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Human Rights Day is a chance to celebrate our gains and rededicate ourselves to improving workers’ lives, writes Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi.

Some in the party believe she could help it win back the province in the elections

On this day 30 years ago, scores of our neighbours spent the night hiding in the bushes on the outskirts of what used to be a sugar cane plantation next to our township.

The Sebokeng regional court, yesterday heard how the leader of Rivers of Living Waters Ministries bishop Stephen Zondo allegedly repeatedly raped a woman on separate occasions between 2013 and 2018.

Are you confident the IEC will oversee clean and incident-free elections?

President Cyril Ramaphosa had no kind words for the DA as he criticised the party for writing to Western countries to monitor and “ensure the integrity” of the upcoming national and provincial elections despite South Africa having had independent observers during previous polls.

Buffalo City Metro communities are beginning to feel the pain of the city’s spending cuts after it pulled the plug on its multimillion-rand ward-based projects. According to the ward allocation programmes report, seen by the Dispatch, 14 wards had not touched their millions by the time the freeze was implemented towards the end of 2023, while others managed to spend between R6,000 and R900,000 per ward.

UDM councillor Zakheni Nondaka, who has become a fierce voice against the alleged looting of resources in the ANC-led Mhlontlo municipal council, has escalated his fight against corruption to co-operative governance and traditional affairs minister Thembi Nkadimeng. Over the years, Nondaka, has accused those in power of systematic looting and has on several occasions written to the office of the Eastern Cape co-operative governance MEC to intervene.

The embattled City of Ekurhuleni faced delays before the start of its council meeting on Tuesday after disagreement on which matter to prioritise, the long-awaited auditor-general's report or the no confidence motion against mayor Sivuyile Ngodwana.

An employee of the Electoral Commission (IEC) has been fired after a preliminary investigations into unauthorised distribution of ANC and uMkhonto we Sizwe Party 2024 national and provincial election candidate lists at the weekend.