Sunday, 15 November 2026

South Africa lost 31,000 domestic worker jobs in the third quarter, pushing sector employment to its lowest since the COVID-19 pandemic, with private household employment down 7.9% year on year.

Italy's data protection authority fined Meta nearly $900 million for accessing Android users' photos without their specific consent, failing to properly inform about 20 million smartphone users. Meta can appeal.

The ANC says it is not desperate for positions in municipal coalitions and is weighing opposition benches as an option while it negotiates with several parties in hung councils.

NUMSA faces a power struggle as some members demand the removal of president Andrew Chirwa and general secretary Evan Jim before the union's 12th National Congress at the end of the month.

Ditsobotla residents in the North West say they have gone eight years without water at Extension 2, and want the parties now forming the council to put communities first.