# Union federation Cosatu is concerned about the potential ramifications of president Cyril Ramaphosa’s changes to the government of national unity’s executive. The changes are largely as per the request of DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says the appointment of Dina Pule as minister of Social Development is extremely worrying given the dark […]
# Die parlementêre ad hoc-komitee se voorsitter, Soviet Lekganyane, het die komitee se prosedurele werk verdedig, insluitend wat getuies betref wat voor hom verskyn het. Dit volg nadat Vusi Shongwe van die MK-party aan die Madlanga-kommissie gesê het dis moeilik om Misdaadintelligensie se adjunkhoof, Feroz Khan, te kry om voor die komitee te verskyn. Hy […]
# The ANC says the substantial reduction in fuel prices, which took effect from yesterday, demonstrates the importance of maintaining sound economic management that supports stability and growth. 93-octane petrol has dropped by 2-rand-01-cents cents, while 95-octane is down by 1-rand-96-cents per litre. Diesel prices have decreased and now cost between 3-rand-14-cents and 3-rand-58-cents per litre […]
# Acting Police minister, Firoz Cachalia says the collaborative approach adopted by all spheres of government contributed significantly to maintaining public order on Tuesday, while protecting the constitutional rights of citizens. He met with all premiers, MECs responsible for Community Safety, and mayors of metropolitan municipalities yesterday evening, following Tuesday’s anti-illegal immigration protests. The ministry’s […]
# Parliament’s Ad Hoc committee chairperson, Soviet Lekganyane, has defended the committee’s procedural work, including on witnesses that appeared before it. This comes after MK Party’s Vusi Shongwe told the Madlanga Commission that it was difficult to get deputy Crime Intelligence head, Feroz Khan, to testify before the committee. He claimed this was due to […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Kommunikasie en Digitale Tegnologieë, eis ʼn verduideliking van minister Solly Malatsi, oor bewerings wat Starlink en die firma, Resolve Communications, betref. Die gewese minister van Landbou, John Steenhuisen, beweer Resolve, wat deur Tony Leon gestig is, het vergaderings tussen regeringsamptenare en sy klante gekoördineer om hulle te oorreed om beleidsveranderinge […]
# Die president van die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank, Lesetja Kganyago, sê hy is bekommerd dat inflasieverwagtinge bo die sentrale bank se drie-persent-teiken gestyg het. In reaksie op olieskokke as gevolg van die Midde-Oosterse oorlog, het die bank rentekoerse in Mei vir die eerste keer in drie jaar verhoog. Dit was met 25 basispunte tot sewe persent. […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Communications and Digital Technologies is seeking clarity from minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, on allegations regarding Starlink and the PR firm Resolve Communications. Former minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen has alleged that Resolve, founded by Tony Leon, coordinated meetings between government officials and its customers to persuade […]
# South African Reserve Bank Governor, Lesetja Kganyago, says he is concerned that inflation expectations have risen above the central bank’s three-percent target. In response to oil shocks as a result of the Middle East war, the bank raised rates in May for the first time in three years, lifting it by 25 basis points […]
