# A South African man working in the US has been arrested in Oklahoma over alleged child sexual abuse material. The Grady County sheriff’s office says 42-year-old Vico du Toit was identified following a tip-off to the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children. Investigators allege he uploaded and possessed the material using the Kik […]
# Die leierskap van die Departement van Sport, Kuns en Kultuur het gister versuim om in die Parlement te verskyn. Die Ouditeur-generaal raam 41-persent van die departement se instellings het die potensiaal om skoon oudits te ontvang, maar word gekniehalter deur gebrekkige gevolgbestuur, ondoeltreffende monitering van aksieplanne en trae instelling van aanbevelings. Die voorsitter van […]
# Deputy minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Zuko Godlimpi has called for better access to finance for small-scale sugarcane growers. He has urged the government, banks and industry stakeholders to develop funding models that help farmers secure loans, insurance and equipment. Godlimpi says existing funding must be better coordinated rather than simply seeking new […]
# The Public Servants Association says the escalating water crisis in South Africa threatens to destabilise the economy, deepen inequality, and erode investor confidence. It says persistent water shortages, deteriorating infrastructure, and lack of decisive government intervention have left millions of citizens without reliable access to water. PSA’s Claude Naicker says the chronic neglect of […]
# A coalition of civil society organisations , including Fossil Free South Africa and the StopEACOP Coalition, has filed a formal complaint with the Advertising Regulatory Board targeting Standard Bank’s environmental advertising, alleging misleading environmental and climate claims. Spokesperson Zaki Mamdoo says they are asking the regulator to scrutinise the bank’s claims of leadership in […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa se voormalige politieke raadgewer en huidige lid van die ANC se nasionale uitvoerende komitee, Bejani Chauke, het ʼn Reël 10.6-kennisgewing van die Madlanga-kommissie ontvang. Hy moet sy verhouding met die ontslape taxibaas van Mpumalanga, Jotham “King Mswazi” Msibi, en hulle WhatsApp-boodskappe verduidelik. Chauke se naam is onthul toe die kommissie Msibi […]
# Die vakverbond COSATU het by die munisipale vakbond SAMWU aangesluit om sy 39-jarige bestaan te vier. SAMWU is amptelik in Oktober 1987 gestig, gegrond op nierassigheid en om ʼn enkele vakbond vir munisipale werkers te vorm. Dit was die land se eerste nasionale munisipale vakbond. Nonzuzo Dlamini van COSATU sê SAMWU beywer hom vir […]
# Britain’s Princess Anne will visit Cape Town next week as president of the Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth. She will attend the 31st Commonwealth Agriculture Conference, which brings together the next generation of farmers from across the association. During the visit, the Princess Royal will also take part in engagements highlighting links between […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa’s former political adviser and current member of the ANC’s national executive committee, Bejani Chauke, has been served with a Rule 10.6 notice by the Madlanga Commission. He is required to explain his relationship with the late Mpumalanga taxi boss Jotham “King Mswazi” Msibi and their extensive WhatsApp exchanges. Chauke’s name emerged […]
