# The Institute of Race Relations says South Africa’s economic and moral crisis is laid bare by two alarming figures. These are non-financial companies are holding a record 1.8-trillion-rand in cash, while 21-percent of children in the country under five are stunted due to malnutrition. The IRR’s John Endres says where investment flows, the economy […]
# Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dion George, says climate finance remains central to meaningful action. Least-developed countries are among those most exposed to intensifying climate risks, despite contributing the least to climate change. George says developing-economy nations require scaled-up, predictable, and accessible funding for mitigation, adaptation, and loss and damage. He adds […]
# The Public Servants Association says it cautiously welcomes the endeavour by Minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi, to address corruption in the country’s health system. A Special Investigating Unit probe recently revealed that the Tembisa Hospital in Gauteng lost two-billion-rand to alleged tender fraud and irregularities. PSA’s Claude Naicker says empowering hospital leadership with the […]
# Die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Dion George, sê Suid-Afrika sal voortgaan om sy kommer te lug oor eensydige handelsmaatreëls wat volhoubare ontwikkeling ondermyn en die Parysverdrag se beginsels weerspreek. Die minister woon volgende maand die 30ste Konferensie van Partye onder die Verenigde Nasies se Raamwerkkonvensie oor Klimaatsverandering by. George sê klimaat-voorneme […]
# The UDM has written to the Parliament’s standing committee on Public Accounts, to urgently address the escalation of spending on water-tanker services by municipalities. The City of Tshwane has come under fire over the 777-million-rand reportedly spent on water tankers during the financial year ending June 2025. UDM’s Thandi Nontenja says they is growing […]
# The GOOD Party says the implementation of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment policies must be fixed with strong guard rails to curb corruption. This comes as the DA has proposed an economic empowerment bill that removes race as a determining factor, replacing it with a needs-based approach. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, says there have […]
# The Congress of South African Trade Unions has rejected the DA’s call for the scrapping of Broad-Based Black Empowerment, saying the objectives of the policy are sacrosanct. The DA is looking to introduce the Economic Inclusion for All Bill, which seeks to amend the Public Procurement Amendment Act of 2024, to repeal all race-based preferential […]
# The Road Accident Fund interim board says it has fulfilled its commitment to expedite payments to claimants and enhance service delivery. The state-owned entity disbursed 17.3-billion-rand in compensation to road accident victims and service providers since April, with 4.18-billion-rand paid out in September alone. This marked the highest amount disbursed in a single month […]
The headlines of the leading newspapers on 21 October 2025: NATIONAL: # Business Day: Is one of the first newspapers to report on the evidence at the Madlanga Commission today. A detective who testified anonymously says that a police detective, Michael Pule Tau, was found with 15 empty cartridge casings two hours after engineer Armand […]
