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TLU SA Warns Expropriation Act Could Deter Investment

Agricultural organisation TLU SA says a centrally regulated land ownership model, as envisioned in the Expropriation Act, will deter investment and undermine South Africans' property rights. US president Donald Trump has stated that America will cut future funding to South Africa until a full investigation into the country’s land expropriation policies is complete. TLU SA’s, Bennie van Zyl, says they believe that Trump has grown tired of the way African […]

4 February, 2025

South Africa

EFF Slams Trump’s Threat Over SA Land Policy

To South Africa, where the EFF has condemned US president Donald Trump’s threat to cut foreign funding to South Africa over its land expropriation policy. Party leader Julius Malema says Trump's statement undermines South Africa’s sovereignty and warns that no threats will deter the government. He emphasises that the act aims to reduce reliance on foreign aid while addressing historical injustices: Meanwhile, the Solidarity Movement has called on the United […]

4 February, 2025

South Africa

S.A Minister suggests Africa should retaliate against US funding cuts

S.A's Mineral Resources minister Gwede Mantashe has suggested Africa should retaliate against US funding cuts by withholding minerals. This follows president Donald Trump’s announcement to cut funding over South Africa’s land expropriation policy. Speaking at the 2025 Mining Indaba in Cape Town, Mantashe criticised the US for taking African resources.

4 February, 2025

South Africa

ActionSA KZN Slams Ongoing Medicine Shortages in Public Hospitals

ActionSA in KwaZulu-Natal says it is outraged by the ongoing shortage of essential medication in government hospitals and clinics, a crisis that puts thousands of lives at risk. This comes as the Department of Health has allegedly informed healthcare facilities that, due to budget constraints, medication will only be replenished in April. ActionSA’s, Zwakele Mncwango, says Health MEC, Nomagugu Simelane, must take full accountability and immediately provide the public […]

3 February, 2025

South Africa

SA Police Seize Over 2000 Illegal Firearms in Festive Crackdown

S.A's National Police Commissioner, Fannie Masemola, says two-thousand-198 illegal, and unlicensed firearms were seized and confiscated during festive season operations. The safer festive season operations commenced on the eleventh of October 2024 and ended on the 31st of January this year. The firearms seized include one-731 handguns, 154 homemade guns, 211 rifles, and 102 shotguns. Masemola says the majority of firearms seized were confiscated in Kwazulu-Natal, Gauteng, Eastern Cape […]

3 February, 2025

South Africa

In S.A, DA Calls for Scaling Down of Military Parade Ahead of SONA

In S.A, the DA says it has written to Parliament speaker Thoko Didiza, urging the immediate scaling down of military parade arrangements for Thursday's State of the Nation Address. The DA’s Chris Hattingh says specifically, that they have called for the cancellation of the planned fly-over by the South African Air Force, given the dire situation facing the South African National Defence Force troops deployed in the Democratic Republic of […]

3 February, 2025

South Africa

Cosatu Urges South African Government to Clarify U.S. Executive Order on Foreign Aid

Cosatu is calling on the South African government to engage its counterpart in the United State of America and clarify the status of the executive order on the Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid. Cosatu in KwaZulu-Natal provincial secretary, Edwin Mkhize says the haphazard implementation of this executive order is inflicting pain on the poor and has disregarded workers’ livelihood. He says workers have been left stranded:

3 February, 2025

South Africa

S.A Police Arrest Over Thousands During Festive Season Operations

S.A's National police commissioner Fannie Masemola says a total of 244-thousand-952 suspects were arrested for various offences during police safer festive season operations between October last year and January this year across the county. Masemola was providing an update on SAPS nationwide safer festive season operations in Pretoria . Meanwhile, police have also seized more than 70-thousand counterfeit items valued at over 90-million-rand million and arrested 37 suspects of […]

3 February, 2025

Business / Economics

In S.A, the ANC welcomes Reserve Bank’s decision to cut the repo rate

In S.A, the ANC has welcomed the South African Reserve Bank’s decision to cut the repo rate by 25 basis points, bringing the prime lending rate down to eleven-percent. The decision was split, with two of the six monetary policy committee members voting for an unchanged rate. The ANC’s spokesperson, Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri, says this much-needed adjustment provides relief to South African households and businesses struggling with high borrowing costs: […]

31 January, 2025