# Solidariteit se Regsnetwerk het ‘n hofaansoek ingedien teen nuwe swart ekonomiese bemagtigings-sektorkodes in die regsberoep. Die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, het die kodes in September onderteken. Solidariteit voer aan die kodes is onwettig en ongrondwetlik en oorreguleer die regsektor. Riaan Visser van Solidariteit meen die voorgeskrewe raskwotas vir regsfirmas beperk […]
# China het teruggeslaan met ‘n 84-persent tarief op Amerikaanse invoere nadat Donald Trump se 104-persent tarief op China in werking getree het. Dit het ‘n verdere daling in die Europese markte veroorsaak. Die FTSE 100-indeks van die grootste maatskappye wat in die VK genoteer is, het tot dusver vandag met 3,3-persent gedaal, terwyl die […]
# ActionSA says it has concluded a productive meeting with the ANC’s national working committee delegation to address the national budget crisis. The two parties discussed alternatives to avoid a VAT increase, with both committed to shielding citizens from any rise before next month. The party’s Matthew George reiterated ActionSA’s commitment to resolving the budget […]
# Human Settlements minister Thembi Simelane has confirmed that stringent measures will be implemented to ensure competency in construction, following the collapse of a building in George that claimed 34 lives last year. Shimelane announced that her department and the National Home Builders Regulatory Council are drafting a new bill to address forensic report deficiencies […]
# China has retaliated with an 84-percent tariff on US imports after Donald Trump’s 104-percent tariff on China kicked in. This has caused a further drop in European markets. The FTSE 100 index of the largest firms listed in the UK has dropped 3.3-percent so far today, while the German Dax is down 4-percent and […]
# Solidarity’s Law Network has filed a court application against new black economic empowerment sector codes for the legal profession. They argue the codes, signed by Trade, Industry, and Competition minister Parks Tau in September, are illegal and unconstitutional and over-regulate the legal sector. Solidarity’s Riaan Visser believes the prescribed racial quotas for law firms […]
# Forensiese ondersoeke na die intuimeling van ‘n gebou in George in Mei verlede jaar, het nie-nakoming in die registrasieproses aan die lig gebring. Die tragedie het 34 lewens geëis. Die minister van Menslike Nedersettings, Thembi Simelane, het die bevindings bekend gemaak. Sy sê daar was beduidende nie-nakoming van die Registrasiekantoor van die Nasionale Huisbouersreguleringsraad […]
# Forensic investigations into the George building that collapsed in May 2024 has revealed non-compliance in the enrollment process from officials. The tragedy claimed 34 lives. Presenting findings, Human Settlements minister Thembi Simelane says significant non-compliance with the National Home Builders Regulatory Council’s enrollment procedures included critical regulatory breaches and unauthorised approvals, allowing the contractor […]
# Die minister van Menslike Nedersettings, Thembi Simelane, sê die tragiese ineenstorting van ‘n gebou in George waarin 34 mense dood is, is deur nalatigheid veroorsaak en kon vermy word. Simelane het ‘n forensiese verslag voorgelê en onreëlmatighede in sertifisering, inspeksie, aanstellings van tegniese personeel, boumateriaalgehalte en veiligheidsnakoming uitgelig. Sy sê die onderneming het ‘n […]
