Author name: Scott Balson

South Africa’s Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) system remains severely dysfunctional, with a decommissioned online portal continuing to accept claims and issue reference numbers while processing no applications, Portfolio Committee on Labour and Employment member Michael Bagraim has revealed. The outdated portal, which was supposed to have been taken offline years ago after the UIF migrated […]

Cape Town residents gathered in Bellville on Saturday morning for a march against illegal immigration, calling for stricter immigration enforcement and stronger border controls. The protest, which was expected to proceed from Bellville to Parow, forms part of similar demonstrations seen across several provinces this week. According to on-the-ground observations, the crowd size remained modest

Three suspects have been arrested in connection with stock theft after being found in possession of ten suspected stolen cattle in the early hours of Thursday, 21 May 2026. According to the South African Police Service (SAPS) in North West, Provincial Intelligence members received information about a white Isuzu bakkie towing a trailer in the

Kgopiso Joseph Shuping, 35, has been sentenced to 25 years of direct imprisonment for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Pulane Millicent Uddin, 37, by the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein. On 11 August 2025 at approximately 23:18, Uddin was walking home with a friend and her daughter in Zone 5, Selosesha, near Thaba Nchu.

Roelf Meyer is set to present his credentials to President Donald Trump today, formally assuming his role as South Africa’s ambassador to the United States at a moment of acute diplomatic strain between the two nations. Dr. Kingsley Makhubela, a former South African ambassador and diplomat, said Meyer will have his “job cut out for

The National Consumer Commission has referred low-cost airline FlySafair to the Consumer Tribunal, alleging the carrier’s practice of overbooking flights violates South Africa’s Consumer Protection Act. The Commission is seeking a fine of at least 10% of the airline’s annual turnover, according to Prudence Moilwa, head of complaints and investigations at the National Consumer Commission.

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has dismissed 43 officials who used the agency’s system to process illegal payments, a crackdown that has so far saved approximately 25 million rand from public funds. SASSA spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi confirmed that the dismissed employees were managing payments that directed money to individuals who had no legitimate

The Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus) has announced that it is open to forming coalitions across all South African provinces following the upcoming local government elections, but prefer not to work with the African National Congress (ANC), the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), or the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP). The party made the declaration during the

As tensions persist in Durban following the relocation of migrants from the Diakonia Council of Churches Centre to a refugee facility, ActionSA KwaZulu-Natal leader Zwakele Mncwango has called for strict immigration enforcement, including the deportation of undocumented individuals and those with fraudulent papers. Speaking after it was reported that only one of approximately 300 foreign

MBAULA VILLAGE, Limpopo – More than four months after devastating floods tore through Mbaula village outside Giyani, residents are still struggling to rebuild their lives, with 18 people living in temporary shelters that lack electricity and the search for a missing five-year-old boy called off. The floods, which struck in the second week of January, destroyed