# The ATM has strongly condemned what it calls the ANC/DA coalition’s latest act of betrayal against the people of South Africa. Communications and Digital Technologies minister, Solly Malatsi announced that government will ease the 30-percent Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment requirement to facilitate the entry of Elon Musk’s Starlink into the South African market. ATM’s […]
# The civil rights organisation, AfriForum has welcomed the South African government’s proposal issued in the Government Gazette for the easing of racial criteria for satellite service companies, such as Starlink, as contained in the broad-based black economic empowerment licencing requirements. The organisation’s Ernst van Zyl says AfriForum has been a major player in the fight to remove the strict […]
# The DA is calling on police and the Department of Correctional Services to offer a public reward for information that can lead to the rearrest of Me-Kayle Timmie and Mikyle Mentoor who went missing at the Pollsmoor Correctional Centre in the Western Cape. The DA’s Nicholas Gotsell says rather than owning up to systemic failures, the department now […]
# Eskom says the power system is stable and demonstrated resilience as a cold front hit some parts of the country this week. Eskom spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena says system constraints remain and adequate emergency reserves are in place and strategically deployed to support demand during winter periods. She says a total five-thousand-760-megawatts of generation capacity is expected to […]
# ActionSA Women’s Forum says unregulated, fly-by-night childcare facilities continue to operate without the necessary certification or adherence to safety standards in the country. The forum’s Modiehi Mashaba says the tragic loss of four children in a fire in Mayfair, Johannesburg on Monday highlights the systemic failure to protect children from unsafe environments. She says […]
# KwaZulu-Natal police have launched a manhunt in search of two suspects who shot and killed four people at a house at Mzomusha area in Dundee on Friday evening. Police spokesperson, Robert Netshiunda says two male victims, aged 31 and 35, were outside the house when two suspects arrived and opened fire at them. He […]
# Saftu is demanding full public disclosure of all agreements reached in a meeting between South Africa and US. Spokesperson Newton Masuku says Communications and Digital Technologies minister, Solly Malatsi announced that government will ease the 30-percent BBBEE requirement to facilitate the entry of Elon Musk’s Starlink into the South African market. He says what […]
# The GOOD Party says the claims of genocide on farms linked to the country’s murder rate are not true. The latest police crime statistics revealed 25-thousand-423 people were murdered in just 12 months. The GOOD Party secretary-general, Brett Herron say of the these just 358 took place on agricultural land. He says only 42 […]
# The MK Party demands the immediate suspension of the regulations gazetted by the minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, under the State Information Technology Agency Act. Spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela says the party sees it as a blueprint designed to dismantle state capacity, bypass transformative procurement frameworks and fast-track backdoor deals with foreign […]