# The Department of Home Affairs will recruit 301 additional Immigration Officers to strengthen enforcement across South Africa. The move will increase the current workforce from 868 to one-thousand-169 officers, boosting capacity by about 35-percent. Minister Leon Schreiber says the recruitment forms part of wider reforms to build a secure, digital immigration system supported by […]
# Die Madlanga-kommissie is ingelig oor die gevare vir joernaliste wat beweerde korrupsie binne die polisie se Misdaadintelligensie-eenheid ondersoek. Getuienisleier Adila Hassim verwys na ‘n inbraak in die huis van Daily Maverick se ondersoekende joernalis, Marianne Thamm. Die senior Misdaadintelligensie-offisier, Feroz Khan, is volgens WhatsApp-boodskappe betrokke by bewerings dat Thamm se werk gemonitor word. Hassim […]
# ActionSA het die KwaZulu-Natalse polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, geprys, ‘n jaar sedert sy hoëprofiel-nuuskonferensie in Durban, waarin hy beweerde korrupsie in die Polisiediens blootgelê het. Die party se woordvoerder, Omogolo Taunyane, sê dit het gelei tot die stigting van die Madlanga-kommissie, wat verskeie amptenare aanspreeklik hou. Sy beklemtoon die party se waardering vir Mkhwanazi se […]
# Die direkteur van die Adventiste Ontwikkelings- en Verligtingsagentskap, Mhlonipheni Ncube, sê die aantal mense wat deur die repatriasieproses geraak is, is onderskat en waninligting op sosiale media het sake deurmekaar gekrap. Hy sê baie mense het nie akkurate inligting ontvang nie, wat tot verwarring en vertragings gelei het. Ncube het aan die SABC gesê […]
# The Madlanga Commission has heard a warning about the dangers faced by journalists investigating alleged corruption within SAPS Crime Intelligence. Evidence leader Adila Hassim highlighted the break-in at Daily Maverick investigative journalist Marianne Thamm’s home after reports on police corruption. Senior Crime Intelligence officer Feroz Khan has been implicated through WhatsApp messages allegedly monitoring […]
# Die polisie waarsku dade van eiereg, intimidasie, diskriminasie, teistering of die onwettige aanhou en ondervraging van mense sal nie geduld word nie. Die March and March-beweging het aangekondig hulle gaan elke Donderdag betoog teen onwettige immigrante, tot die regering bewys hul eise word ernstig opgeneem. Polisiewoordvoerder, Cherelle Ehlers, sê slegs gemagtigde wetstoepassingsbeamptes mag tydens […]
# Non-governmental organisation, African Refugee and Migrants Aid says South Africa has failed to protect refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, putting African lives at risk. The organisation’s director Malipo Mbalanga, stressed that recent protests led to deaths, attacks on communities and children, and widespread fear among foreign nationals. Mbalanga argues migration is a long-standing continental issue […]
# South Africans are being urged to plan their estates carefully to reduce the financial impact of death. As South Africa marks National Savings Month, financial planner Rothea Van Biljon, says when a person dies, the South African Revenue Service treats assets as sold at market value, potentially triggering capital gains tax. Van Biljon says […]
# Dit is Nasionale Spaarmaand en Ou Mutual sê Suid-Afrika se tweepot-aftreestelsel onthul hoe finansiële spanning bestedingsgewoontes vorm. Die finansiële versekeraar sê byna twee jaar ná die bekendstelling het baie lede, insluitend hoë-inkomsteverdieners, spaargeld onttrek ondanks die swaar belastingboetes daaraan verbonde, en korttermynbehoeftes voor langtermyn-aftreebeplanning gestel. Die meeste onttrekkings is gebruik vir lewenskoste, skuld en […]
