# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the city has submitted a proposal to grant municipal police the power to investigate gang, gun, and drug-related crimes. The aim is to improve low conviction rates, currently at just five-percent, despite removing 400 illegal guns annually. The city also calls for better access to forensic tools, crime […]
# Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy has announced the appointment of an interim board for the Road Accident Fund, following the dissolution of the previous board last month over governance failures. Former National Treasury’s chief procurement officer, Kenneth Brown, will serve as chairperson, with ex-investment banker Nonhlanhla Mabusela-Aikhuere as vice-chairperson. Creecy told the media the […]
# Western Cape MEC for Infrastructure, Tertuis Simmers, says 20 emerging contractors have graduated from the province’s contractor development programme. The eight-month initiative equips participants with skills and business knowledge to compete in the open market, offering tailored training, mentoring, and industry expos. Simmers says the programme has trained an average of 100 contractors annually […]
# Transport minister Barbara Creecy says former South African Airways employee and Chartered Accountant Sedzani Mudau has been appointed as the new chairperson of the SAA board. The board will focus on expanding the fleet from 20 to over 50 aircraft by 2030, strengthening governance, and maintaining financial independence. In a media briefing, Creecy praised […]
# Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy says the cabinet has appointed chartered accountant Khulekelwe Glynnis Mbonambi as a non-executive director on the Transnet board. Creecy says Mbonambi’s financial expertise will support efforts to stabilise Transnet and improve its operational efficiency, as the company works towards better freight and port services, and support trade growth and […]
# Business Leadership South Africa and Business Unity South Africa urge Eskom to withdraw its legal fight against electricity trading licences issued by the energy regulator, Nersa. The two business bodies state the power utility’s litigation undermines energy reforms, delays private investment, and prolongs load-shedding. BLSA CEO Busisiwe Mavuso urged the government to intervene, calling […]
# Action Society urges acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia to urgently intervene as South Africa’s murder rate now surpasses some war zones. The organisation says over 26-thousand people were murdered in the past year, compared to ten-thousand civilian deaths in war-torn Ukraine. Action Society spokesperson Juanita du Preez calls on Cachalia to delegate policing powers […]
# Build One South Africa says the government is undermining the fight against gender-based violence by refusing to screen cabinet members against the national register for sex offenders. The party revealed that president Cyril Ramaphosa declined to confirm whether any ministers or deputy ministers appear on the register and refused to commit to future screening. […]
# The DA calls for an urgent investigation into the missing 813-million-rand meant for the South African National Defence Force soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The DA’s Nicholas Gotsell says Parliament’s joint standing committee on Defence chairperson, Malusi Gigaba, has backtracked on his commitment to seek answers from Defence and Military Veterans minister, […]
