# Die leier van die National Coloured Congress, Fadiel Adams, sê bruin gemeenskappe word steeds benadeel en ekonomies uitgesluit. Hy het die ANC en die DA in die Wes-Kaap gekritiseer tydens ‘n onderhoud met die SABC voor volgende Woensdag se plaaslike regeringsverkiesing. Adams sê indiensnemingsbeleide beperk geleenthede vir bruin jeugdiges en gemeenskappe worstel teen bendegeweld, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die Brasiliaanse president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, gelukgewens met sy geskiedkundige herverkiesing. Lula het ‘n ongekende vierde termyn gewen nadat hy die regse senator Flávio Bolsonaro in ‘n naelbyt-tweederonde-verkiesing geklop het. Ramaphosa se woordvoerder, Vincent Magwenya, sê Suid-Afrika en Brasilië handhaaf noue bilaterale en strategiese bande geskoei op Suid-Suid-samewerking […]
# Die uitvoerende hoof van die maatskaplike sekerheidsagentskap SASSA, Themba Matlou, sê die agentskap versterk sy stelsels, skakel skuiwergate uit, ondersoek bewerings van wangedrag en verseker skuldiges word aanspreeklik gehou. SASSA het sedert April verlede jaar 134 klagtes van beweerde bedrog en wangedrag teen sy amptenare ontvang, waarvan 106 afgehandel en 28 hangende is. SASSA […]
# National Coloured Congress leader Fadiel Adams says South Africa’s coloured community remains marginalised and economically excluded. Speaking to the SABC ahead of next week’s local government elections, Adams criticised the ANC and the DA in the Western Cape stating that employment policies have limited opportunities for coloured youth, while communities face gang violence, housing […]
# Home Affairs says more than one million South Africans have accessed smart ID replacement services at participating bank branches in seven months. The digital service is now available at 669 branches nationwide, increasing access to 873 service points. The department says applications take about five minutes. It plans to expand services to include first-time […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die regering moes die afgelope paar jaar ‘n moeilike balans handhaaf tussen die bestendiging van die land se openbare finansies en om die hoë vlakke van armoede en werkloosheid aan te pak. Die minibegroting wat die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, verlede weekter tafel gelê het, toon staatskuld het bestendig […]
# Eskom het sedert 16 Mei verlede jaar 525 agtereenvolgende dae sonder beurtkrag bereik en die herstel van sy opwekkingsvermoë is op die beste vlak in ses jaar. Sy energie-beskikbaarheidsfaktor het gestyg tot 68,1-persent teenoor 62,48-persent verlede jaar. Eskom beskik oor ses-dusend-424 megawatt meer opwekkingsvermoë as drie jaar gelede. Onbeplande kragonderbrekings het die afgelope drie […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says government has been walking a difficult path over the last few years to stabilise the country’s public finances and tackle the high levels of poverty and unemployment. Last week, minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana, tabled the mini-budget which showed public debt has stabilised and government revenue is now about 54-billion-rand […]
# Eskom reached 525 consecutive days without load-shedding since 16 May last year as generation recovery hits a six-year high. The utility says its year-to-date energy availability factor rose to 68.1-percent, up from 62.48-percent last year, adding 6.424-megawatt of capacity compared to three years ago. Unplanned outages fell by over seven-thousand megawatt in three years, […]
