Prominent South Africans including three political parties, a trade union and business owners want government to stabilise the supply of electricity by the end of this week or face legal action for contravening its duty to provide energy.…
President Cyril Ramaphosa will appoint another council to oversee corruption in government. Ramaphosa made the announcement on Thursday during his fifth State of the Nation Address (Sona). He said corruption is one of the greatest…
Finance MEC Mlungisi Mvoko has noted with concern public servants who are in breach of stipulated regulations by doing business with the government. This comes after about 10 state employees, from both provincial and local government,…
The ministry of communications says that as the SABC’s sole shareholder, it has every right to order the public broadcaster’s board and management to suspend the planned retrenchment of workers. Deputy communications minister Pinky…
The ongoing lockdown, now under risk-adjusted alert level three, has brought to the “public eye” the gravity of urban food insecurity ravaging millions of the urban poor and working class in South African townships and informal…
Taxi bosses have rejected a R1.1bn Covid-19 relief payment from the government and are threatening to bring SA to a halt unless they get billions more. The R1.1bn offer of a one-off payment was turned down in talks between the South…
While everyone in SA appreciates regular updates on the crisis from our head of state‚ President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent address to the nation was sadly vague and uncertain‚ without any clear sense of how SA will protect its fragile…
Unemployment insurance funds and pension funds during Covid-19 have been a major concern for employers and employees across the country. Employment and labour minister Thulas Nxesi has announced a Covid-19 relief fund for employers and…
Government is expected to provide reasons for the ban on cigarette and tobacco product sales under level 4 of the lockdown. This after the Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association filed an urgent court bid for government to lift the…
The DA wants to know exactly how government has made its lockdown decisions‚ party leader John Steenhuisen said on Friday. To this end‚ the official opposition said it had filed a Public Access to Information Act (PAIA) application.…
The Fair Trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita) is planning to take legal action against the government over the ban on the sale of cigarettes. The decision comes after cooperative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) minister…
The South African government is going to spend an estimated R25-million in their court battle against the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)‚ where they are defending 800-meter world and Olympic champion Caster…
The Eastern Cape government has more than R1m in outstanding traffic fines for state-owned vehicles. Provincial transport MEC Weziwe Tikana revealed this in a written reply to DA member of the provincial legislature Marshall von…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has rejected a proposal by EFF leader Julius Malema that the state should be the sole owner of all land in the country. Responding to questions in the National Assembly from MPs on a range of issues‚ Ramaphosa…
