A pension deduction on a payslip does not prove that the money reached a retirement fund. The Financial Sector Conduct Authority has published the names of 6,064 employers reported to be in arrears with retirement-fund contributions. Total arrears were estimated at R8.33 billion at the end of February 2026, affecting approximately 590,000 fund members. For many workers, the money was deducted from salary but not transferred to the fund. That is not an administrative inconveni

Johannesburg's rubbish crisis cannot be measured only by whether a truck arrived this week. The missed collections are the visible symptom of a waste system under pressure from broken vehicles, funding constraints, contractor disputes and shrinking landfill capacity. Pikitup said the immediate collection backlog had largely been cleared and that normal schedules were resuming in most areas. Civic groups and residents remain unconvinced because the structural problems that cre

The Public Investment Corporation has placed chief executive Patrick Dlamini on precautionary suspension following allegations submitted in a whistleblower report. The board has also changed the acting leadership of its investment function. The word precautionary matters. A suspension is not a finding of guilt. It is intended to allow an investigation to proceed without interference and to give the affected executive space to respond. The public-interest question is whether t

South Africa is proposing its biggest overhaul of strategic fuel reserves in decades. A draft policy would require the state to hold 60 days of strategic stocks and licensed wholesalers and importers to maintain 21 days of mandatory stocks. The proposal is not an announcement that fuel rationing has started. It is a plan for what government and industry should hold before the next major supply disruption. That distinction is important because South Africa has already seen how

Johannesburg residents are repeatedly told that City Power lacks the money to replace failing infrastructure, secure substations and keep the lights on. Against that background, allegations that companies linked to preacher and contractor Witness Mazanga received contracts worth hundreds of millions of rand demand a precise public explanation. News24 investigations allege that Mazanga was associated with multiple identities and companies, had previously faced fraud allegation

The head of South Africa's Investigating Directorate Against Corruption was expected to answer questions before the Madlanga Commission. Instead, Advocate Andrea Johnson was taken to hospital and her testimony was postponed. A medical emergency must be treated with basic humanity. The public does not know the details of Johnson's condition and has no right to demand private medical information. The accountability issue lies elsewhere: what evidence was she expected to give, w

The evidence linked to suspended Crime Intelligence deputy head Major-General Feroz Khan is not important because it contains dramatic WhatsApp messages. It is important because those messages and affidavits may reveal how police power, procurement decisions, business interests and political influence were allegedly connected. The Madlanga Commission has heard material placing Khan at the centre of alleged attempts to facilitate tenders, influence oversight processes and assi

South Africa has an illegal immigration problem. It also has a law-enforcement problem. Those two failures are now colliding in the streets as the March and March campaign moves beyond organised demonstrations into door-to-door action against people suspected of being undocumented migrants. The distinction matters. Citizens have every right to protest, demand functioning borders and insist that immigration law be enforced. They do not have the right to decide, on sight, who i

The Maphumulo Taxi Association has announced it will march today and tomorrow, 1 and 2 July 2026, to the Groutville RTI Pounding Centre and KwaDukuza Municipality. They are also switching off public transport across Maphumulo and surrounding areas. The R74, P104 and P107 roads will face major disruption. Commuters heading to work, school or clinics will be left stranded. This is happening right now. This is not some minor administrative complaint. It is the latest flare-up in

Most people are looking at 30 June as a protest story. Some see it as an immigration story. Others see it as a possible riot story. Let us show you what is actually happening, what no one else has explained to you yet, the deeper ecosystem driving events on that date. What we are watching is four powerful streams converging before the day even arrives. These are not surface reactions. They are long-building structural pressures that 30 June has forced into the open: Labour &

A Shooting That Changes the Atmosphere The reported shooting of suspended Deputy Head of Crime Intelligence, Major-General Feroz Khan, has changed the atmosphere around the Madlanga Commission. Until now, the Commission could still be spoken about in familiar legal language: witnesses, testimony, evidence, allegations, and accountability. But the attack on Khan forces a darker question into the centre of the national conversation. Khan was reportedly due to appear before the

South Africa is entering the final 24 hours before planned nationwide marches on June 30, 2026. The South African National Defence Force has been placed on standby. In KwaZulu-Natal, one of the provinces expected to see significant activity, police have formally requested possible army support. The question many people are now asking is whether the military is being readied against South African citizens. Current Status As of 29 June 2026, the SANDF is not deployed on the str

A Short Forensic Analysis of South Africa’s Current Protest Ecosystem June 30, 2026 is nine days away. That date has been circulating widely in communities and on social media as if it marks some kind of turning point. The government has stated clearly that there is no official deadline on June 30. While this is technically correct, the fact that so many people have attached significance to this date reveals the depth of frustration and anger that has built up over many years

South Africa’s government is once again on the global stage, warning about the consequences of possible American cuts to HIV/AIDS funding. A United Nations high-level meeting is now expected to deal with the issue of South Africa’s HIV response funding. The FW de Klerk Foundation has also appealed directly to US President Donald Trump, urging him not to cut PEPFAR support to South Africa. But before this story is turned into another predictable morality play about America aba

South Africa’s voter registration weekend should have been about democracy. It should have been about citizens checking their details, first-time voters preparing to participate, communities looking toward the local government elections, and political parties making their case peacefully. Instead, it was marked by blood. In Cape Town, Democratic Alliance ward candidate and community activist Sinovuyo Dyokwe was shot dead in Dunoon after taking part in voter registration activ

A 47-year-old off-duty SAPS sergeant has been shot and killed in Town Two, Khayelitsha, while visiting a relative. According to police, two armed suspects entered the residence on Sunday afternoon and opened fire. The officer, attached to Nyanga, sustained fatal injuries and was declared dead at the scene. The suspects fled in a vehicle and remain at large. A murder case has been opened at Lingelethu West SAPS, and the Hawks have taken over the investigation. At this stage, t

Cape Town has just been reminded that organised crime does not only move through drugs, guns, extortion and stolen vehicles. Sometimes it moves through coolers, plastic bags, parked cars and chopped-up pieces of the ocean. The City of Cape Town’s Law Enforcement Marine Unit recently recovered nearly 1,000 West Coast rock lobster tails at the Old Woodstock Hospital site. Officers reportedly acted after a member of the public came forward with information about alleged illegal

This is why the country is in the state it’s in. Yes you read the title correctly people... Let us begin with the public record, because in law and in life, one should always start with what the person actually said on camera. In a recent SABC interview, the Honourable Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga, informed the nation that in black communities there were essentially no bricklayers, no welders and no plumbers bef

South Africa's Government of National Unity is once again under strain. The African National Congress has sharply criticised the Democratic Alliance for what it calls an attempt to undermine President Cyril Ramaphosa's constitutional authority. The trigger is a formal request by new DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis for a significant reshuffle of the party's ministers and deputy ministers serving in the coalition government. The Trigger: Hill-Lewis's Performance-Driven Reset On 17

Nelson Mandela Bay residents woke up to another reminder of municipal dysfunction this week. A bold red-bordered notice circulating on local Facebook pages declares landlines down “due to no payment.” The graphic, shared by the Ward 51 page focused on the Uitenhage area on 17 June 2026, shows a crossed-out telephone icon and blunt messaging that the system has been cut because accounts remain unpaid. This is not the first time. In September 2025 the municipality’s ward office