A worker counts money. 1 minute Public sector labour unions are seeking a fresh mandate from the members after the government tabled a revised wage offer of 5%, up from the previous offer of 4.7% at the Public Sector Coordinating Bargaining Council. The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement tabled last year made a provision for a…
uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party member, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla at a party event on December 8, 2024. 2 minutes MK Party member Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla has issued an unreserved apology to the party’s Secretary-General, Floyd Shivambu, for a series of insults she directed at him on the social media platform X earlier this week. On Tuesday, Zuma-Sambudla was instructed…
A mother receives a gift after giving birth in hospital. 2 minutes The Chief Operations Officer of the Dora Nginza Hospital in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape Dr Zukiso Nxiweni has expressed concern over staff shortages. This is as the provincial Health MEC handed gifts to new mothers who gave birth on New Year’s Day….
Leo Brent Bozell is the founder of the Media Research Centre 1 minute The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has condemned the nomination of Leo Brent Bozell III as US ambassador to South Africa. The party has blasted the Trump administration saying this is a calculated act of aggression and the declaration of a war against…
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Fikile Mbalula has urged members of the Government of National Unity to set aside political differences and stand together as one unit. This appeal follows the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) decision to withdraw from the upcoming National Dialogue, scheduled for August. The DA cited dissatisfaction over…
2 minutes Gauteng Provincial Police Commissioner Tommy Mthombeni says they have information that could lead to the arrest of suspects wanted in connection with the alleged assault and sexual abuse at Zanzou nightclub in Pretoria. Three victims have come forward to report the ordeal following viral graphic videos on social media of the 2023 incident…
Shaft 11 of a disused mine at Stilfontein. 2 minutes North West police say more illegal miners are continuing to emerge from underground at different disused shafts in Stilfontein. Government says it needs R7.8 million to bring all the illegal miners to the surface. Several illegal miners have been arrested so far. Spokesperson Adele Myburgh says officers have arrested 12 of them since Monday….
Televangelist Timothy Omotoso and his two co-accused Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho appearing in the Gqeberha High Court 2 minutes African National Congress (ANC) member of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development, Oscar Mathafa, says they blame the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for letting the victims down in the Timothy Omotoso case. The…
2 minutes The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says the serving of indictment to the five men charged with the murder of rapper Keenan ‘AKA’ Forbes and Tebello Motsoane, shows that the matter is progressing. The accused made a brief appearance at the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Friday, where the matter was transferred to the High…
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister July Moyo GOVERNMENT says it will keep civil servants’ salaries at 12% of the gross domestic product (GDP), with its growth expected to be the benchmark against which their salaries can be improved, NewsDay can report. The government this week announced that civil servants had started getting their…
