# Parliament’s Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests has agreed on a public participation process in a bid to strengthen public trust in the institution. This is part of the comprehensive review of Parliament’s Code of Ethical Conduct and Disclosure of Members’ Interests, as well as the Executive Ethics Code. Committee co-chairperson, Henni Britz, […]
# Minister for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga, has encouraged young women and girls to remain alert and take necessary precautions when using e-hailing platforms for transport. This is amid growing concerns over commuter safety and gender-based violence. The department’s spokesperson, Cassius Selala, says transport operators, technology platforms, law-enforcement agencies and communities all have […]
# Energy regulator NERSA has completed the consideration and approval of all 176 licensed electricity distributors’ tariff applications for the 2026/27 financial year. The new tariffs for municipal and private distributors will take effect next month. NERSA’s Charles Hlebela says this is in line with the provisions of the Electricity Regulation Act, and in compliance […]
# The MK Party says the Conference of the Left has shown that progressive forces remain resilient and capable of shaping an alternative future for South Africa. The conference aimed to strengthen coordination, unity in action, political education, and organised struggle among leftist and working-class formations. The MK Party’s second deputy president, Tony Yengeni, stressed […]
# Die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag het bevestig dat ‘n dringende hofaansoek wat ingedien is om die uitvoering van lasbriewe vir inhegtenisneming te stop in die saak van die afpersingsbeskuldigde taxibaas, Madoda Johannes Sibanyoni, en sy medebeskuldigde, formeel teruggetrek is. Aanklaers het ‘n lasbrief van J50 vir inhegtenisneming verkry nadat hulle die saak, wat verlede maand deur […]
# Die Konferensie van Linkse Organisasies het gevra vir ingrypende ekonomiese hervormings, insluitend die nasionalisering van die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank en ‘n fundamentele hersiening van sy mandaat, eienaarskap en bestuur. Meer as 300 afgevaardigdes van politieke partye, burgerlike samelewingsorganisasies en jeug- en vroue-instellings het die konferensie in Boksburg aan die Oos-Rand van Gauteng die naweek bygewoon. […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority has confirmed that an urgent court application brought to stop the execution of arrest warrants in the case involving extortion-accused taxi boss, Madoda Johannes Sibanyoni, and his co-accused has been formally withdrawn. Prosecutors had obtained a J50 warrant of arrest after re-enrolling the case that had been struck off the […]
# The Conference of the Left has called for sweeping economic reforms, including the nationalisation of the South African Reserve Bank and a fundamental review of its mandate, ownership, and governance. Over 300 delegates from political parties, civil society organisations, and youth and women formations attended the conference in Boksburg on the East Rand of […]
# Die Nasionale Tesourie sê die globale graderingsagentskap Standard and Poor’s se jongste vooruitsigte is ‘n bemoedigende teken dat Suid-Afrika die potensiaal het om sy ekonomiese groeikoers te verhoog en openbare skuld vinniger te verminder. S&P het die land se langtermyn buitelandse valuta-soewereine kredietgradering op ‘BB‘ en plaaslike valuta-gradering op ‘BB+‘ bevestig, wat ‘n positiewe […]
