acted out of self-defence after years of abuse. They were found guilty of first-degree murder […]
# ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says the misrepresentation of the Expropriation Act is evidence that the beneficiaries of apartheid will not sleep. He made the remarks during his keynote address at the ANC’s Duma Nokwe Memorial Lecture, held in the Sedibeng Municipality in Gauteng on Tuesday. The DA is challenging the Act in court, saying […]
# The Freedom Front Plus in Tshwane says it fully supports the proposal that contractors who fail to meet the required standards be backlisted. This includes contractors who are dishonest about their capabilities, manipulate procurement processes or abandon projects before completion. FF Plus’ Wesley Jacobs says the proposal was unanimously adopted by the metro council:
# Government says Statistics South Africa’s latest quarterly labour force survey results for quarter one of 2025 is a reminder of the ongoing challenges in the labour market. Unemployment figures increased to 32.9-percent in the first quarter of this year, and close to 300-thousand jobs were lost between January and March in comparison to the […]
# The GOOD Party says the latest quarterly labour force survey for quarter one confirms what South Africans already feel in their homes, that unemployment is getting worse, not better. The official unemployment rate has climbed to 32.9-percent, which translates to 8.2-million citizens officially unemployed. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, says the country is not […]
# Build One South Africa sê die regering kan nie die land se trae, ongelyke ekonomie en hoë werkloosheidsyfer takel nie. Die kwartaallikse arbeidsmag-opname vir die eerste kwartaal toon die aantal werkende mense in die formele sektor het met 245-duisend afgeneem terwyl dié in die informele sektor met 17-duisend toegeneem het. BOSA sê staatsdepartemente en ministers […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die groep van 49 wit Afrikaners wat na Amerika vertrek het, is volgens hom ongelukkig met pogings om die verlede se ongelykhede aan te spreek. President Donald Trump het hulle vlugtelingstatus toegeken as slagoffers van wat hy ʼn volksmoord noem. Die president het gister ʼn verrassingsbesoek gebring aan die jaarlikse […]
# President Donald Trump sê die verhouding tussen Amerika en Saoedi-Arabië is ʼn basis van sekuriteit en voorspoed. Hy het gister begin met die eerste deel van ʼn vierdaagse diplomatieke toer na Saoedi-Arabië, Katar en die Verenigde Arabiese Emirate. Trump het talle ooreenkomste met Saoedi-Arabië se regering onderteken, wat militêre samewerking insluit. Hy het in […]
