# Disbarred attorney and reality-TV personality Peet Viljoen is reportedly in negotiations with the State over a possible plea deal. Viljoen is facing close to 400 charges, including fraud, theft, corruption and forgery, relating to the alleged fraudulent sale of 46 Johannesburg municipal properties worth about 27-million-rand in 2010. The State alleges that forged documents […]
# Die Organisasie teen Belastingmisbruik waarsku Suid-Afrikaners kan hoër maandelikse elektrisiteitsheffings betaal ingevolge die voorgestelde hersiene prysbeleid, al gebruik hulle minder krag. Die organisasie is bekommerd hoër vaste heffings en voorgestelde tydgebaseerde tariewe kan huishoudings met sonkrag straf. OUTA se uitvoerende hoof, Wayne Duvenage, sê die konsepbeleid fokus te veel op die beskerming van Eskom […]
# Die polisie sukkel om die anti-immigrasie-organisasie March and March se betogings in Durban se middestad te beheer weens beweerde geweld, gevaarlike wapens en die ontwrigting van straatverkopers se sake. Advokaat Nalini Govender, wat die polisie en die Ministerie van Polisie verteenwoordig, het die KwaZulu-Natalse Hooggeregshof meegedeel sommige byeenkomste is nie meer vreedsaam en ongewapen […]
# Police say they are struggling to manage the anti-immigration organisation March and March’s protests in Durban’s CBD, citing alleged violence, dangerous weapons and disruption of street vendors’ businesses. Advocate Nalini Govender, representing police and the Police Ministry, told the KwaZulu-Natal High Court some gatherings are no longer peaceful and unarmed as required by the […]
# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse warns South Africans could face higher monthly electricity charges under the proposed revised pricing policy, even if they use less power. The organisation is also concerned that higher fixed charges and proposed time-of-use tariffs could penalise households investing in rooftop solar. OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage says the draft policy […]
# AgriSA warns losing South Africa’s preferential access to the US under the African Growth and Opportunity Act could hurt agricultural producers who depend on the American market. While the impact would vary between products, some sectors, including litchis, citrus, table grapes, specialised seeds and ostrich products, could face higher costs and reduced competitiveness if […]
# AfriForum vra Eskom om verligting op kragtariewe te bied nadat die kragvoorsiener ‘n wins van 30-miljard-rand in die vorige boekjaar aangeteken het. Die organisasie het voor Eskom se hoofkantoor in Sandton, Johannesburg betoog en ‘n spaarvarkie en versoekskrif oorhandig waarin antwoorde geëis word oor stygende elektrisiteitskoste, bestuursbonusse en ‘n bykomende inkomste-eis van 58-miljard-rand. Deidré […]
# Die voormalige sekretaris-generaal van die MK-party, Sibonelo Nomvalo, koester geen wrok teenoor partyleier Jacob Zuma weens sy afdanking nie. Hy is kwaad vir mense wat glo Zuma se ouderdom uitgebuit het tot nadeel van die organisasie. Nomvalo het partylede op ‘n nuuskonferensie beskuldig dat hulle versinde intelligensieverslae aan Zuma voorgelê het. Hy sê hy […]
# AfriForum has called on Eskom to provide electricity tariff relief following its announcement of a 30-billion-rand profit for the previous financial year. The organisation staged a protest at the utility’s head offices in Sandton, Johannesburg, delivering a piggy bank and memorandum demanding answers about rising electricity costs, management bonuses and an additional 58-billion-rand revenue […]
