# Acting minister of Police Firoz Cachalia has confirmed that Rajesh and Atul Gupta are still being sought by Interpol, as government continues efforts to extradite the brothers to the country. The brothers were arrested in the United Arab Emirates in June 2022. South Africa subsequently sought their extradition, but it was unsuccessful in 2023. […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola says racism and related intolerance cannot be defeated through state action alone. He participated in a United Nations high-level meeting to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. The declaration seeks to acknowledge historical injustices, dismantle inequalities and […]
# ArcelorMittal South Africa is in talks with the Industrial Development Corporation over a three-billion-rand deal that could secure the future of the country’s steel industry. The IDC has offered to acquire an 80-percent stake in the struggling steelmaker, but negotiations are being held up by disagreements over its black economic empowerment structure. The IDC […]
# The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment says the temporary precautionary measure limiting sardine fishing will be reviewed this week. The measure, introduced after reports of sardine deaths along the northern Wild Coast, remains in place until Friday. Scientists will consider the latest reports, laboratory findings and fishing data before advising on the […]
# Former Defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has denied asking military contractor Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu for two-million-rand to help secure her husband’s promotion to the South African National Defence Force surgeon-general. The state alleges she intended to use the money to influence then SANDF chief general Solly Shoke. Speaking via an interpreter, Mapisa-Nqakula told the High Court […]
# The Gauteng Liquor Traders Association is calling for stronger cooperation between police, communities and businesses to prevent mass shootings. Following the killing of 18 people in Wedela on the West Rand, the association wants authorities to improve intelligence sharing, increase visible policing and coordinate efforts to tackle organised crime in high-risk areas. The organisation’s […]
# Kouga Municipality in the Eastern Cape has launched South Africa’s first municipal Battery Energy Storage System. Mayor Hattingh Bornman says the project will reduce electricity costs and strengthen energy resilience. The battery will charge during off-peak hours and supply electricity during expensive peak periods, saving the municipality significantly. The nearly 20-million-rand project will initially […]
# Professor Sue Harrison, ‘n emeritus-professor van die Universiteit van Kaapstad, is verkies tot Internasionale Genoot van die Royal Academy of Engineering ter erkenning van haar bydrae tot ingenieursnavorsing, innovasie en kapasiteitsontwikkeling. Harrison, tans adjunk-visekanselier vir Navorsing en Innovasie aan die Universiteit van Queensland in Australië, was 30 jaar lank werksaam by Universiteit van Kaapstad, […]
# ArcelorMittal Suid-Afrika is in gesprek met die Nywerheidsontwikkelingskorporasie oor ‘n ooreenkoms van drie-miljard-rand om die toekoms van die land se staalbedryf te verseker. Die korporasie het aangebied om ‘n belang van 80-persent in die sukkelende staalvervaardiger te verkry, maar onderhandelings word vertraag deur meningsverskille oor die maatskappy se struktuur vir swart ekonomiese bemagtiging. Die […]
