The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU) has strongly condemned President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to approve salary increases of between 3.5% and 4% for public office-bearers, describing the move as insensitive to the economic hardships facing ordinary South Africans. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the union described the decision as “completely unprincipled and insensitive” to the harsh socio-economic realities confronting the majority of the population, particularly workers and the working class. “We find this decision completely unprincipled…

The ANC Youth League (ANCYL) wants former President Thabo Mbeki to explain his calls for President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign following the African National Congress’s (ANC) poor performance in last week’s Local Government Elections. ANCYL President Collen Malatji says Mbeki should account to the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC), arguing that the challenges confronting the ANC did not begin under Ramaphosa’s leadership. Malatji was addressing members of the media in Johannesburg on Tuesday when he criticised Mbeki’s intervention, describing his…

Alleged criminal mastermind Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala is struggling to explain his changing versions of events after admitting under oath that he misled Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee about his visit to the home of former Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya. Testifying at the Madlanga Commission on Tuesday, Matlala was confronted by Evidence Leader Advocate Thabang Pooe over his previous denial that he had been invited to a celebration at Sibiya’s home. Before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee, Matlala denied being invited…