# Parliament’s Impeachment Committee will convene virtually today to elect an evidence leader. The five senior advocates nominated are Zinzile Matebese, Kate Hofmeyr, Vuyani Ngalwana, Ismail Jamie, and Pule Seleka. Hofmeyr and Seleka served as evidence leaders at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry. The committee will also consider the draft terms of reference. The Western […]
# Die DA sê die pas aangestelde minister van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling, Dina Pule, se eerste mediakonferensie het min besonderhede maar baie beloftes bevat. Die minister sê die regering gaan meer as 350-duisend maatskaplike toelaes hersien om die integriteit van die stelsel vir maatskaplike bystand te beskerm en sowat 1,5-miljard-rand vir die staatskas te bespaar. Nazley […]
# Die kommissie vir kultuur-, godsdiens- en taalregte het ʼn ondersoek begin na die oorsake van sterftes in die winter-inisiasieseisoen. Drie-en-veertig jongmans is dood, 12 is ontvoer, 75 is in die hospitaal opgeneem, 180 is gered, daar is afgekom op 58 onwettige inisiasieskole, 150 strafregtelike sake is aanhangig gemaak en 40 mense is gearresteer. Die […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof sal Vrydag uitspraak lewer in president Cyril Ramaphosa se dringende aansoek om die Ampsklagkomitee te stop. Hy soek ‘n interdik om die komitee se verrigtinge te stop, hangende ‘n hersiening van die Artikel 89 onafhanklike paneelverslag. Ramaphosa se regspan het verlede week in die hof aangevoer dit sal ‘n vernedering wees […]
# Die Nasionale Tesourie sê die Wêreldbanklening van 24,78-miljard-rand, tesame met finansiering wat deur ander multilaterale ontwikkelingsvennote verseker is, het die regering in staat gestel om aan sy leningsvereiste van 52,6-miljard-rand buitelandse valuta vir die 2026/2027-boekjaar te voldoen. Die jongste Wêreldbank Ontwikkelingsbeleid-lening aan Suid-Afrika is daarop gemik om infrastruktuurhervormings te ondersteun en inklusiewe ekonomiese groei […]
# Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube, says the department is engaging provinces and the National Treasury on the impact of fiscal pressures on funded posts and schooling capacity. There were 17-thousand-450 vacancies across 389-thousand-286 allocated posts by the end of January this year. Gwarube says educator posts allocated through approved provincial establishments were intended […]
# The DA says newly appointed minister of Social Development, Dina Pule’s first media briefing was short on details and long on promises. The minister revealed that government will review more than 350-thousand social grants, as part of efforts to protect the integrity of the social assistance system and save an estimated 1.5-billion-rand for the […]
# The Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights Commission has launched an investigation into the root causes of the current winter season initiation deaths. Forty-three initiates have died, accompanied by 12 abductions, 75 hospitalisations, 180 rescues, 58 illegal initiation schools, 150 criminal cases, and 40 arrests. The commission’s deputy chairperson, George Mahlangu, says the investigation will […]
# The Western Cape High Court will deliver judgment in president Cyril Ramaphosa’s urgent application to halt the Impeachment Committee on Friday. He is seeking an interdict to halt the committee’s proceedings, pending a review of the Section 89 independent panel report. Ramaphosa’s lawyers argued in court last week that subjecting a sitting head of […]
