# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare verwelkom die Departement van Binnelandse Sake se tydige ingryping om immigrasie-afdwinging te versterk en die voortgesette strategie om sy stelsels en prosesse te digitaliseer. Die departement gaan ‘n bykomende 301 immigrasie-amptenare werf. Claude Naicker van die vakbond sê hierdie aanstellings volg te midde van kommer in gemeenskappe oor die teenwoordigheid […]
Shell has officially finalised the deal to sell 100-percent of its equity interest in Shell Downstream South Africa to Abu Dhabi’s state-owned energy giant, ADNOC Distribution, for approximately 16.2-billion-rand. The agreement includes 580 company- and dealer-owned fuel stations, alongside Shell’s wholesale fuel, aviation, and lubricants operations. As part of the deal, ADNOC Distribution will sell […]
# The Legal Practice Council has filed a new application in the High Court in Pretoria to have former Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane struck from the roll of advocates, saying she is dishonourable and unworthy of remaining in the legal profession. The application follows her impeachment for misconduct and incompetence in 2023. The council argues […]
# The Board of Healthcare Funders will explore the development of a core service package to provide a practical starting point for defining the essential healthcare services that should be available to all South Africans within finite resources. Managing director Katlego Mothudi says South Africa already has a precedent for coordinated, free-at-point-of-service healthcare delivery, demonstrating […]
# The GOOD Party says former DA leader Tony Leon’s lobbying of politicians on behalf of private sector clients cannot be termed state capture unless his clients were inordinately successful in winning government tenders or dictating government policy. His public relations firm, Resolve Communications, allegedly sought to facilitate meetings between its clients and ministers. GOOD’s […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum is calling on EFF leader Julius Malema to appear before the Madlanga commission. Evidence leaders yesterday unpacked a series of WhatsApp messages they say suggest Malema was used as a conduit between tainted Crime Intelligence officier Feroz Khan and tobacco businessman Mohammed Sayed. The forum’s Dennis Bloem says the best way […]
# The Public Servants Association has welcomed the timely intervention by the Department of Home Affairs to strengthen immigration enforcement and complement the ongoing strategy to digitise its systems and processes. The department will recruit an additional 301 Immigration Officers. PSA’s Claude Naicker says these appointments come at a time when communities have expressed concerns […]
# Die Helen Suzman-stigting verwelkom die Konstitusionele Hof se uitspraak dat twee bepalings van die Wet op Vlugtelinge ongrondwetlik is. Daar is bevind enige persoon wat asiel soek, mag nie toegang tot die stelsel geweier word omdat hulle nie die vereiste dokumente het of nie binne die voorgeskrewe tyd by ʼn vlugtelingsentrum aangemeld het nie. […]
# The Helen Suzman Foundation has welcomed the Constitutional Court judgment declaring two provisions of the Refugees Act unconstitutional. It found any person seeking asylum cannot be denied access to the system for failing to provide the required documents or report to a refugee reception office within the stipulated five-day window. The foundation’s Chanel van […]
