# Die minister van Toerisme, Patricia de Lille, sê besoekers se veiligheid is altyd ʼn nasionale prioriteit. Die Amerikaanse konsulaat in Suid-Afrika het die land in ʼn bygewerkte reiswaarskuwing afgradeer na vlak 2, wat besoekers waarsku om versigtig te wees omdat geweldsmisdaad soos gewapende roof, verkragting, voertuigkapings en diefstal algemeen is. Dit waarsku ook dat […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die minister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Nobuhle Nkabane, versoek om ‘n gedetailleerde verslag te voorsien oor die inhoud en behoorlikheid van haar vergadering met die Parlement. Dit volg nadat die minister gekritiseer is omdat sy kougom geëet en gekou het terwyl sy verlede week voor die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor […]
# The government welcomes Parliament’s standing committee on Finance’s approval of the fiscal framework and revenue proposals that underpin the 2025 budget. The passing of the fiscal framework is a key step in the budgeting process. The framework establishes economic policy and revenue projections and sets the overall limits to government spending. The government’s acting spokesperson, Nomonde Mnukwa, says […]
# Tourism minister Patricia de Lille says visitor safety is and continues to be, a national priority. In an updated travel advisory, the US Consulate in South Africa downgraded the country to level 2, which stipulated visitors should exercise increased caution as violent crime including robbery, rape, carjacking, and muggings were common. It further warned […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has requested minister of Higher Education and Training, Nobuhle Nkabane, to provide him with a detailed report on the decorum and substance of her engagement with Parliament. This comes after the minister received backlash for eating and chewing bubble gum while appearing before Parliament’s portfolio committee on Higher Education and Training […]
# Die Organisasie vir Ekonomiese Samewerking en Ontwikkeling beveel aan dat munisipaliteite konsessie-ooreenkomste met onafhanklike elektrisiteitsverspreiders aangaan. Dit is om instandhoudings- en beleggingsagterstande wat sekerheid van voorsiening ondermyn, aan te pak. Hierdie voorstel is deel van die organisasie se jongste Ekonomiese Opname van Suid-Afrika, wat die elektrisiteitsektor se rol in die land se ekonomiese uitdagings […]
# The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development recommends that municipalities enter into concession agreements with independent electricity distributors. This is to tackle maintenance and investment backlogs undermining supply security. This suggestion is part of the organisation’s latest Economic Survey of South Africa, which highlights the electricity sector’s role in the country’s economic challenges. The […]
# Die Brasiliaanse president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, beskuldig Israel van volksmoord met voorbedagte rade in Gaza. Hy het tydens ‘n gesamentlike nuuskonferensie met die Franse president Emmanuel Macron in Parys gesê dit wat in die besette Palestynse gebied gebeur, is nie ‘n oorlog nie. Hy noem dit ‘n volksmoord wat deur ‘n hoogs […]
# Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused Israel of carrying out premeditated genocide in the occupied Palestinian territory of Gaza. At a joint media conference in Paris with French president Emmanuel Macron he said what is happening in Gaza is not a war. He said it’s genocide being carried out by a highly […]
