# Die DA sê hy sal ondersoek instel oor hoe die Openbare Beleggingskorporasie miljarde verloor het deur roekelose beleggings in sy Isibaya-fonds. Die geld was geoormerk vir regeringspensioene en ander staatsdoeleindes. Die fonds het ongeveer 4,45-miljard-rand belê in 15 maatskappye en beleggings wat ʼn Interne Opbrengskoers van minus-100-persent aangeteken het. Dit beteken elke sent wat […]
# Die minister van Water en Sanitasie, Pemmy Majodina, sê die regering verskerp pogings om die land se water- en sanitasie-probleme aan te spreek. Die regering het in die huidige boekjaar 12,3-miljard-rand se infrastruktuur-toelaes aan munisipaliteite toegeken. Die doel is om watersekerheid te verbeter, verouderde infrastruktuur op te gradeer en toegang tot betroubare dienste in alle […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile will respond to questions in the National Council of Provinces today. In his capacity as the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cabinet Committee chairperson and leader of Government Business in Parliament, he will outline measures to detect and prevent corruption in the police. He will also highlight corrective actions by […]
# Die munisipaliteit van eThekwini en regeringsdepartemente, insluitend Binnelandse Sake, het op ‘n 72-uur plan ooreengekom om die prosessering en repatriasie van buitelanders sonder dokumente te bespoedig. Duisende Malawiërs het te midde van betogings teen onwettige immigrante by Sherwood Hall in Durban gekamp terwyl hulle gewag het om na hul tuisland teruggestuur te word. Die […]
# US Federal Reserve Chair, Kevin Warsh, says he is launching a reform agenda to reshape how the central bank conducts and communicates monetary policy. Fed governors have voted to hold interest rates steady for the fourth consecutive meeting, leaving their benchmark lending rate at a range of 3.5-percent to 3.75-percent. Warsh, who has replaced Jerome […]
# Soccer: England launched their bid to end a 60-year World Cup title drought with a 4-2 victory against Croatia in their Group L opener in Dallas. Captain Harry Kane struck twice as the Three Lions overcame two Croatia equalisers with second-half goals from Jude Bellingham and Marcus Rashford to seal the victory. In Houston, the […]
# Eskom has extended the public consultation process regarding potential electricity supply restrictions for the City of Johannesburg and City Power by a further 30 days. By the end of May, the metro and City Power owed the power utility 5.26-billion-rand, excluding the current account of 1.58-billion-rand which was due on June 5th. Eskom says […]
# Rwanda’s minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe, says discussions should centre on the underlying causes of migration rather than assigning blame to a single country. This is amid recent violent anti-immigration protests in parts of South Africa, where tensions over undocumented migrants have escalated. Nduhungirehe, who met with minister of International […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Trade, Industry and Competition welcomes the agreement reached for Tongaat Hulett to exit business rescue and maintain its operations. Under the terms of the agreement, the Industrial Development Corporation will extend its post-commencement finance support to enable Tongaat Hulett to continue trading while the transaction is implemented. This also provides […]
