# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says more than three decades after apartheid, enormous sections of South Africa’s mineral wealth remain controlled according to the logic of private accumulation. Saftu’s Asive Dyani says mining communities frequently remain poor while wealth extracted from beneath their feet flows to corporations, shareholders and financial markets. She […]
# The DA in Tshwane says president Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit to Hammanskraal and the opening of two boreholes in Kenana Gardens have done nothing to resolve the fundamental water crisis facing residents. The party’s Cilliers Brink says households continue to endure unreliable water supply despite the political fanfare surrounding the new boreholes. He says the […]
# Build One South Africa has categorically rejected the DA’s stated plans to privatise the delivery of essential municipal services in the City of Johannesburg.BOSA spokesperson, Graham Charters, says the DA’s 2026 election manifesto proposes a much greater role for private companies in the financing, maintenance and operation of municipal services such water, electricity and […]
# Western Cape Infrastructure MEC, Tertuis Simmers, says his department has taken its vision for integrated, technology-enabled infrastructure delivery to the global stage through its participation at the Artificial Intelligence for Developing Countries Forum Summit, held in Geneva, Switzerland. He says at the Summit, the Department showcased how the government is combining long-term infrastructure planning, […]
# AfriForum submitted an application for contempt of court against the EFF and the party’s leader, Julius Malema, to the Pretoria High Court. The organisation’s CEO, Kallie Kriel, says the application comes after the EFF and Malema’s renewed calls for illegal land occupation, despite a court order obtained by AfriForum in 2017 that prohibits them […]
# Water and Sanitation minister, Pemmy Majodina, has welcomed the efforts by iLembe District Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal to expand access to reliable and sustainable water supply to communities that have previously been unserved. This followed the completion of two Water Supply Schemes projects in the villages of Macambini and Ndulinde in Mandeni Local Municipality. Majodina […]
# The Western Cape police has condemned the murder of a 37-year-old off-duty police officer in Nyanga, Cape Town on Saturday night. Police spokesperson, Novela Potelwa says police on patrol responded to gunshots heard in the area when they saw a crowd gathered in Hani Street. She says upon arrival at the scene they discovered […]
# Cosatu has urged the South African National Defence Force, the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure and the Steve Tshwete Municipality to immediately act and restore electricity to 4 South African Infantry Battalion’s Middelburg base, in Mpumalanga. Cosatu spokesperson, Matthew Parks says it is completely unacceptable that the 100 soldiers and their dependents living […]
# Rugby: The Bulls have unveiled their new home kit for the season, inspired by Loftus Versfeld. Dubbed “All Roads Lead to Loftus”, the jersey celebrates the stadium as the spiritual home of the team and their supporters. It features a gradient from deep navy to Loftus blue, with a map graphic showing roads converging […]
