# The EFF has rejected the Department of Correctional Services budget, which stands at some 30.939-billion-rand, rising to 32.8-billion-rand in 2028/2029. The department is facing 683.4-million-rand budget reductions over the current Medium-Term Expenditure Framework. The EFF’s Nontando Nolutshungu says this budget entrenches overcrowding, institutional decay, and human suffering. As of 5 May this year, the […]
# King Charles says an increasingly dangerous and volatile world threatens the United Kingdom, with the conflict in the Middle East only the most recent example. He addressed Parliament yesterday, where he outlined plans for legislation to reform the police, the National Health Service, and the criminal justice system, and a bill to strengthen ties with […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa will respond to questions for oral reply in the National Assembly in Cape Town today, providing answers to questions on issues related to national, continental, and global matters affecting South Africa. He will answer questions, including on the impact of various investment conferences in boosting employment opportunities, the success of the […]
# National Assembly speaker, Thoko Didiza, met with the Chief Whips Forum yesterday, and presented proposals on the impeachment committee. The Constitutional Court last Friday ruled Parliament acted unconstitutionally when it voted against the Section 89 panel report, which recommended that an impeachment committee be established against president Cyril Ramaphosa. This is to look into […]
# The South Carolina Supreme Court has overturned disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions and ordered a new trial. The 56-year-old was convicted by a jury for the July 2021 murders of his wife, Maggie, and son Paul in March 2023, and received two life sentences. The Supreme Court said Murdaugh deserved a new trial […]
# GIWUSA sê die kwartaallikse arbeidsmagopname vir die eerste kwartaal toon werkloosheid vererger. Die amptelike werkloosheidsyfer het van 31,4-persent tot 32,7-persent gestyg, terwyl die uitgebreide werkloosheidsyfer, insluitend ontmoedigde werksoekers, tot 43,7-persent gestyg het. Die vakbond se president, Mametlwe Sebei, sê die enigste oplossing is om die mag van die monopolie‑kapitaal af te skaf en die […]
# Die Nasionale Verbruikerskommissie sê Lexus Suid-Afrika het sekere Lexus RC-F hoëprestasie-sportmotors herroep weens ‘n brandstofpompverwante fout. Die herroeping raak 22 voertuie wat op die Suid-Afrikaanse mark versprei is. Die betrokke modelle is die Lexus RZ-F 60C, Lexus RZ-F Track Edition 60L en Lexus RZ-F 60M, wat tussen 6 November 2014 en 29 Desember 2021 […]
# Die Gautengse regering verdedig premier Panyaza Lesufi se werkskeppingspogings. Dit volg nadat die DA verklaar het die premier se werkverskaffings-projekte misluk, aangesien die werkloosheidsyfer met 1,1-persent tot 34,1-persent gestyg het vanaf die vierde kwartaal van verlede jaar. Die provinsiale regering se woordvoerder, Elijah Mhlanga, sê projekte soos Nasi iSpani en beleggingsbeloftes van meer as […]
# Die vooraanstaande Suid-Afrikaanse mode-ontwerper, kommunikasiekenner, entrepreneur en platejoggie, Maria McCloy, is in die ouderdom van 50 dood. Sy het in die Milpark-hospitaal in Johannesburg gesterf weens hartversaking. Haar onlangse bekende kliënte sluit in Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Thandiswa Mazwai en Sjava. McCloy se gesin beskryf haar as ‘n lewendige, skeppende siel wat die lewe ten […]
