# The City of Cape Town offers the most rates relief and benefits for pensioners and indigent households, based on a comparison of the tabled 2026/27 draft budgets for the big five metros. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says pensioners continue to benefit from the country’s widest rebate qualifying criteria, with Cape Town also the only metro offering […]
# The Department of Employment and Labour says it will continue with compliance inspections to clamp down on contraventions of the Immigration Act and Employment Service Act. Spokesperson, Teboho Thejane says the department is amending the Employment Services Act to legally enforce the National Labour Migration Policy. He says the updated legislation expands sections 8 and 9 […]
# Police say they are searching for suspects after at least 12 people were shot near a festival in Toledo, in the midwestern US state of Ohio. Ten people are reported to be in stable condition, while two remain in critical condition. The victims’ ages ranged from 16 to 61. Toledo Deputy Police Chief Joe […]
# Cosatu has welcomed Fitch’s decision to upgrade South Africa’s long-term foreign and local currency credit ratings to ‘BB’ from ‘BB-’ and maintain the stable outlook. This is the second upgrade by a ratings agency for South Africa in the past month. Cosatu spokesperson, Matthew Parks says it’s a sign of growing international confidence that South Africa’s efforts […]
# Cosatu het die aanstelling van die Suid-Afrikaanse Poskantoorraad verwelkom. Die woordvoerder van Cosatu, Matthew Parks, sê die Poskantoor is vir te lank toegelaat om feitlik ineen te stort. Hy sê benewens die Poskantoor se versuim en onvermoë om met strukturele verskuiwings in die pos- en kommunikasiesektor tred te hou, het die afwesigheid van toegewyde […]
# Cosatu has welcomed the appointment of the South African Post Office Board. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks says for far too long the Post Office has been allowed to deteriorate to a state of near collapse. He says the absence of dedicated and fit for purpose leadership has been at the centre of this painful decline in addition […]
# Eskom is sustaining improvements in power system performance as winter demand intensifies, with generation availability improving year-on-year and over 700-thousand households now removed from load reduction. Eskom spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena says these gains are driven by stronger plant performance, improved reliability, and targeted network interventions to address localised constraints, enabling more communities to benefit […]
# Tennis: The 19-year-old Mirra Andreeva became the youngest women’s champion at Roland Garros in 34 years with a dominant 6-3, 6-2 victory over Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska in the final. Andreeva is the first Russian woman to win a major title since Maria Sharapova’s triumph at Roland Garros in 2014. She is also the […]
# ‘n Buitelandse burger is gister aangekeer in verband met die moord op vyf jong mans in Motherwell in die Oos-Kaap. Die polisiewoordvoerder, Nobuntu Gantana, sê die 28-jarige man se arrestasie volg na die massa-skietery in ‘n huis in Motherwell verlede maand. Gantana sê die polisie het inligting opgevolg wat daartoe gelei het dat die […]
