# Die Verkiesingskommissie het verligting aan 32 politieke partye verleen na die Konstitusionele hofuitspraak wat die ANC toelaat om ‘n uitstaande kandidatelys vir die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing van 4 November voor te lê. Die besluit raak 107 munisipaliteite en beteken 33-miljoen stembriewe sal nodig wees, met 6,6-miljoen wat nog gedruk moet word. Mosotho Moepya, OVK-voorsitter, het […]
# Die Verkiesingskommissie sê die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing sal steeds op 4 November plaasvind, ondanks terugslae wat deur die Konstitusionele Hof se uitspraak oor kandidaatlyste veroorsaak is. Die OVK sal kandidaatlyste wat elektronies gelaai is verwerk. Dit stel die ANC en 32 ander politieke partye wat nie hul voorleggings gefinaliseer het nie, in staat om die […]
# The ANC says its secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, is resting and on the road to recovery. This follows his collapse during a briefing on Thursday, after the Constitutional Court cleared 181 ANC candidates to contest the 4 November elections following missed submission deadlines in six municipalities. ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu thanked the public for their […]
# The Green Connection is calling on the energy regulator Nersa to reject Eskom’s proposed 8.83-percent electricity price increase for the 2027/28 financial year. The organisation states families and small businesses are already struggling with high living costs and unemployment. The environmental group’s Lisa Makaula says the regulator must check the utility’s costs carefully and […]
# The Electoral Commission says the local government elections will still take place on the 4th of November, despite setbacks caused by the Constitutional Court ruling on candidate lists. The IEC will capture uploaded candidate lists, allowing the ANC and 32 other political parties that had not finalised their submissions to complete the process. Briefing […]
# The Electoral Commission has extended relief to 32 political parties following the Constitutional Court ruling allowing the ANC to submit an outstanding candidates list for the 4 November local government elections. The decision affects 107 municipalities and means 33-million ballot papers will be needed, with 6.6-million still to be printed. IEC chairperson Mosotho Moepya […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa must stop relying on exporting raw minerals and importing finished products at higher prices. Speaking at the launch of Vedanta Zinc International’s Gamsberg Phase Two Expansion Project in the Northern Cape, Ramaphosa said the country is losing economic opportunities by allowing other countries to process its natural resources. […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says reliable electricity, strong infrastructure and strategic partnerships are key to attracting investment and processing more minerals locally. Speaking at the launch of Vedanta Zinc International’s Gamsberg Phase Two Expansion Project in the Northern Cape, Ramaphosa said the expansion will create jobs, and strengthen South Africa’s position in the global zinc […]
# Limpopo se departement van Vervoer en Gemeenskapsveiligheid het twee busse wat van Zimbabwe op die N1 naby Polokwane gereis het, voorgekeer. Die woordvoerder Mashudu Mabata sê die busse het 178 passasiers vervoer, wat 29 meer is as hul gesamentlike kapasiteit. Daarbenewens, het 65 passasiers, insluitend 28 minderjariges, volgens berigte ook nie oor paspoorte beskik […]
