# The Gauteng National Taxi Alliance and the South African National Taxi Council have threatened a province-wide shutdown if their demands are not addressed within seven days. The taxi associations accuse the provincial government of failing to meaningfully engage the industry. They have cited delays in issuing operating licences and poor consultation on transport policies. […]
# Die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, vra ʼn gekoördineerde benadering om Suid-Afrika se verdedigingsbedryf te laat herleef. Hy sê die bedryf is op die voorpunt van presisie-vervaardiging, stelsel-ingenieurswese en tegnologiese soewereiniteit. Hy het gister die hoofrede gelewer by die Verdedigingsbedryf-lekgotla by die Wetenskaplike en Nywerheidsnavorsingsraad in Pretoria. Tau erken dat die […]
# Gauteng se LUR vir Vervoer, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, het die regering se verbintenis tot ʼn opbouende en deursigtige vennootskap met die taxi-bedryf herbevestig, terwyl die bestuur in die lisensiëringstelsel versterk word. Die provinsiale taxi-bedryf beskuldig die LUR dat die uitreiking van bedryfslisensies, wat nodig is om taxi’s op die pad te hou, vertraag word. Diale-Tlabela […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Johannesburg het ‘n finale verbeurdverklaringsbevel toegestaan aan die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag se Batebeslagleggingseenheid vir 326-miljoen-rand se bates van die korrupsiebeskuldigde sakeman, Hangwani Morgan Maumela, en sy geaffilieerde maatskappye. Volgens forensiese ondersoeke is die Maumela-sindikaat na bewering as ‘n hoogs georganiseerde netwerk bedryf wat die verkrygingstelsels by die Tembisa-hospitaal sistematies gemanipuleer het. Hulle […]
# Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, has called for a coordinated approach to revitalise South Africa’s defence industry, saying the industry sits at the frontier of manufacturing precision, systems engineering and technology sovereignty. He delivered the keynote address at the Defence Industry Lekgotla at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in […]
# Gauteng Transport MEC, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, has reaffirmed government’s commitment to maintaining a constructive and transparent partnership with the taxi industry, while strengthening governance within the operating licence system. The provincial taxi industry has accused the MEC of delaying the issuing of operating licences needed to keep taxis on the road. Diale-Tlabela says the current […]
# The Johannesburg High Court has granted the National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit a final forfeiture order for 326-million-rand in assets held by corruption-accused businessman Hangwani Morgan Maumela and his affiliated companies. Forensic investigations revealed that the Maumela syndicate allegedly operated as a highly organised network that systematically manipulated the procurement systems at Tembisa […]
# The City of Cape Town says a recent incident involving an infant found in the care of an intoxicated father highlights the harmful effects of alcohol abuse. On Sunday night, law enforcement officers rescued the child during a traffic stop in Delft and handed the infant over to social workers. Mayoral committee member for […]
# The DA in the Western Cape says the fatal shootings that claimed four lives in Lwandle over the weekend highlight the urgent need for a permanent police station and a permanent provincial police commissioner. The party’s Benedicta van Minnen says the community remains under-resourced, with policing services operating from a former RDP house instead […]
