# Communications and Digital Technologies minister, Solly Malatsi, has gazetted a policy direction on Equity Equivalent Investment Programmes in the ICT sector. The directive aims to unlock investment, enhance broadband access, and align licensing with the ICT Sector Code. These programmes allow multinationals, like Elon Musk’s Starlink, to meet transformation goals beyond traditional ownership. Public […]
# The Gauteng High Court sitting in Benoni has dismissed a Section 174 application by two apartheid-era police officers accused of the murder of Caiphus Nyoka. The Congress of South African Students activist was shot nine times in 1987. Leon van den Berg and Abraham Engelbrecht argued the state didn’t present a compelling case, but […]
# The Campaign for Free Expression has condemned Sport minister Gayton McKenzie’s recent directive to dismiss foreign nationals in the Sport, Arts and Culture Department. Director Nicole Fritz called the remarks unconstitutional and shameful, warning that McKenzie lacks the legal authority to enforce such action. She says the statement violates South Africa’s Constitution, labour laws, […]
# Agbiz chief economist Wandile Sihlobo says president Cyril Ramaphosa’s US visit signals a turning point in restoring South Africa-US ties. Sihlobo highlighted growing export momentum in products exported globally in 2024. He also warns that crime remains a nationwide crisis, and calls for unified action to protect economic progress:
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to Ma Gertrude Shope, who passed away at 99. She is remembered as an educator, trade unionist, president of the ANC Women’s League, and Rivonia Trial co-conspirator, and spent decades fighting apartheid at home and abroad. Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says Ramaphosa has described her as a national […]
# AfriForum has demanded immediate access to the Garsfontein substation after Tshwane Metro allegedly violated a formal agreement by blocking their approved security project. The civil rights group warns of legal action amid recent substation explosions and outages. AfriForum’s Arno Roodt says its intervention is critical to safeguarding infrastructure and restoring public trust in Tshwane’s […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority remains confident in its case against former Free State premier Ace Magashule’s personal assistant at the time, Moroadi Cholota, in the 255-million-rand asbestos corruption trial. NPA national spokesperson Mthunzi Mhaga stated sufficient evidence was presented to dismiss Cholota’s special plea challenging her prosecution in the trial-within-a-trial, addressing jurisdictional concerns:
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile has emphasised the importance of intensified business-to-business efforts beween South Africa and France. Mashatile met with French president Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace, following a successful SA-France Investment Conference. Mashatile confirmed that the high-level talks focused on boosting bilateral trade, investment opportunities, and multilateral cooperation noting a recent trade […]
# The High Court in Johannesburg has dismissed an urgent bail application by Phumelele Myeza, one of ten accused in the four-million-rand SASSA fraud case. Myeza approached the court claiming delays in the lower court were irregular. The State argued her bail bid was premature, as the Lenasia Magistrate’s Court had not yet ruled. NPA’s […]
