# Die EFF het ‘n aansoek by die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof ingedien om die besluit van die parlementêre Ampsklagkomitee om die benoeming van advokaat Thandazani Madonsela as sy getuienisleier te herroep, te hersien en tersyde te stel. President Cyril Ramaphosa het beswaar gemaak teen die aanstelling en moontlike belangebotsings uitgelig nadat Madonsela voorheen die ANC met […]
# A South African mechanic is among a group of about eleven people abducted in Mozambique during an attack by insurgents on a hunting lodge and the nearby town of Marangira last week. According to reports, alongside the South African, two other employees from the lodge were also among those taken, while the rest were […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die beweerde infiltrasie van die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens deur misdadigers en gevestigde belangegroepe, ondersteun deur korrupte lede, kan nie toegelaat word om die diens te definieer nie. In sy weeklikse nuusbrief sê hy daar is duisende polisiebeamptes wat die land eerlik en moedig dien. Ramaphosa sê die regering kan nie openbare […]
# The Electoral Court has dismissed an urgent application by the newly registered United Democratic Front, which wanted extra time to nominate ward candidates for the local government elections. This is despite missing the 28 August deadline. The UDF argued that after the finalisation of its registration, it only had four days to identify and […]
# The ANC has approached the Electoral Court seeking to appeal the IEC’s decision not to reopen candidate list submissions. This follows the party’s claim that “technical glitches” caused it to miss the 28 August deadline to register party candidates in KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape and the Free State. The IEC has rejected claims that […]
# The EFF has filed an application before the Western Cape High Court, seeking to review and set aside the decision of Parliament’s Impeachment Committee to rescind the nomination of advocate Thandazani Madonsela as its evidence leader. President Cyril Ramaphosa objected to the appointment, citing potential conflicts of interest after Madonsela had previously advised the […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the alleged infiltration of the South African Police Service by criminals and vested interests, supported by corrupt members, cannot be allowed to define the police force. In his weekly newsletter, he says there are thousands of police officers who serve the country with honesty and courage. Ramaphosa says government cannot […]
# AfriForum plans to oppose Eskom’s proposed average electricity tariff increase of about 8.8-percent for 2027/2028. The organisation will submit formal objections to the energy regulator, Nersa, arguing that consumers should not have to pay for unnecessary or inefficient costs. AfriForum’s Morné Mostert says consumers are already struggling with rising living costs and high electricity […]
# The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union says poor infrastructure at Rooigrond Correctional Centre near Mahikeng in North West is putting prison security at risk following the escape of an inmate. The union says the facility has long faced problems including overcrowding, water shortages and damaged infrastructure. Popcru provincial secretary Johannes Dire calls for […]
