The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), the country’s largest and most influential trade union, has been plunged into crisis following the sudden and dramatic resignation of its high-profile National Spokesperson, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola. The resignation, confirmed in a tense press briefing at the union’s headquarters, comes in direct response to a sustained campaign of…
The Department of Health has announced that it will begin the 2026 Human Papillomavirus vaccination campaign on Monday 02 February to protect girls aged 9 years and older from developing cervical cancer later in life. South Africa continues to record high numbers of cervical cancer cases and deaths each year, despite the availability of the…
The City of Tshwane’s decision to cut electricity at the Nigerian High Commission in Pretoria has caused a backlash on social media, with many Nigerians accusing Mayor Nasiphi Moya of publicly humiliating the country. Mayor Moya shared a post on X at 12:07 on February 2, saying that the High Commission owed the city for…
Residents across Tshwane are beginning to see early signs of relief as parts of the city’s water supply system show gradual recovery following recent disruptions. The City of Tshwane confirmed on Tuesday that inflows into several reservoirs have resumed, marking a positive step toward stabilisation — although many areas remain in a critical state. According…
The Free State High Court in Bloemfontein is set to hear outstanding issues raised by Moroadi Cholota in her special plea to be removed as an accused in the R255 million asbestos roof removal corruption case. The hearing follows a directive from the Constitutional Court, which ruled that certain grounds forming part of Cholota’s special…
A quiet has fallen over the main entrance of MultiChoice’s bustling Randburg headquarters—a silence that feels profound precisely because of the voice that now fills it only in memory. The sudden passing of David Sejobe, the front-house security officer whose warmth was as much a part of the campus as the iconic DStv satellite dish,…
The sun-baked highways of Gauteng have become the unlikely stage for a high-stakes political clash, where questions of public safety, legal authority, and electoral strategy collide. At the centre stands the figure of the traffic warden—the Amapanyaza—newly anointed as a Peace Officer, and now, just as swiftly, transformed into a political pawn. The Democratic Alliance’s announcement…
The sudden, jarring ping of a WhatsApp notification cut through the evening quiet of Phakamile Hlubi-Majola’s Johannesburg home. It was not from a colleague about tomorrow’s press briefing, nor a family check-in. The message was terse, clinical, and final: “Assassins have been hired. You are a target. Your time is up.” For a long moment, the seasoned…
In a sobering and at times tense parliamentary briefing that laid bare the fractures in South Africa’s economic foundations, lawmakers were presented with alarming evidence of rapid deindustrialisation, systemic policy failures, and a looming social crisis driven by vanishing factories and jobs. The Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition heard detailed testimony from economists,…
In a landmark ruling that has brought closure to a protracted and closely-watched judicial proceeding, Eastern Cape Division of the High Court Judge President, Selby Mbenenge, has been exonerated on all charges of gross misconduct. The judicial conduct tribunal, established to investigate allegations that threatened to unseat one of the country’s most senior judicial officers,…
