# The rand has crashed through 16-rand-60-cents to the dollar, hitting its weakest level in almost two months. The dollar is strengthening as US Treasury yields rise, while higher oil prices and expectations of US rate hikes add pressure. The rand faces a fuel-price shock, with petrol and diesel expected to rise by about 3-rand […]
# Home Affairs minister Leon Schreiber has announced the first working prototype of a digital ID, demonstrating it live with his own details at Constitutional Hill. The smart IDs remain available, while the digital IDs will use biometric verification and let citizens monitor access to their data. He also confirmed green ID documents will no […]
# Home Affairs is preparing a national campaign to document every undocumented South African citizen during the 2028/29 financial year. At the launch of the Quantum Leap modernisation project at Constitutional Hill, minister Leon Schreiber said with the digital reforms, the department will review late birth registration, documentation processes and deploy mobile biometric technology. The […]
# ActionSA verwelkom die Verkiesingskommissie se beëdigde antwoord wat ingedien is teen die DA se aansoek in die Kieshof. Die party sê dit bevestig sy standpunt dat die DA se saak opportunisties, huigelagtig en ligsinnig is. Die DA voer aan die EFF, die MK-party, ActionSA en die GOOD-party het doelbewus kandidate vir kiesers verberg deur […]
# The government has confirmed that 53 affected families will travel to Angola today as part of South Africa’s delegation for the Angola Exile Repatriation Project. Spearheaded by the SA Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, the programme aims to trace, exhume and repatriate the remains of an estimated five-thousand liberation heroes who died in […]
# Die maatskaplike sekerheidsagentskap SASSA verwerp bewerings dat enige geld wat in ‘n begunstigde se bankrekening ontvang word, lei tot die beëindiging van ‘n toelaag. Woordvoerder Andile Tshona sê begunstigdes moet aan die wettige vereistes voldoen en, indien nodig, die inkomste- en batetoets slaag om te kwalifiseer. Hy voeg by ‘n hersiening van ‘n toelaag […]
# Deputy Minister of Electricity and Energy, Alexandra Abrahams has met with stakeholders to review progress on the South African Renewable Energy Masterplan. The committee includes government, industry, labour and renewable energy sector representatives. Abrahams says the energy transition must prioritise affordability and accessibility for consumers, while supporting the economy. She says implementation will also […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare is bekommerd oor die Nasionale Tesourie se voorstel om die bestuur en belegging van onopgeëiste finansiële bates te sentraliseer, insluitend miljarde rand in onopgeëiste aftreevoordele. Die Tesourie het ‘n raamwerk voorgestel om die bestuur van onopgeëiste finansiële bates van meer as 88-miljard-rand te sentraliseer wat aanvanklik op onopgeëiste aftreevoordele sal […]
# The National Transmission Company South Africa will establish a ring-fenced market surveillance unit to guard against abuse of dominance in the South African Wholesale Electricity Market. The company’s General Manager for Energy Market Services, Andrew Etzinger, says the unit is a regulatory requirement ahead of the market’s planned launch in April 2027 and the […]
