The Department of Home Affairs is under pressure to permanently employ thousands of contract workers under the Digitisation Programme. The programme is designed to employ 10 000 young unemployed graduates to digitise over 350 million civic paper records. Civic group, Soil of Africa, which represents the workers, says it’s unfair for the department to downgrade these employees to month-to-month contracts. …

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) has called on South Africa to use its leadership to push for greater international support and measures to challenge Israel’s continued military actions in Gaza. The group has responded to the latest developments in South Africa’s case against Israel under the Genocide Convention, before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague. Israel filed …

National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola and South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief Rudzani Maphwanya will hold a joint media briefing in Pretoria on Sunday morning. This after President Cyril Ramaphosa’s deployment of soldiers to crime-affected provinces. On Friday, Ramaphosa officially authorised the deployment of over 2 000 soldiers to crime-ridden areas in Gauteng, the Western and Eastern Cape, North …

President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Brazilian counterpart President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have called for an increase in trade between the two countries. “As I look around this room at the companies, the entrepreneurs, the investors and the decision-makers who have made the journey to be here I see something powerful.I see two nations choosing partnership over isolation. Cooperation …

The Motor Industry Staff Association (MISA) has expressed concern over the latest motor vehicle recalls, saying that the frequent incidents are deeply concerning. This follows Volkswagen South Africa’s recall of over 25 700 VW Polo vehicles sold between February 2025 and February this year, to correct handbrake fittings. Last year, VW recalled more than 250 Polo Sedan vehicles due to …

Two informal settlement fires this weekend in the Cape Peninsula have left about 700 people destitute. The homes of about 500 residents at Imizamo Yethu in Hout Bay and 200 at Masiphumelele in Fish Hoek were razed in the fires. Masiphumelele resident Philisa Mchithwa, elaborates on their plight: “My problem with these fires is that we have too many illegal …

Civil Rights Activist and US politician, Reverend Jesse Jackson has been described as a fighter for justice in the US and around the world at his memorial service taking place in Chicago. President Cyril Ramaphosa is in the US and will join the Jackson family where he will pay tribute at the Reverend’s funeral on Saturday. PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA ARRIVES IN …

Civil Rights Activist and US politician, Reverend Jesse Jackson has been described as a fighter for justice in the US and around the world at his memorial service taking place in Chicago. President Cyril Ramaphosa is in the US and will join the Jackson family where he will pay tribute at the Reverend’s funeral on Saturday. PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA ARRIVES IN …

Residents in the Western suburbs and parts of the Northern areas of Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) in the Eastern Cape, are continuing to face ongoing water outages, leaving many households without reliable access to water for the past two weeks. Bonke Mvimbi says the intermittent supply has disrupted daily life, forcing him to rely on water tankers and bottled water …

Members of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) in North West took to the streets of Mahikeng to protest against the poor state of healthcare facilities. This after visiting different provincial institutions where they found amongst others, dilapidated infrastructure and lack of equipment. The union’s provincial secretary Zanele Lawu says they are concerned about patient care and …