# The DA in KwaZulu-Natal says it is alarmed at allegations linking Labour and Employment deputy minister, Jomo Sibiya, to companies flagged as beneficiaries in the controversial two-billion-rand National School Nutrition Programme. Sesiphambili Trading was registered by the deputy minister in 2008 and is currently under the directorship of his wife, Simphiwe Sibiya. The DA’s […]
# ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa says the National Executive Committee has concluded that the decision to establish the government of national unity was correct. Yesterday, he delivered the closing remarks following the three-day NEC meeting in Gauteng. Ramaphosa says South Africans appreciate that the GNU has brought stability and enabled progress in addressing their challenges. […]
# The Israeli government has voted unanimously to fire the country’s Attorney General, Gali Baharav-Miara. This decision will not take effect until the High Court of Justice rules on pending petitions against the removal process. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has accused her of abusing her authority to undermine the government’s policies and destabilise Israel’s […]
# ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa says government is continuing to engage with the United States to normalise trade relations and generally strengthen bilateral ties. This follows America’s decision to impose a 30-percent unilateral tariff on South African exports. Delivering his closing address at the ANC National Executive Council meeting in Gauteng yesterday, Ramaphosa called for […]
# The Parliamentary ad hoc committee established to investigate allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, will meet today to elect its chairperson. Mkhwanazi has alleged infiltration and corruption within the country’s criminal justice system. Some of the members set to serve on the multi-party committee include ANC chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli, EFF leader […]
# Die DA in Johannesburg beweer motoriste het te doen met addisionele viktimisering as gevolg van politieke inmening in die werk van die Johannesburgse Metropolisie. Michael Sun van die party sê hulle is betroubaar deur beamptes ingelig dat hulle onder druk is om elkeen elke dag sewe-duisend-rand in boetes uit te skryf. Hy sê om […]
# Lede van die Progressive Forces of South Africa hou vandag ʼn plakkaatbetoging buite die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria waar ʼn geskil aangehoor word oor die begrafnis van oudpresident Edgar Lungu van Zambië, wat in Junie in Suid-Afrika dood is. Die geskil tussen sy familie en die Zambiese regering gaan oor repatriasie of ‘n plaaslike begrafnis. […]
# Die Stad Tshwane sê die Soshanguve L-opgaardamme ervaar steeds buitensporig hoë waterverbruik, wat kan lei tot ‘n watertekort in ‘n groot deel van Soshanguve in die komende dae. Die opgaardamme se vlakke kan nie bo 30-persent styg nie, ondanks voldoende voorraad vanaf die Rand-waterlyn. Die metro se woordvoerder, Selby Bokaba, sê dié kritiek lae […]
# ʼn Nuwe wêreldrekord is ʼn Kaapstad opgestel toe een-duisend-276 marimba-spelers saam by die Grand West Arena opgetree het. Die geleentheid het die Guinness-wêreldrekord vir die grootste marimba-samespel verbeter. Die vorige wêreldrekord was 550 spelers tydens ʼn geleentheid in Guatemala. Die samespel het talentvolle musikante tussen agt- en 62-jaar byeengebring. Die kinders kom van meer […]
