# Taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni says the Shongwe commission found that victims of taxi-related violence in Gauteng were shot with high-calibre rifles and other firearms. Sibanyoni told the Madlanga commission some weapons were similar to those issued to state agencies, including the South African National Defence Force and police. He says the commission also […]
# Die Nywerheidsontwikkelingskorporasie het die Nasionale Tesourie genader vir ‘n amptelike staatswaarborg om befondsing teen gunstiger voorwaardes te bekom en sy ontwikkelingsmandaat te versterk. Die staatsbeheerde instelling het ook met die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens gepraat oor moontlike belastingvrystellings soortgelyk aan dié van die Ontwikkelingsbank van Suider-Afrika. Die finansiële hoof, Isaac Malevu, sê ‘n staatswaarborg kan die […]
# Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says South Africa must move from energy planning to delivery, backed by a 2.23-trillion-rand electricity investment programme. Speaking to energy sector leaders in Johannesburg, Ramokgopa said the Integrated Resource Plan targets 105-thousand-megawatts of new generation capacity by 2039, including solar, wind, gas, storage and nuclear. He says private […]
# The Industrial Development Corporation has approached the National Treasury for an explicit government guarantee to help attract funding on more generous terms and strengthen its development mandate. The State-owned financier has also engaged the South African Revenue Service about possible tax exemptions similar to those available to the Development Bank of Southern Africa. IDC […]
# Eskom sê hy het die onafhanklike regs-assessering, diesel-aanpassing, en verifiëringsprosesse van sy ondersoek na dieselverkryging- en bergingskontrakte afgehandel. Die ondersoek was na kontrakte van ʼn geraamde 21-miljard-rand wat in 2024 toegeken is. Eskom se woordvoerder, Daphne Mokwena, sê die onafhanklike prosesse het geen bewyse gevind dat diesel waarvoor die kragverskaffer betaal het, weg is […]
# Die Gesondheidsdepartement sê die onlangse onttrekking van Enalapril tien-milligram-tablette van Arya Pharma raak nie dieselfde produk wat in vyf-milligram verpak word nie. Laasgenoemde word tans aan openbare gesondheidsgeriewe verskaf vir behandeling teen hoë bloeddruk en hartversaking. Woordvoerder Foster Mohale sê die tablette is slegs as tydelike alternatief goedgekeur terwyl die gekontrakteerde verskaffer, Austell Pharmaceuticals, […]
# Eskom says it has completed the independent legal assessment, diesel reconciliation and verification processes arising from its investigation into diesel procurement and storage contracts. The investigation was on contracts, potentially worth 21-billion-rand, that were issued in 2024. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says the independent processes found no evidence that diesel paid for by the […]
# The Health Department says the recall of Enalapril ten-milligram tablets supplied by Arya Pharma does not affect the same product packaged at five-milligram, which is currently being supplied to public sector health facilities to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. Spokesperson Foster Mohale says the affected tablets were only approved as temporary alternative […]
# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, sê die mag om belasting op toegevoegde waarde te verhoog, is goeie fiskale bestuur. Die Konstitusionele Hof het uitspraak voorbehou in ʼn regstryd oor wie die mag het om die BTW-koers vas te stel. Die DA het die hof genader om die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof se uitspraak te bevestig […]
