# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Toerisme is bekommerd oor 201-miljoen-rand in die Departement van Toerisme se 2025/26-begroting wat nie bestee is nie. Die departement het 91,7-persent van sy toekenning van 2,43-miljard-rand gebruik. Vertraagde verkryging vir vaardigheids- en Uitgebreide Openbare Werkeprogram-projekte, stadige infrastruktuur-lewering, geskille oor omvang en vakante befondste poste het hiertoe bygedra. Voorsitter Ronalda Nalumango […]
# Die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag sê die verhoor in die voortslepende wapen-korrupsiesaak teen oudpresident Jacob Zuma en die Franse wapenmaatskappy Thales begin op 1 Februarie volgende jaar. Dit volg nadat hulle versuim het om aansoek te doen om verlof tot appèl teen die uitspraak van die KwaZulu-Natalse Hooggeregshof dat die verhoor kan voortgaan. Die NVG sê […]
# A criminal fraud complaint of more than 22-million-rand has been registered against ticket supplier Adriaan Pieterse after customers were allegedly left without tickets at several major sporting events. The complaint was lodged by hospitality agency Leisure Connexion and its owner, Adelbert Retief. News24 reports the alleged losses include about eleven-million-rand linked to UEFA Champions […]
# FNB has recorded a 47-percent increase in virtual card transaction values over the past financial year, reflecting growing customer adoption of secure digital payment solutions. It says the growth highlights changing payment habits across its digital ecosystem, which serves over 19-million regular platform users and over 12-million banking customers. Virtual cards are increasingly being […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Tourism is concern over 201-million-rand underspend in the Department of Tourism’s 2025/26 budget. The department spent 91.7-percent of its 2.43-billion-rand allocation. Delayed procurement for skills and Expanded Public Works Programme projects, slow infrastructure delivery, scope disputes, due diligence delays, and vacant funded posts contributed to the underspending. Chairperson Ronalda Nalumango […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority says the trial in the long-running arms deal corruption case of former president Jacob Zuma and French arms company Thales will start on the first of February next year. This comes after they failed to file applications for leave to appeal the KwaZulu-Natal High Court’s ruling that the trial can […]
# Die Britse eerste minister, Andy Burnham, ontvang vandag die Oekraïnse president, Volodymyr Zelensky, in Downingstraat 10. Die ontmoeting vind plaas teen die agtergrond van die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, se besluit om sanksies op Russiese diesel te verlig. Burnham sal waarskynlik tydens die besoek versnelde militêre steun aan Kiëf en verdere sanksies teen Moskou […]
# UK prime minister Andy Burnham is set to host Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky at Downing Street today. The meeting comes amidst US president Donald Trump’s decision to ease sanctions on Russian diesel. Burnham is expected to use the visit to announce an acceleration of military support for Kyiv and to pledge further rounds of […]
# Die Internasionale Monetêre Fonds sê Suid-Afrika se groeivooruitsig sal na verwagting op die kort termyn bestendig bly en op die medium termyn geleidelik verbeter. Dit sal ondersteun word deur versterkte beleidsraamwerke en voortgesette strukturele hervormings. Die IMF het sy ekonomiese groeivooruitsig vir die land tot een-persent verlaag teenoor die 1,1-persent wat in Julie voorspel […]
