# With today being International Overdose Awareness Day, the Department of Social Development says it is a reminder that overdose remains a serious challenge affecting individuals, families and communities. This year’s theme is “25 Years On. Still Needed”. The department’s spokesperson, Sandy Godlwana, says addressing substance-related harm requires sustained prevention, early intervention, access to appropriate services […]
# The South African Communist Party says its local government election contest aims to address the crisis of working-class representation, build the productive capacity of the state, and strengthen its provision of public goods and services. The party will field four-thousand-418 ward candidates in the November elections. SACP General Secretary Solly Mapaila says its electoral campaign […]
# Die vakverbond Saftu sê die regering moet ophou om graderingsagentskappe se goedkeuring met ekonomiese sukses te verwar. Fitch Ratings het Suid-Afrika se kredietgradering in Junie verhoog, en strenger fiskale dissipline en laer as verwagte skuld as redes aangevoer. Dit was die land se eerste opgradering in meer as twee dekades. Saftu-woordvoerder, Asive Dyani, sê […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile se kantoor verwerp bespiegeling en onbevestigde berigte oor sy gesondheid en sê sy mediese inligting is privaat. Hy het op 18 Julie laas in die openbaar verskyn. ʼn Artikel in die Sunday World maak verskeie uitsprake oor Mashatile se gesondheid, insluitend dat hy in die waakeenheid is en noem die moontlikheid […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says government must stop confusing approval from rating agencies with economic success. In June, Fitch Ratings raised South Africa’s credit rating, citing stronger fiscal discipline and lower-than-expected debt, marking its first upgrade of the country in more than two decades. SAFTU’s spokesperson Asive Dyani says rating agencies […]
# Die Ford Motor-maatskappy in Suid-Afrika het aangekondig dat hy twee-duisend-275 dubbelkajuit-bakkies wat in 2026–2027 vervaardig, en tussen 22 Mei en 23 Junie vanjaar verkoop is, herroep. Dit volg nadat ʼn moontlike probleem met die voertuie se sygordyn-lugsakstelsel geïdentifiseer is. Dit is ook van toepassing op voertuie wat na Namibië, Botswana, Lesotho en Eswatini uitgevoer […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile’s office has rejected speculation and unverified reports about his health, stressing that his medical information is private. He has not made a public appearance since the 18th of July. An article in the Sunday World made several claims about Mashatile’s health, including that he had been admitted to ICU while […]
# Dis vandag die laaste dag waarop ontvangers van toelaes van die Suid-Afrikaanse Agentskap vir Maatskaplike Sekerheid se goue kaarte kan oorskakel na die Posbank se swart kaarte. Meer as 80-persent van die oorskakelings is reeds voor vandag se sperdatum afgehandel. Die Posbank-woordvoerder, Bongani Diako, sê die oorgang is ondersteun deur omvattende operasionele voorbereidings en […]
# ANC se eerste adjunk-sekretaris-generaal, Nomvula Mokonyane, moedig partylede aan om die kandidatelys vir die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing in November te aanvaar. Sommige ANC-lede het gister hul ontevredenheid tydens die Vrystaatse manifes-bekendstelling getoon. Hulle beskuldig die party van verdeeldheid en het ongelukkigheid uitgespreek oor die keuse van kandidate in sekere wyke. Mokonyane sê organisatoriese dissipline is belangrik […]
