# Solidarity’s Helping Hand marked World Hunger Day with more than 40 initiatives nationwide under the theme ‘hungry for hope’. Activities included soup kitchens, food and blanket donations, literacy drives and community support projects aimed at vulnerable families. The organisation encouraged South Africans to help raise funds for feeding schemes. Solidarity’s Gerhard Pretorius says the […]
# The South African Reserve Bank has increased the repo rate by 25 basis points to seven-percent due to rising inflation risks. Rising global oil prices, ongoing geopolitical tensions and recent flooding have weakened the country’s economic outlook and pushed inflation higher. Governor Lesetja Kganyago says inflation rose to four-percent in April, driven mainly by […]
# Die EFF-leier, Julius Malema, sê Afrika bly ekonomies oneweredig weens ’n gebrek aan ontwikkeling in die vervaardiging- en nywerheidsektor, ondanks sy uitgebreide natuurlike hulpbronne. Hy het op die EFF se Afrikadag-beraad in Pretoria gesê Afrika dra slegs sowat 2,5-persent by tot die wêreldekonomie terwyl dit bykans 18-persent van die wêreld se bevolking verteenwoordig. Malema […]
# Police are intensifying nationwide operations against illegal immigration through Operation Shanela. Nearly one-thousand-900 undocumented foreigners were arrested in the past week alone for violating immigration laws. Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says since January this year, more than 29-thousand illegal foreigners have been arrested during intelligence-driven operations, roadblocks and stop-and-searches. Mathe urged communities to avoid […]
# Die DA sê dringende hervormings word benodig in die paroolstelsel na berigte dat byna 28-duisend paroolgangers voortvlugtig is. Die party beplan om die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Korrektiewe Dienste te vra om die gemeenskaps-rehabilitasiestelsel te hersien en GPS-geaktiveerde elektroniese monitering in te stel vir gewelddadige oortreders op parool. Die DA-leier, Geordin Hill-Lewis, sê die […]
# Die uitvoerende hoof van die Mineraleraad Suid-Afrika, Mzila Mthenjane, sê gedissiplineerde beleidshervorming, vernuwing en sterker vennootskappe kan groei en werkskepping in Suid-Afrika se mynbousektor ontsluit. Mthenjane het tydens die raad se jaarvergadering gesê mynbou is steeds van kritieke belang vir ekonomiese ontwikkeling en nywerheidsgroei. Hy het die belangrikheid van infrastruktuurhervorming, regulatoriese sekerheid en belegging […]
# Transport minister Barbara Creecy has welcomed the signing of a major terminal operator agreement for a liquefied natural gas facility at the Port of Ngqura in the Eastern Cape. Creecy says the project marks a decisive step towards energy security, infrastructure development and economic growth. The agreement authorises the Strategic Fuel Fund to build […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema has condemned recent anti-immigrant protests as Afrophobia, saying they reflect divisions created by colonialism. Speaking in Pretoria, Malema argued that Africans were deliberately divided through colonial systems to weaken continental unity. His comments come amid protests over unemployment, poor service delivery and undocumented immigration. He says frustrations should be directed […]
# The DA says urgent reforms are needed in the parole system after reports that nearly 28-thousand parolees are untraceable. The party plans to ask Parliament’s portfolio committee on Correctional Services to review the community corrections system and push for GPS-enabled electronic monitoring of violent offenders on parole. DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis says the findings […]
