# KwaZulu-Natal premier Thamsanqa Ntuli says his government has responded to challenges through a whole-of-society approach aimed at restoring confidence, accelerating service delivery, and inspiring new hope. The challenges he cited include ongoing economic hardship, climate change-related disasters, and the impact of the July 2021 unrest. Ntuli says the province is showing signs of economic recovery, including […]
# The Western Cape government says the pass rate for the new computerised learner’s licence test has dropped to just 17-percent, meaning more than 80-percent of applicants are failing. The new system uses randomised questions from a large database to reduce fraud. The DA’s Nomafrench Mbombo says reforms to improve road safety, and curb fraud […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has asked the High Court in the Western Cape to temporarily halt Parliament’s impeachment process linked to the Phala Phala matter. His lawyer, Wim Trengove, argued Parliament does not have sufficient evidence to justify an impeachment inquiry and the president would suffer unfair reputational harm if the process continued before the […]
Die Appèlhof het die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag verlof toegestaan om teen die ontslag van die Nigeriese televangelis Timothy Omotoso en sy twee medebeskuldigdes te appelleer. Die appèl sal probeer om die beslissing van die Hooggeregshof in Gqeberha, in die Oos-Kaap, om te keer om Omotoso, Lusanda Sulani en Zukiswa Sitho, vry te spreek van 32 aanklagte, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die Hooggeregshof in die Wes-Kaap versoek om die Parlement se ampsklag wat verband hou met die Phala Phala-saak tydelik te staak. Die president se prokureur, Wim Trengove, het aangevoer die Parlement het nie genoeg bewyse om ‘n ampsklagondersoek te regverdig nie en die president kan onbillike reputasieskade ly as die […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse regering sê die slaagsyfer vir die nuwe gerekenariseerde leerlinglisensietoets het tot slegs 17-persent gedaal, wat beteken meer as 80-persent van aansoekers druip. Die nuwe stelsel gebruik ewekansige vrae uit ‘n groot databasis om bedrog te verminder. Nomafrench Mbombo van die DA sê hervormings om padveiligheid te verbeter en bedrog te bekamp, moet […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse Regering het sy Uitvoerstrategie 2035 bekendgestel om ekonomiese groei, belegging en werkskepping te bevorder. Die LUR vir Landbou, Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling en Toerisme, Ivan Meyer, wat die strategie onthul het, sê dit ondersteun die provinsie se Groei vir Werksgeleenthede-strategie deur marktoegang vir plaaslike besighede uit te brei. Hy sê die plan is daarop […]
# Johannesburg sê hy sal handhawing verskerp nadat bevind is eienaars en inwoners van Marble Towers ignoreer steeds ‘n Hooggeregshofbevel. Die burgemeester Dada Morero, vergesel deur burgemeesterskomiteelede Eunice Mgcina en Nomoya Mnisi, het die gebou nagesien en bevind onwettige handel in verbode gebiede duur voort. Morero sê die stad sal onwettige handel staak, strukture wat […]
# The Supreme Court of Appeal has granted the National Prosecuting Authority leave to appeal the acquittal of Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso and his two co-accused. The appeal will seek to overturn the decision by the High Court in Gqeberha, in the Eastern Cape, to clear Omotoso and his two co-accused, Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa […]