# Die Mededingingskommissie oorweeg marknavorsing oor inkopie- en winkelsentrums in oorwegend swart gemeenskappe en plattelandse woongebiede. In sy verslag oor ekonomiese projekte in die platteland en townships vir 2026, is bevind baie township-entrepreneurs wil in sentrums sake doen, maar word verhoed deur hoë huurgeld, ekslusiwiteitsklousules en eienaars wat voorkeur aan gevestigde name gee. Die waarde […]
# The EFF has written to National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza, demanding that she declare the election of Joint Standing Committee on Defence co-chairperson, Mzimasi Hala, unconstitutional and illegal. This follows the ANC’s sudden and unexplained removal of Malusi Gigaba from the position on Wednesday. The EFF says the meeting in which Hala was appointed […]
# The IFP is demanding the immediate deployment of the KwaZulu-Natal Political Task Team to investigate the killing of two of its councillors in separate incidents. The party’s Ward 17 councillor, Khethelo Mdluli, under the uMlalazi Municipality, was shot at his home in Gingindlovu last week, and succumbed to his injuries in hospital. Ward 8 councillor […]
# Die minister van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling, Mmamoloko Kubayi, het advokaat Ntuthuzelo Vanara as waarnemende hoof van die Ondersoekdirektoraat teen Korrupsie aangestel totdat die pos gevul word. Hy neem die leisels oor na die bedanking van advokaat Andrea Johnson. Vanara is tans op bestuursvlak regsraadgewer van die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid. Die ministerie sê Vanara is […]
# Union federation COSATU has urged the Foschini Group to earnestly consider the impact of store closures on its staff and find an alternative solution. The company plans to close about 280 stores in Africa through 2029, as the retailer hones in on online sales, which are outpacing the performance of its physical operations. COSATU’s […]
# The Competition Commission is considering market-conduct investigations into malls and shopping centres in predominantly black urban communities and rural areas. In its Rural and Township Economy Project 2026 report, the commission found that many township entrepreneurs want to trade in malls but are blocked by high rentals, exclusivity clauses, and landlords favouring established brands. […]
# Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has appointed Advocate Ntuthuzelo Vanara as the acting head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption until the position is filled. He takes over the reins following the resignation of Advocate Andrea Johnson. Vanara currently serves at the executive level as chief legal counsel of the Special […]
# Die regering het konsessie-lening-finansiering van ongeveer 5,6-miljard-rand bekom om Nasionale Tesourie se Handelsdiens-hervormingsprogram vir metro’s te ondersteun. Die befondsing kom van die Duitse en Franse Ontwikkelingskorporasie deur KfW-ontwikkelingsbank en die Franse Ontwikkelingsagentskap. Die program se doelwit is om elektrisiteit, water en sanitasie, en vaste-afvalbestuur in Suid-Afrika se agt metropolitaanse munisipaliteite om te keer. Die […]
# Die minister van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling, Dina Pule, sê haar departement sal voortgaan om nou saam met Interpol Suid-Afrika en ander relevante wetstoepassingsagentskappe te werk om gevalle van kinderhandel aan te spreek. Dit volg nadat twee Suid-Afrikaanse meisies van onderskeidelik 9 en 15 jaar oud, wat in 2024 in Malawi verkoop is, veilig gerepatrieer is. […]
