# Die DA verwerp president Cyril Ramaphosa se besluit om Dina Pule as minister van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling aan te stel en sê haar reeks skandale sluit in beskuldigings dat sy kontrakte na haar kêrel herlei en regeringshulpbronne misbruik het. Pule was van Oktober 2011 tot Julie 2013 minister van Kommunikasie. Die DA-lid, Nazley Sharif, sê […]
# Germany’s Lufthansa Airlines Group has announced its biggest-ever South African winter schedule for the 2026/27 season, increasing long-haul services between South Africa and Europe to 38-weekly flights, starting in late October. Lufthansa is adding flights between Munich and Gauteng, increasing the route to five weekly services, while the Frankfurt to Cape Town route will […]
# South Africa’s economy remains on a recovery path, but growth is expected to stay modest at around 1.2-percent this year. According to PwC South Africa, the country has recorded six straight quarters of growth, but business confidence and investment are weakening. Rising fuel prices, a weaker rand and global uncertainty are driving inflation and […]
# DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis says its newly sworn-in representatives in the government of national unity will demonstrate a difference in government focused on delivery and accountability. One of the changes to the party’s representatives sees John Steenhuisen removed as minister of Agriculture. Hill-Lewis says they aim to grow the economy and improve services following […]
# Shell is reportedly close to selling its South African fuel retail business to Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s retail unit in a deal worth about 16-billion-rand. The agreement would give Adnoc Distribution control of around 600 service stations, representing approximately ten-percent of South Africa’s fuel retail market. Adnoc Distribution is the largest fuel and […]
# Die Handelsmisdaadhof in Pretoria het die sakeman Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala se pleitooreenkoms van agt-jaar tronkstraf vir bedrog, korrupsie en geldwassery verwerp. Dit handel oor die Medicare24-tender van 228-miljoen-rand. Landdros Ignatius du Preez beskryf Matlala as die baasbrein van die operasie en wonder of sy samewerking opregte berou is of ‘n poging om ‘n ligter […]
# The Activists and Citizens Forum criticised president Cyril Ramaphosa’s appointment of Dina Pule as minister of Social Development, arguing it undermines the government’s anti-corruption commitments. The group’s Denis Bloem says Pule’s previous removal from Cabinet and ethics findings raise serious concerns about accountability. He claims the appointment sends the wrong message to South Africans […]
# The Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court has rejected businessman Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala’s eight-year prison sentence plea for fraud, corruption and money laundering linked to a 228.6-million-rand SAPS-Medicare24 tender. Magistrate Ignatius du Preez described Matlala as the scheme’s mastermind. He questioned whether his cooperation reflects genuine remorse or an attempt to secure a lighter sentence. […]
# Die Departement van Korrektiewe Dienste het amptelik volle bedryfs-verantwoordelikheid aanvaar vir die Mangaung-korrektiewe sentrum in Bloemfontein in die Vrystaat. Die sentrum was in die nuus ná die ontsnapping van die veroordeelde moordenaar en verkragter, Thabo Bester, in Mei 2022. Dit is nou bekend as die Grootvlei-maksimum korrektiewe sentrum, en sal die Vrystaat en die […]
