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A widespread taxi shutdown, led by members of the South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO), has severely impacted small businesses and stranded thousands of commuters across Durban, with the strike expanding to new regions as of today. The industrial action, which began on Tuesday, initially brought operations to a halt in the western areas of […]

At its 30th Annual Summit, the National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC) reflected on three decades of social dialogue amid South Africa’s ongoing economic challenges, especially high unemployment. The summit highlighted a stark unemployment rate of 33.2%, with women bearing a heavier burden at 35.9%. Delivering a keynote address virtually, Deputy President Paul Mashatile

South Africans can look forward to a load shedding-free summer season with Eskom announcing that it does not forecast the implementation of the rolling power cuts from this month to the end of March next year. This after the power utility supplied electricity to South Africans for 97% of the winter period with only 26

Container homes, built in 2021 to ease overcrowding in Alexandra, Johannesburg, at the height of the covid pandemic, remain unoccupied. A year after unlawful occupiers were evicted for the second time, the complex’s hundreds of living spaces stand empty. And the City still cannot commit to a timeframe for when they will be allocated. “The

Jeremane Petrus Sedibe and Malesela Johannes Khoza appeared in the Kimberley Regional Court facing charges including fraud, theft and money laundering over a R885,000 lottery grant for a gender-based violence project that never existed. This is only the second lottery corruption case to reach court despite at least 19 matters referred to the National Prosecuting

Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber says the department is beginning to win the fight against corruption. “From visas to the green bar-coded ID book, weaknesses in the system of document issuance were engineered and exploited, enabling syndicates to extract bribes in order to issue documents to people who were not entitled to it,” Schreiber said.

Families in Lebowakgomo, a small town 45km south east of Polokwane, say they have tried everything since 2022 to get the government to stop sewage from flowing into their yards. The houses in Unit E are rented from the Limpopo Department of Public Works. The residents, many who have lived there since the 1990s, say

Hundreds of residents from the Rea Aga community in Tshwane gathered in the Rosslyn industrial area on Thursday, planning a major shutdown to protest against critically high unemployment rates they attribute to the hiring of undocumented foreign nationals. Protesters claim that over 3,000 undocumented foreign workers are employed in local factories, making it increasingly difficult

A major multi-vehicle collision forced the complete shutdown of the N3 highway near Peace Valley in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday morning, causing extensive delays and requiring an emergency medical helicopter for evacuations. The incident, which occurred during the morning rush hour at approximately 7:30 a.m., involved a truck that lost control and collided with approximately twenty

Members of the Khoi and San communities staged a significant protest in the streets of Cape Town on Thursday, demanding formal recognition of their rights to land, territories, and resources, and asserting their heritage as the First Nations of South Africa. The march, which proceeded through the city center to Parliament, is part of a