# Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, has tested positive for COVID-19, prompting self-isolation to work on his recovery. He appeared in Parliament last week to deliver the department’s 2026/27 budget, and his most recent international travel was last month when he attended the World Hydrogen Summit in the Netherlands. The department encourages […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê sy aandag sal nie afgelei word deur partye wat probeer aandag trek nie en sal getrou bly aan die Grondwet en die oppergesag van die reg. Opposisiepartye het hom versoek om die Phala Phala-sage te bespreek ondanks ‘n ampsklagondersoek teen hom. Ramaphosa het gevra vir ‘n regshersiening van die onafhanklike […]
# A new University of the Western Cape research suggests that children exposed to cigarette smoke in the womb are at greater risk of developing high blood pressure during adolescence. The study, conducted among 307 young people aged 10 to 14 from Bishop Lavis in Cape Town, looked at how exposure to smoking and alcohol […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will not be distracted by the clamour of some political parties for attention, emphasising that he remains committed to the Constitution and the rule of law. Opposition parties have called on him to come clean and address the Phala Phala farm saga, despite facing the prospect of an impeachment […]
# Die Grensbestuurowerheid sê hy het die vertrek van 933 Mosambiekse inwoners deur die Lebombo-grenspos bestuur. Die groep sluit 38 minderjariges in wat verwerk is onder toesig van die Departement van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling. Die owerheid se woordvoerder, Mmemme Mogotsi, sê van dié wat teruggestuur is, kom 349 van die Lindela-aanhoudingsgerief as deel van die Departement […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu beskryf die 2026/2027-begroting en Mediumtermyn-bestedingsraamwerk as futloos en sê dit reageer nie bepalend op die basiese krisisse wat die werkersklas en ekonomie in die gesig staar nie. Die vakverbond verwelkom wel die positiewe toekennings vir gesondheid en onderwys, veral die Nasionale Gesondheidsversekering-toelaes van 7,8-miljard-rand. Cosatu-woordvoerder, Matthew Parks, sê die begroting wil […]
# Die DA sê die gewese minister van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling, Sisisi Tolashe, is wel as ANC-minister verwyder, maar dit vrywaar haar nie teen strafregtelike aanspreeklikheid nie. Twee verslae betrek haar by moontlike onregmatige aanstellings. DA-woordvoerder Nazley Sharif sê die kabinet het Tolashe vyf jaar lank verbied om haar direkteur-generaal aan te stel en ‘n forensiese […]
# Die Presidensie sê die strategiese belangrikheid van bilaterale verhoudings tussen Suid-Afrika en Kenia beklemtoon die regering se doelwit om die aard van die verhouding na ʼn strategiese vennootskap te verander. President Cyril Ramaphosa ontvang vandag Kenia se president, William Samoei Ruto, op ʼn staatsbesoek by die Uniegebou in Pretoria. Kenia is een van Suid-Afrika […]
# The Border Management Authority says it successfully facilitated the departure of 933 Mozambican nationals through the Lebombo Port of Entry yesterday. The group included 38 minors, whose processing was overseen by the Department of Social Development. BMA spokesperson, Mmemme Mogotsi, says of those processed, 349 came from the Lindela Holding Facility as part of […]
