# President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended the Inspector-General of Intelligence, Imtiaz Fazel, with immediate effect. This is pending a decision in an investigation by Parliament’s joint standing committee on Intelligence into Fazel’s conduct. Ramaphosa appointed him in 2022 following his nomination by the National Assembly. Presidential spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, says Ramaphosa’s action in suspending Fazel […]
# Die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, sê adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile het geen regstreekse of onregstreekse finansiële belang in Sizekhaya Holdings nie. Dit is die konsortium wat die lisensie gekry het om Suid-Afrika se nasionale lotery te bedryf. Ithuba Lottery, ‘n verloorder-bieër, het ‘n hofinterdik ingedien om die toekenning van die lisensie […]
# The DA has welcomed the signing of a landmark stone fruit trade protocol between South Africa and China, saying this is a breakthrough for the agriculture sector. The agreement opens the Chinese market for the first time to five types of South African stone fruit, namely apricots, peaches, nectarines, plums, and prunes. The DA’s […]
# Limpopo premier Phophi Ramathuba says efforts are underway to identify the victims of Sunday’s bus crash that claimed the lives of 43 people near Louis Trichardt. Most of the passengers on board were Zimbabwean and Malawian nationals who were en route to Harare from the Eastern Cape. Ramathuba says they are working closely with authorities […]
# Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, says deputy president Paul Mashatile has no direct or indirect financial interest in Sizekhaya Holdings. This is the consortium that won the licence to operate South Africa’s national lottery. Ithuba Lottery, a losing bidder, has filed a court interdict to stop the awarding of the licence. […]
# Die minister van Polisie Senzo Mchunu sal vandag voor die Parlement se ad hoc-komitee verskyn om sy kant te stel in die voortgesette ondersoek na korrupsie in die strafregstelsel. Hy sal na verwagting oor ‘n tydperk van twee dae getuig en parlementslede se vrae beantwoord. Mchunu is met spesiale verlof oor beweerde bande met […]
# Die forensiese ontleder Calvin Rafadi het korrupsiebewerings ontken wat by die Madlanga-kommissie van ondersoek gemaak is. WhatsApp-boodskappe wat as bewyse aangebied is, toon na bewering dat Rafadi finansiële hulp van sakeman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala gevra het vir huur, petrol en klasgelde, in ruil vir die ontwikkeling van media-boodskappe wat Matlala bevoordeel. Volgens MDN News […]
# Umalusi het sy beste wense aan die matriekklas van 2025 oorgedra terwyl meer as ‘n miljoen kandidate voorberei om hul eindeksamen af te lê. Die Nasionale Senior Sertifikaat-eindeksamen begin Dinsdag. Umalusi se uitvoerende hoof, Mafu Rakometsi, sê die uitslae sal in Januarie bekend gemaak word, met sertifikate wat binne drie maande na goedkeuring uitgegee […]
# Die Parlement se Portefeuljekomitee oor Polisie het die SAPD-bestuur van blatante minagting beskuldig. Dit volg nadat die waarnemende minister van Polisie, Firoz Kachalia, en die Nasionale Polisiekommissaris Fannie Masemola nie ‘n belangrike vergadering bygewoon het nie. Verskeie lede van die Parlement het toekomstige dagvaardings voorgestel om bywoning en verantwoordbaarheid af te dwing. Die komiteevoorsitter […]
