# Government and the World Bank have signed a 27-billion-rand loan that will assist in unlocking key infrastructure bottlenecks, particularly in the energy and freight transport sectors. The National Treasury states that the loan is intended to support critical structural reforms aimed at enhancing the efficiency, resilience, and sustainability of the country’s infrastructure services. Treasury […]
# Die DA sal vandag in die Parlement die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau en die Nasionale Loterykommissie ondervrae, oor die omstrede toekenning van ‘n loterylisensie ter waarde van 60-miljard-rand aan Sizekhaya Holdings. Die lotery se wen-tenderaar is na bewering verbind met adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile se vertrouelinge en familielede. Die DA-lid, Toby […]
# The DA will today grill Trade, Industry and Competition minister Parks Tau and the National Lotteries Commission in Parliament over the controversial awarding of a 60-billion-rand lottery licence to Sizekhaya Holdings. The winning lottery bidder is reportedly connected to deputy president Paul Mashatile’s close associates and family members. The DA’s Toby Chance says the […]
# Die voorsitter van die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Tebogo Letsie, versoek die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente om dringend sy betalingsprobleme rondom studenteverblyf op te los. Letsie het met die voorsitters van die Parlement se Toesigkomitees vir Maatskaplike Dienste gepraat en veroordeel verskaffers wat sedert 2023 nie betaal nie en die […]
# Parliament’s Higher Education Portfolio Committee chairperson Tebogo Letsie has called on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme to urgently resolve payment issues of student accommodation. Speaking during a chairpersons of Parliament’s Social Services Cluster Oversight Committees update, Letsie condemned non-payment of providers since 2023 and slow response to appeals. He insists no student should […]
# Lesotho het amptelik die 21ste Afrika-land geword wat toegang verkry het tot Starlink-satellietinternet, wat aan Elon Musk behoort. Die Lesotho-kommunikasie-owerheid het ‘n tien-jaar Netwerk-dienslisensie aan Starlink Lesotho toegestaan, om landswye hoëspoed-internettoegang moontlik te maak. Die stap is in ooreenstemming met Lesotho se digitale transformasie-agenda en het ten doel om afgeleë, onderbediende gebiede te verbind. […]
# Lesotho has officially become the 21st African country to access Elion Musk’s Starlink satellite Internet. The Lesotho Communications Authority granted a ten-year Network Service License to Starlink Lesotho, enabling nationwide high-speed Internet access. The move aligns with Lesotho’s digital transformation agenda and aims to connect remote, underserved areas. The authority says the revised licensing […]
# Suid-Afrika kan skerp stygings in brandstofpryse te wagte wees namate spanning in die Midde-Ooste styg. Wêreldwye oliepryse het gestyg ná Israel se aanvalle op Iran en Amerikaanse bomaanvalle op Iranse kernkragaanlegte. Ontleders van Oilprice.com waarsku die pryse kan die hoogte in skiet as Iran die strategiese internasionale handelsroete, die Seestraat van Hormuz, afsluit. Suid-Afrika […]
# South Africa could face steep fuel price hikes as Middle Eastern tensions soar. Global oil prices surged following Israel’s strikes on Iran, and US bombings of Iranian nuclear sites. Analysts from Oilprice.com warn prices may shot up if Iran retaliates by closing the strategic international trade route, the Strait of Hormuz. Although most of […]
