# Parliament’s Standing Committee on Appropriations is being briefed by the Communications and Digital Technologies Department on various issues. This includes the funding models, spending reviews, and the impact of budget constraints on the department and its entities, including the SABC. Lawmakers aim to assess how underfunding affects broadcasting obligations and ensure public funds are […]
# The UDM says president Cyril Ramaphosa’s celebration of South Africa’s removal from the Financial Action Task Force greylist sounds profoundly tone deaf. UDM deputy president, Nqabayomzi Kwankwa says while the president hails technical compliance and investor confidence, millions of South Africans face hunger, joblessness and fear. He adds that technical milestones must be matched […]
# Parliament’s Portfolio Committees on Trade, Industry and Competition, and Transport met with black traders over concerns about Transport minister Barbara Creecy’s directive to renew 25-year leases at Durban’s Transnet Island View Precinct. Traders allege oil majors control port infrastructure and limit fair access. Creecy and Mineral and Petroleum Resources minister Gwede Mantashe defended the move […]
# Die ontwikkelaar van Please Call Me, Nkosana Makate, betwis ‘n regskostebevel van 13-miljoen-rand nadat hy in die Konstitusionele Hof teen Vodacom verloor het. Die koste hou verband met ‘n enkele dag se betoë nadat die hof in Vodacom se guns beslis en die saak terugverwys het na die Appèlhof. Makate noem die bevel onbillik […]
# Please Call Me inventor Nkosana Makate is challenging a 13-million-rand legal costs order following his Constitutional Court loss to Vodacom. The costs relate to a single day’s arguments after the apex court ruled in Vodacom’s favour and referred the case back to the Supreme Court of Appeal. Makate calls the order unfair and excessive, […]
# Die Vryemarkstigting het die Konsepwetsontwerp op Sakeondernemingslisensiëring gekritiseer en dit as ongrondwetlik en skadelik vir Suid-Afrika se ekonomie beskryf. Die wetsontwerp het ten doel om die Sakewet van 1991 te wysig en ‘n moderne, doeltreffende lisensiëringsraamwerk in te stel wat onder andere ekonomiese groei bevorder en regulatoriese doeltreffendheid verbeter. Martin van Staden van die […]
# The Free Market Foundation has criticised the draft Business Licensing Bill, calling it unconstitutional and damaging to South Africa’s economy. The bill aims to amend the Business Act of 1991 and introduce a modern, efficient licensing framework that, amongst other things, boosts economic growth and improves regulatory efficiency. The Free Market Foundation’s Martin van Staden […]
# ArcelorMittal Suid-Afrika het om verlof tot appèl aansoek gedoen teen die Arbeidshof se uitspraak wat die heraanstelling van afgelegde werkers by die Newcastle- en Vereeniging-aanlegte gelas. Die metaalwerkersvakbond Numsa het ‘n dringende interdik versoek wat Amsa dwing om nuwe afleggingskennisgewings uit te reik of samesprekings te hervat kragtens die Januarie-kennisgewing. Amsa hou vol hy […]
# ArcelorMittal South Africa has filed for leave to appeal the Labour Court ruling ordering the reinstatement of retrenched workers at the Newcastle and Vereeniging plants. Metalworkers union Numsa had approached the court seeking an urgent interdict compelling Amsa to issue a fresh retrenchment notice or resume consultations under the January notice issued by the company. Amsa […]
