# The DA in the Western Cape says the fight against unemployment, especially youth unemployment, which remains at crisis levels nationally, requires more than promises. The province’s official unemployment rate stands at 19.6-percent – a full 13 percentage points below the national average. The DA’s, Noko Masipa, says this reflects a working province, where opportunity, […]
# ActionSA in Johannesburg has expressed concern over the unchecked and escalating crime in Eldorado Park. The party’s Elmari Atterbury says criminality, ranging from gang violence and drug peddling to police corruption, is eroding public safety and undermining confidence in law enforcement institutions. She says corruption within SAPS and police indifference have created a culture of […]
# The City of Tshwane has reactivated its Personal Protective Equipment Committee to strengthen the safety of its workers. This crucial structure has been inactive for several years. Mayoral committee member for Corporate and Shared Services, Kholofelo Morodi, says reviving the committee is a clear demonstration of the administration’s deep commitment to the safety, dignity, and well-being […]
# The GOOD Party in the Drakenstein Municipality, Western Cape, has formally resubmitted a proposal to speaker Koos le Roux, calling for the livestreaming of all council sittings during the 2025/2026 financial year. The party’s Keagen Gertse says municipalities are increasingly embracing digital platforms to ensure residents have real-time access to council proceedings that directly impact […]
# The Eastern Cape government says it has noted with concern the increase in the unemployment rate in the province. The latest quarterly labour force survey for quarter one in 2025 shows that the province’s unemployment rate increased by 2.7-percent. The provincial government’s spokesperson, Khuselwa Rantjie, says they are committed to intensifying efforts towards reducing […]
# Tennis: Carlos Alcaraz het die kwarteindronde van die Italiaanse Ope bereik. Hy mik steeds na eerste titel in Rome nadat hy die Rus Karen Khachanov met 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 geklop het. Die derde gekeurde Spanjaard het nog nooit vantevore ’n stel teen Khachanov in hul vorige vier ontmoetings afgstaan nie. Alcaraz moet die halfeindronde […]
# Tennis: Carlos Alcaraz reached the Italian Open quarter-finals after battling past Russian Karen Khachanov 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 to continue his bid for a first title in Rome. The third-seeded Spaniard had never lost a set in his previous four meetings with Khachanov, but was forced to fight on the Foro Italico centre court. Alcaraz […]
# Build One South Africa sê die Gautengse regering se terugbetaling van twee-miljard-rand aan die Nasionale Tesourie as gevolg van onderbesteding is ’n skande, veral terwyl gemeenskappe gebuk gaan onder armoede, verbrokkelende infrastruktuur en swak gesondheidsorg. BOSA sê dis deel van ’n voortdurende patroon van swak finansiële bestuur, met departemente soos Gesondheid en Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling […]
# Die Afrika-spoorkonferensie wat in Sandton, Johannesburg begin het, bring meer as vyf-duisend afgevaardigdes van regoor die wêreld bymekaar. Die tweedaagse geleentheid is Afrika se grootste spoorwegkonferensie en verenig nywerheidsleiers, beleggers en regeringsverteenwoordigers om innovasie en transformasie te bevorder. Die konferensie, met 150 deskundige sprekers en 120 uitstallers, bevorder ekonomiese groei in die sektor, sowel […]
