# Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Ekurhuleni’s new energy programme could reduce electricity costs by 7.97-percent at current prices. The initiative is expected to attract 16.2-billion-rand in private investment, with the first 357 megawatts of solar power targeted for operation in the 2027/28 financial year. The minister says the programme could create jobs, […]
# Oudpresident Thabo Mbeki het voor die Khampepe-kommissie getuig hy het verskeie aansoeke om presidensiële kwytskelding goedgekeur. Die kommissie ondersoek bewerings van politieke inmenging in sake van die Waarheids-en-Versoeningskommissie. Mbeki sê hy het 33 gevangenes kwytgeskeld, insluitend ANC- en PAC-lede wat skuldig bevind is aan ernstige misdade. Kritici voer aan van die kwytskeldings het die […]
# Credit provider Prime Loans urges the government to reform short-term lending rules to improve access to safe, regulated credit and protect financially vulnerable consumers from illegal lenders. The company says outdated pricing rules, which have not been substantially revised since 2015, are making it harder for lenders to serve higher-risk customers. Prime Loans’ Nita […]
# Former president Thabo Mbeki has told the Khampepe Commission he approved several presidential pardon applications during his tenure. The commission investigates alleged political interference in Truth and Reconciliation Commission cases. Mbeki says he pardoned 33 prisoners, including ANC and PAC members convicted of serious crimes. Critics argued some pardons bypassed the TRC’s amnesty process. […]
# Die sakeman van Noordwes, Suliman Carrim, se borgtogaansoek is vanoggend in die Pretoriase Landdroshof uitgestel tot volgende Woensdag. Hy is Donderdag op die OR Tambo Internasionale Lughawe in Gauteng in hegtenis geneem, kort voor hy na Dubai sou vlieg. Carrim staan tereg op aanklagte van versuim om voor die Madlanga-kommissie te verskyn en bedrog, […]
# Nasionale kommissaris Fannie Masemola sê die polisie sien uit na die Madlanga-kommissie se finale verslag en aanbevelings oor hoe aanspreeklikheid versterk en tekortkomings hanteer kan word. Hy het gepraat op sy eerste dag terug nadat sy skorsing opgehef is. Masemola sê die aanbevelings sal hopelik help om die nodige hervormings binne die organisasie te […]
# North West businessman Suliman Carrim’s bail application has been postponed to next Wednesday in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court this morning. He was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport in Gauteng on Thursday shortly before boarding a flight to Dubai. Carrim faces charges including failing to appear before the Madlanga Commission and fraud linked to […]
# Die ANC verwelkom die Verkiesingskommissie se bevestiging dat 181 kandidate wat vroeër uitgesluit is, op stembriewe geplaas is in ses munisipaliteite in die Oos-Kaap, KwaZulu-Natal en die Vrystaat. Dit volg nadat die Konstitusionele Hof die ANC se appèlaansoek gehandhaaf het teen ‘n Kieshof-beslissing wat die kandidate uitgesluit het. Die uitsluiting het gevolg nadat die […]
# Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Ekurhuleni’s approved Ministerial Determination on electricity could significantly reduce its reliance on Eskom. Ramokgopa says diversifying energy sources is key to improving energy security and making electricity more affordable. He says the shift towards renewables, supported by reliable power generation, could also strengthen the competitiveness of Ekurhuleni’s […]
