The Weekend View

The City of Johannesburg is disconnecting government buildings owing more than R1.4 billion in combined utility arrears. The recovery drive was launched on Friday. The City is taking advantage of the 31 March 2026 Financial year-end for National Provincial as well as state owned entities to enforce payment of outstanding municipal debt. Jon Gericke caught up with Lufuno Mashau,City of...

The ANC is grappling with three elective conferences in three provinces, names Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the Eastern Cape. The Polokwane High Court had earlier dismissed an application to interdict the conference from taking place while in Mpumalanga it's been smooth sailing for the province's conference. Meanwhile, the Eastern Cape conference has been marred by internal squabbles with the East...

The future of the South African Post Office hangs in the balance, as Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Communications received a crucial update on its sustainability plan and possible exit from business rescue. This comes amid warnings that liquidation remains a real possibility if funding delays persist, a move strongly opposed by trade unions, who say it would devastate workers and vulnerable...

The Royal House of AbaThembu says it wishes to distance itself from the trending social media posts and pictures purporting to portray AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo as welcoming and officially granting royalty to a Nigerian National. Jon Gericke spoke to the King's Senior Royal Advisor advocate Matthew Mpahlwa...

Free State Agriculture, alongside Sakeliga and SAAI, is heading to the High Court of South Africa this week on Tuesday. The groups are seeking urgent relief to stop what they describe as government blocking private procurement and use of FMD vaccines. This follows failed mediation, with the organisations warning the restrictions are causing uncertainty and financial losses in the agricultural...

The Western Cape High Court will hear from Monday and Tuesday, a case to challenge against offshore drilling by Total Energies in the Deep Western Orange Basin. Fishing groups and civil society argue the approval was flawed and unconstitutional. Small-scale fishers and coastal communities are set to protest outside court, with solidarity actions planned in other provinces, warning the project...

A South African man has been unsuccessful in his attempt to avoid paying maintenance for his former wife's children, after the Western Cape High Court ruled he had taken on the role of a parent during the marriage and could not simply walk away from that responsibility.This has sparked debate about the financial obligations of step-parents when a marriage is dissolved.The man in question has to...