# The National Gambling Board has warned that students are using their National Student Financial Aid Scheme allowances for online gambling. Speaking at the launch of Responsible Gambling Charter at Sun International, acting CEO Lungile Dukwana says vulnerable groups are risking money meant for essentials like food, rent and education. He confirmed that the board and NSFAS […]
# Die DA se burgemeesterskandidaat in Ekurhuleni, Khathutshelo Rasilingwane, sê 32 van die stad se 37 openbare swembaddens is tans gesluit, ondanks die feit dat meer as 1,27-miljoen-rand maandeliks aan sekuriteit bestee word. Rasilingwane sê meer as 9,1-miljoen-rand is ook op herstelwerk, instandhouding en chemikalieë bestee. Die syfers het aan die lig gekom tydens die […]
# The Activists and Citizens Forum says businessman Sulliman Carrim should not be granted bail. Carrim is applying for bail after his arrest at Or Tambo International Airport last week on a charge of contempt of the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. Carrim failed to appear before the commission citing medical reasons. He is expected to […]
# Absa sê Suid-Afrika se fiskale posisie is sterker in die aanloop tot die Mediumtermyn-begrotingsbeleidsverklaring. Die senior ekonoom, Miyelani Maluleke, sê wêreldwye konflikte het die wêreldekonomie verswak, wat gelei het tot laer pryse van belangrike uitvoerprodukte soos platinum en palladium, terwyl die koste van petroleuminvoere gestyg het. Maluleke glo die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, […]
# Die EFF-leier Julius Malema sê elektrisiteit behoort bekostigbaar te wees. Malema het op ‘n veldtog in Heilbron in die Vrystaat gevra waarom elektrisiteit steeds duur is, terwyl Suid-Afrika sy eie steenkool vervaardig. Hy beklemtoon die party het gratis noodsaaklike munisipale dienste, insluitend water en elektrisiteit, beloof aan werklose mense en ontvangers van maatskaplike toelaes:
# Die regerende ZANU-PF-party en die parlement in Zimbabwe het grondwetlike veranderings voorgestel om president Emmerson Mnangagwa se bewind tot 2030 te verleng. Die voorgestelde wysigings sal die president se ampstermyn van vyf tot sewe jaar verleng en voorsiening maak dat die president verkies word deur wetgewers, nie regstreeks deur kiesers nie. Ondersteuners sê die […]
# Die DA se burgemeesterskandidaat in Johannesburg, Helen Zille, sê ‘n DA-regering in Johannesburg sal nooit die pynlike jare van apartheid herhaal nie. Zille se uitlatings volg te midde van verskerpte verkiesingsveldtogte voor die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing, met Johannesburg as een van die sleutelgebiede. Sy het afgevaardigdes by Nasrec in Gauteng toegespreek en gesê die DA wil […]
# Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party and parliament have advanced constitutional changes that could extend president Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rule to 2030. The proposed amendments would increase presidential terms from five to seven years and allow lawmakers, rather than voters directly, to elect the president. Supporters say the changes would promote stability and policy continuity. However, opposition […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema says electricity should be affordable. Speaking during a campaign in Heilbron, Free State, ahead of the local government elections, Malema questioned why electricity remains expensive when South Africa produces its own coal. He also emphasised that the party has pledged free basic municipal services, including water and electricity, for unemployed […]
