# President Cyril Ramaphosa se aansoek om die Phala Phala-verslag van die Parlement se Artikel 89-paneel te hersien en tersyde te stel, sal vroeg in September in die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof aangehoor word. Dit hou verband met die Konstitusionele Hof se uitspraak dat die Parlement se besluit van Desember 2022 om die verslag te verwerp, ongeldig […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa’s application to review and set aside Parliament’s Section 89 panel’s Phala Phala report is set to be heard in the Western Cape High court in early September. The case relates to the Constitutional Court judgement that Parliament’s December 2022 decision to reject the panel’s report was invalid and unconstitutional. Ramaphosa has […]
# The Western Cape Government says disaster management teams remain on high alert as heavy rain continues to affect the Central Karoo and Garden Route. Flooding has forced the closure of the N1 at Leeu Gamka, while several other roads, including Molteno Pass and parts of the R328, have also been shut due to weather-related […]
# Business leaders state Johannesburg’s governance and financial crisis have become a national economic concern that requires urgent action. Business Leadership South Africa, Business for South Africa and Business Unity South Africa warn that the city, which contributes around 16-percent of South Africa’s gross domestic product, is in severe distress, with declining infrastructure, rising debt, […]
# Die Johannesburgse Landdroshof het borgtog geweier aan die selfverklaarde politieke tussenganger Brown Mogotsi. Die hof het bevind hy kon nie bewys wat sy woonadres is nie en het beslis owerhede sou hom moontlik nie kon opspoor indien hy vrygelaat word nie. Mogotsi staan tereg op aanklagte wat verband hou met ‘n beweerde vals sluipmoordkomplot […]
# Die Madlanga-kommissie het ‘n eenheids-bevelvoerder van die KwaZulu-Natalse Valke, Gavin Jacob, ondervra oor besluite rakende die berging van bewysstukke waarop beslag gelê is. Voorsitter Mbuyiseli Madlanga betwis sy bewering dat alle bergingskeuses uitgeput is en wys daarop hy het nooit nabygeleë polisiestasies gekontak om beskikbare ruimte te bevestig nie. Jacob erken hy het aannames […]
# Die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging waarsku die toekoms van Tongaat Hulett bly ‘n groot bedreiging vir die herstel van die suikerbedryf. Voorsitter Mzwandile Masina sê ‘n ondersteunende regulatoriese raamwerk vir biobrandstowwe, soortgelyk aan dié in Brasilië en Indië, word benodig om uiteenlopendheid en langtermyn volhoubaarheid te bevorder. Die komitee vra […]
# The Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court has denied bail to self-proclaimed political fixer Brown Mogotsi. The court found he failed to prove his residential address and ruled without that, authorities could struggle to locate him if released. Mogotsi faces charges linked to the alleged fabrication of an assassination plot in Vosloorus, unlawful possession of a firearm […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Hawks unit commander Gavin Jacob has come under scrutiny at the Madlanga commission over decisions relating to the storage of seized exhibits. Chairperson Mbuyiseli Madlanga challenged his claim that all storage options had been exhausted, pointing out that he never contacted nearby police stations to confirm available space. Jacob admits he had made […]
