# President Cyril Ramaphosa has expanded the Special Investigating Unit’s investigation into eThekwini Municipality’s security and VIP protection contracts. An amendment to Proclamation 226 of 2024 extends both the investigation period and the procurement matters under review. The SIU will determine whether the contracts were awarded through fair, competitive and transparent processes, and whether they […]
# Die adjunkminister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Bernice Swarts, het die 20ste jaarlikse lekgotla oor luggehaltebestuur in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, geopen. Die driedaagse byeenkoms fokus op die omskakeling van luggehaltebeleid in meetbare verminderings in uitlatings, skoner lug en verbeterde openbare gesondheid. Beraadslagings tussen die regering, die bedryf, gemeenskappe, die burgerlike samelewing en akademici sal […]
# Die speaker van Belize se Huis van Verteenwoordigers, Valerie Woods, het Suid-Afrika se pad na demokrasie as ‘n kragtige les vir parlemente wêreldwyd geloof. Sy het op die Statebond-parlementsvereniging se Kleintakke-konferensie in Kaapstad gepraat. Woods het Suid-Afrika se oorgang van apartheid en verskuiwing na ‘n grondwetlike demokrasie, gelykheid en menswaardigheid benadruk. Sy sê dit […]
# Business Leadership South Africa sê die ekonomie se 0,2-persent-daling tussen April en Junie is ‘n skerp herinnering aan Suid-Afrika se brose ekonomie. Die organisasie se uitvoerende hoof, Busisiwe Mavuso, sê swak belegging bly ‘n groot uitdaging. Vaste belegging staan tans op 13,6-persent van die bruto binnelandse produk, terwyl die regering en staatsbeheerde ondernemings nie […]
# Die Indiese plofstof-vervaardiger Solar Industries het ingestem om 21,8-miljard-rand kontant te betaal om die Suid-Afrikaanse landbou- en myngroep Omnia Holdings oor te neem. Omnia sê die transaksie sal help om sy mynbou- en landboubedrywighede uit te brei deur hom toe te laat om meer te belê in tegnologie, navorsing en nuwe produkte. Dit sal […]
# Belize House speaker Valerie Woods has hailed South Africa’s democratic journey as a powerful lesson for parliaments worldwide. She was speaking at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s Small Branches Conference during the 69th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Cape Town. Woods highlighted South Africa’s transition from apartheid and exclusion to constitutional democracy, equality and human dignity. […]
# Business Leadership South Africa says the economy’s 0.2-percent contraction between April and June is a reality check on South Africa’s fragile economy. In her weekly newsletter, the organisation’s CEO, Busisiwe Mavuso, says weak investment remains a major challenge, with fixed investment at 13.6-percent of the gross domestic product, while government and state-owned companies are […]
# Public Service Commission chairperson professor Somadoda Fikeni has questioned whether recent revelations at the Madlanga Commission point to a public service increasingly driven by personal enrichment rather than public duty. Speaking at the second professor Stan Sangweni Memorial Lecture, in Pretoria, Fikeni reflected on Sangweni’s legacy of ethical leadership and accountable governance. He questioned […]
# Oudpresident Kgalema Motlanthe sê Suid-Afrika moet sy demokratiese proses ten volle verwesenlik, met grondhervorming wat steeds ‘n kernvraag is. Hy het op die tweede Professor Stan Sangweni-gedenklesing in Pretoria besin oor Sangweni se kommer rakende die onvoltooide taak van ekonomiese bevryding. Hy moedig jonger geslagte aan om transformasie voort te sit en beklemtoon Sangweni […]
