Murder cases dropped by 9.8%, but challenges remain – Mchunu
The Minister of Police, Senzo Mchunu, has reported a significant decrease in several crime categories for the third quarter of the 2024/2025 financial year. Addressing... Read more.
‘Proposed VAT increase will hit black women hardest’
The uMkhonto weSizwe Women’s League (MKWL) has stated that the proposed 2% value added tax (VAT) increase was a direct attack on women and the impoverished. Lindiwe... Read more.
What Godongwana was going to say in budget speech
Had Finance minister Enoch Godongwana delivered the 2025 Budget Speech on Wednesday, he would have revealed that the South African economy is projected to display... Read more.
1.6 million are not connected to the electricity grid — Ramokgopa
Minister of Electricity and Energy, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has stated that it is financially challenging to connect remote areas to the electricity grid. Ramokgopa... Read more.
MEC worried over Tshwane, Emfuleni’s unchanged audit opinions
The Gauteng Finance and Economic Development MEC, Lebogang Maile, has raised concerns over unchanged audit opinions for the City of Tshwane and Emfuleni Local Municipality... Read more.
Wits students embark on hunger strike over registration crisis
University of Witwatersrand students have gone on a hunger strike until all students are enrolled and have accommodation. Students Representative Council (SRC) members... Read more.
High costs leave Wits students homeless
Students at the University of Witwatersrand have resorted to sleeping at the university library after being evicted from their residences due to unpaid fees. Boipelo... Read more.
ActionSA turns to court in bid to recover victims of Lily Mine disaster
In an attempt to recover the remains of three miners who have been buried for nine years, ActionSA has petitioned the Johannesburg High Court for access to the Lily... Read more.
‘Expropriation Act will not repeat the mistakes of apartheid’
President Cyril Ramaphosa has emphasised that South Africa will not replicate the forced removals that typified land dispossession during the apartheid era and that... Read more.
Over 53, 000 youth reap benefits of state’s jobs initiative
The National Pathway Management Network has created over 53 000 jobs for young people, according to Nonceba Mhlauli, the Deputy Minister in the Presidency. Mhlauli... Read more.
