# Former Transnet executives Brian Molefe and Siyabonga Gama have been arrested after they handed themselves over to the Hawks this morning over a multimillion-rand locomotive tender deal linked to state capture. They’re among five ex-bosses charged for a 2015 payment to Trillian Asset Management. Also charged are Anoj Singh, Garry Pita, and Phetolo Ramosebudi. […]
# International Relations and Cooperation minister, Ronald Lamola, is leading a delegation to the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville, Spain today. The four day summit aims to reform global financial systems, and implement Sustainable Development Goals. The minister says South Africa will also host a side event on debt sustainability for […]
# The latest household affordability index has revealed that prices of basic tax-free food items are rising, with zero-rated foods up by 4.1-percent over the past year. According to the report the cost of a household food basket rose from two-thousand-775-rand to two-thousand-889-rand. Staple items like maize meal, rice, and cooking oil are among those […]
# Die publiek het tot die einde van vandag om kommentaar in te dien oor die hersiening van 1998 se Witskrif oor Plaaslike Regering. Die minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Velenkosi Hlabisa, sê baie munisipaliteite is in die moeilikheid weens swak inkomstebasisse. Die ouditeur-generaal, Tsakani Maluleke, het voorheen beklemtoon dat die witskrif goeie […]
# The public has until end of day today to submit comments on the review of the 1998 White Paper on Local Government. Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister, Velenkosi Hlabisa, says many municipalities are distressed due to weak revenue bases. Meanwhile, Auditor-General, Tsakani Maluleke, had previously highlighted that the 1998 White Paper was a […]
# KwaZulu-Natal se LUR vir Samewerkende Regering, Thulasizwe Buthelezi, het die Amakhosi-bemagtigingsprogram in Mandeni van stapel gestuur. Die program is daarop gemik om jeugwerkloosheid te verminder. Die inisiatief is aanvanklik in Umkhanyakude uitgerol maar sal nou regoor die provinsie beskikbaar wees om landelike gemeenskappe op te hef. Buthelezi het tydens ‘n vergadering met die gemeenskap […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governanve MEC, Thulasizwe Buthelezi, has launched the Amakhosi Empowerment Programme in Mandeni, aimed at reducing youth unemployment. Initially launched in Umkhanyakude, the initiative will now be rolled out across the province to uplift rural communities. Meeting with the community and 35 chiefs from iLembe District, Buthelezi handed over cold rooms and catering […]
# Kaapstad het vier groot informele handelsplanne goedgekeur, wat byna 800 nuwe handelsgeleenthede regoor die stad skep. Sleutelgebiede sluit in die Mamre, Pella, Elsiesrivier, 416 staanplekke op die Parade en 265 staanplekke in Gatesville. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Ekonomiese Groei, James Vos, sê die inisiatief wil infrastruktuur verbeter, handelaars ondersteun en ekonomiese aktiwiteit bevorder. Hy sê […]
# Die Kaapstad-stadsraad het veranderinge aan sy Munisipale Beplanningsverordening goedgekeur, wat bekostigbare behuising sal uitbrei, veral in laerinkomste-agterplase. Belangrike veranderinge sluit in nuwe huurwoonstelregte in gebiede soos Athlone en Bellville, asook vaartbelynde kommunikasie via e-pos. Die burgemeester Geordin Hill-Lewis sê die hervormings sal mikro-ontwikkelaars bemagtig om veiliger, wettige, formele huise te bou met inkomste vir […]
