# Trade, Industry and Competition minister Parks Tau has signed a 232-billion-rand Country Programme agreement with African Export-Import Bank to boost trade and industrial financing for South African businesses, state-owned entities and financial institutions. The programme will support manufacturing, mineral beneficiation, energy, infrastructure and exports under the African Continental Free Trade Area. Tau says the […]
# Businessman Tumelo Nku has told the Madlanga Commission that the Aeroton drug incident was not the first time he shared information about possible criminal activity with law enforcement. Nku told the commission’s chair, Mbuyiseli Madlanga that he had previously exchanged information with suspended Gauteng traffic police chief Samuel Mashaba. He added that his engagement […]
# Businessman Tumelo Nku has refused to reveal how he obtained certain information, telling the Madlanga Commission that disclosing the source could incriminate him. Nku is accused of coordinating with suspended Gauteng Traffic Police Chief Inspector, Samuel Mashaba, to stage a false police bust to steal the confiscated cocaine. Nku has disputed claims of being […]
# Die DA veroordeel die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag se pleitooreenkoms met die sakeman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala as verraad teen aanspreeklikheid. Die staat en die verdediging het tydens sy verskyning in die Pretoriase Handelsmisdaadhof ooreengekom op ‘n vonnis van 15-jaar, met sewe-jaar opgeskort, vir bedrog, korrupsie en geldwassery wat verband hou met ‘n Medicare24-polisietender van 228-miljoen-rand. Die […]
# Die minister van Toerisme, Patricia de Lille, sê passasiers op Air Europa se eerste regstreekse vlug van Madrid na Gauteng kon die eerste keer die slim-besoekersinligtingsentrum op die OR Tambo-internasionale lughawe ervaar. Sy het voor die Nasionale Raad van Provinsies beklemtoon dat die papierlose platform besienswaardighede in al nege provinsies bekendstel. De Lille sê […]
# Die vakbondfederasie Cosatu vra Suid-Afrika, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho en Namibië om hul stelsel vir die verdeling van doeane‑inkomste te hersien. Suid-Afrika bied môre in Kaapstad die negende beraad van staatshoofde en regeringsleiers van die Suider-Afrikaanse Doeane-unie aan. Die vyf lidlande sal belangrike kwessies bespreek rondom streeks-ekonomiese integrasie, nywerheidsontwikkeling en handelsamewerking. Cosatu se woordvoerder, Zanele […]
# South Africa has taken a significant step towards establishing a domestic rare earth processing industry. This comes after the Steenkampskraal Monazite Mine in the Western Cape and mineral processing agency Mintek successfully produced high-purity mixed rare earth products at laboratory scale. This was achieved through collaboration between the mine, Mintek, and supported by the […]
# The DA has condemned the National Prosecuting Authority’s plea agreement with businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, calling it a betrayal of accountability. During his appearance at the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court, the state and defence agreed to a 15-year sentence, with seven years suspended, for fraud, corruption and money laundering linked to a 228-million-rand […]
# Die Spaanse lugredery Air Europa het sy eerste gereelde diens na Afrika suid van die Sahara bekendgestel, met ‘n regstreekse roete tussen Madrid en Gauteng wat vanoggend op die OR Tambo Internasionale Lughawe geland het. Die diens, wat gisteraand begin het, sal drie keer per week op ‘n Boeing 787 Dreamliner aangebied word. Die […]
