# Deputy minister of Finance, David Masondo, has resigned as the Public Investment Corporation board chairperson, amid a governance crisis engulfing South Africa’s largest asset manager. His resignation follows the precautionary suspension of CEO Patrick Dlamini and the resignation of six non-executive directors. Masondo says his resignation is in the interests of the country and […]
# The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has ruled that controversial North West businessman Suliman Carrim’s application for a postponement of his testimony will be heard in public today. He had initially applied for the postponement application to be heard in camera, citing his rights to medical privacy due to an undisclosed illness. The commission has […]
# The US House of Representatives has passed the War Powers resolution, directing president Donald Trump to withdraw the military from the conflict with Iran. Four Republicans voted with Democrats in support of the measure, with the vote being 214 to 208. Meanwhile, the Senate voted on its own effort to advance a measure to […]
# The Build One South Africa board has resolved to terminate the membership of the party’s Gauteng Provincial Legislature member, Ayanda Allie. This follows the conclusion of an internal disciplinary process. Board chairperson Stevens Mokgalapa says the issues giving rise to these proceedings have been under consideration since BOSA first indicated its intention to institute […]
# All eyes will be on the Western Cape High Court today for the judgment on president Cyril Ramaphosa’s urgent application to halt Parliament’s Impeachment Committee. He wants to pause the committee’s work until the finalisation of his bid to set aside the Section 89 report, which found he had a case to answer on […]
# The MK Party says it will file a criminal case against the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption head, Andrea Johnson, following her testimony at the Madlanga Commission. She admitted to giving inconsistent testimony when she appeared before Parliament’s ad hoc committee last year, which investigated the underworld’s infiltration of the criminal justice system. The MK […]
# As renewed strikes between the US and Iran continue to escalate, oil prices hit one-thousand-679-rand-39-cents a barrel for the first time since May yesterday. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, rose more than six-percent. Prices spiked after the Houthi militants based in Yemen struck two Saudi Arabian oil tankers in the Red Sea, days after […]
# Die Departement van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking sê Suid-Afrika bly verbind tot oop, opbouende en doelgerigte gesprekke met die Ekonomiese Gemeenskap van Wes-Afrika-state, veral oor streeksbestendigheid en migrasiebestuur. ECOWAS veroordeel xenofobiese aanvalle teen Wes-Afrikane in Suid-Afrika en steun ‘n voorstel om die kwessie op die Afrika-unie se vergadering te bespreek. Die departement se woordvoerder, […]
# Hockey: Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has approved three-million-rand in emergency funding for both the men’s and women’s national teams to cover their participation in next month’s World Cup in Belgium and the Netherlands. In an open letter, women’s national team player Onthatile Zulu revealed players were expected to contribute towards […]
