# Public Works and Infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson has launched Infrastructure South Africa’s Project Preparation Bid Window Three, to fast-track major infrastructure projects. The initiative will support public institutions in developing investment-ready projects worth one-billion-rand or more. Macpherson says poor project preparation often delays construction and investment. He says the programme aims to move projects […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says African countries must stand together to tackle growing global challenges and drive the continent’s development. Speaking at the opening of the seventh Pan-African Parliament in Midrand, Ramaphosa said Africa continues to face the effects of conflict, economic uncertainty, geopolitical tensions and climate change. He called for stronger cooperation to promote […]
# Die Pan-Afrika-parlement betree ‘n nuwe era van hervorming wat gemik is op die versterking van sy rol in die bevordering van vrede, ontwikkeling en Afrika-integrasie. Die president van die liggaam, Fateh Boutbig, het tydens die eerste gewone sitting in Midrand, Gauteng, gevra vir groter verantwoordbaarheid, sterker toesig en vinniger inwerkingsteling van die Afrika-Unie se […]
# Die Departement van Indiensneming en Arbeid waarsku werkgewers om aan Suid-Afrika se arbeidswette te voldoen terwyl hy landwye inspeksies verskerp. Adjunkminister Jomo Sibiya sê inspekteurs het 114 werkplekke besoek tydens die eerste gesamentlike, landwye inspeksieveldtog in al nege provinsies. Slegs drie werkplekke het aan alle wetsvereistes voldoen. Sibiya sê talle oortredings is ontdek, met […]
# The Department of Employment and Labour warns employers to comply with South Africa’s labour laws as it intensifies nationwide inspections. Deputy minister Jomo Sibiya says inspectors visited 114 workplaces during the first coordinated high-impact compliance blitz across all nine provinces. Only three workplaces were found to be fully compliant. Sibiya says widespread violations were […]
# The Pan-African Parliament is entering a new era of reform aimed at strengthening its role in advancing peace, development and African integration. Addresing delegates at the First Ordinary Session in Midrand, Pan-African Parliament president Fateh Boutbig called for greater accountability, stronger oversight and faster implementation of the African Union’s Agenda 2063. The body has […]
# eThekwini-burgemeester, Cyril Xaba, sê die munisipaliteit handhaaf ʼn sterk finansiële posisie en kenners het toenemend vertroue dat sy finansies bestendig sal bly. Die raad het in Mei amptelik die metro se 2026-2027 Medium Termyn Inkomste- en Uitgawe-raamwerk aanvaar met ʼn totale begroting van 75,3-miljard-rand. Dis gemik op die bespoediging van dienslewering, infrastruktuur-hernuwing en die instelling […]
# eThekwini mayor, Cyril Xaba, says the municipality has maintained a strong financial position and experts are increasingly confident that its finances will remain stable. In May, the council officially adopted the metro’s 2026-2027 Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework, with a total budget of 75.3-billion-rand. This is aimed at accelerating service delivery, infrastructure renewal, and […]
# A News24 investigation has found that AfriForum raised 1.6-billion-rand from members and donors between 2019 and 2024, with 1.5-billion-rand reportedly spent on salaries, marketing and administration. The report says only 304-million-rand was allocated to direct projects, including 13.4-million for neighbourhood watch initiatives. It also found that more than 80-million-rand was spent on conferences and […]
