Wednesday, 14 October 2026

Mike Shingange has been elected Cosatu president at the 15th National Congress, while Zingiswa Losi moves up to general secretary in a largely unified result.

Four of the six new national office-bearers are women, which Parks says was a natural evolution rather than a planned quota, after a congress with no credential disputes.

Parks says unemployment sits at 43 percent and that without economic growth of around 3 percent, wage increases are like plaster placed over a very dangerous wound.

Wheel Well's Peggy Mars says 1,034 children died on South African roads in 2025, with about two child pedestrians killed every day, and calls for car seats in every vehicle.

Taryn Bell says fewer than 5% of South African children needing palliative care have access to it, with fear of morphine keeping pain relief from reaching them.