# The EFF is officially launching its 2026 Local Government Elections manifesto in Limpopo this weekend. Secretary-general Marshall Dlamini told the SABC that they have identified strategic municipalities with the aim to secure victories. He says the party will also unveil mayoral candidates in key areas:
# Rand Merchant Bank has expanded its Asia-Africa strategy by opening Rand Merchant Advisory in Beijing to strengthen ties with Chinese businesses investing across Africa. RMB says the new office will support cross-border trade, investment, foreign exchange and transactional banking as China-Africa trade exceeds 5.8-trillion-rand. The bank says the expansion builds on its Shanghai presence […]
# Die regering sê enige aanval op lede van die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens of ander wetstoepassingsagentskappe sal met die volle mag van die wet te doen kry. Hy het belowe om beslissend op te tree om wetstoepassingsbeamptes te beskerm en te verseker dat diegene wat verantwoordelik is, in hegtenis geneem en vervolg word. Dit kom na […]
# Government says any attack on members of the South African Police Service or other law enforcement agencies will be met with the full force of the law. It has pledged to act decisively to protect law enforcement officers and ensure those responsible are arrested and prosecuted. This comes after several recent violent, targeted attacks […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa betreur die afsterwe van die anti-apartheid-aktivis Shantavothie “Shanthie” Naidoo Tweedie in die ouderdom van 91. Ramaphosa beskryf haar as ‘n heldin wat haar lewe gewy het aan die stryd vir ‘n vrye en nie-rassige Suid-Afrika. Naidoo Tweedie moes aanhouding, eensame opsluiting, verbanning en tronkstraf verduur omdat sy geweier het om teen […]
# Dis-Chem se medestigter Ivan Saltzman het met onmiddellike ingang as nie-uitvoerende direkteur bedank en daarmee bykans vyf dekades van leierskap by Suid-Afrika se voorste apteek-kleinhandelaar tot ‘n einde gebring. Saltzman het die onderneming in 1978 saam met sy vrou, Lynette gestig, en reeds in Junie as uitvoerende direkteur uitgetree nadat hy tot 2023 die […]
# Eskom het sy openbare oorlegplegingsproses oor die Stad Johannesburg se elektrisiteitskuld tot 22 Augustus verleng. Die stad het sedert Mei meer as 4,3-miljard-rand betaal, maar skuld steeds 3,8-miljard-rand in agterstallige skuld. Die stad het belowe om teen 21 Augustus meer as 5,1-miljard-rand te betaal om onderbrekings in kragvoorsiening te vermy. Eskom se woordvoerder Daphne […]
# The Ditsobotla Local Municipality in the North West has signed a Distribution Agency Agreement with Eskom to help address its 1.7-billion-rand debt to the power utility. Under the agreement, Eskom will receive electricity revenue first through a structured repayment plan. National Cabinet Representative Kopung Ralikontsane says the municipality has struggled to service its debt […]
# The United Africans Transformation says president Cyril Ramaphosa’s interim court victory does not absolve him from accountability over the Phala Phala matter. UAT spokesperson Mighty Mabule says the Western Cape High Court’s decision to temporarily halt Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment process is a procedural ruling and not an acquittal. Mabule argues that Ramaphosa must […]
