# Parliament’s Impeachment Committee is set to meet today to consider its draft terms of reference and the process of appointing evidence leaders. The committee is continuing with its work despite president Cyril Ramaphosa filing an urgent interdict, attempting to halt its work, pending a review of the independent panel’s report on Phala Phala. Committee […]
# Deputy minister in the Presidency, Kenny Morolong, says migration has long been a feature of Southern Africa’s social and economic landscape, and greater regional cooperation is needed in addressing migration. He addressed the 31st SADC Media Awards Regional Adjudication Committee Meeting held in Johannesburg yesterday. Morolong stated that sustainable migration solutions should address the […]
# Acting minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia, says June 30 must remain a normal business day, with people free to open and operate their businesses without disruption. This is ahead of anticipated protests against illegal immigration. Next Tuesday is the deadline set by anti-illegal immigration groups for illegal foreign nationals to leave South Africa. Cachalia, […]
# The Bureau for Economic Research says South Africa’s mining policy is focusing on the wrong priority by pushing beneficiation before fixing basic production challenges. The bureau criticised the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s plan to tax mineral exports to force local processing, which could harm mining and reduce investment. It warns export taxes […]
# Die Buro vir Ekonomiese Navorsing sê Suid-Afrika se mynboubeleid fokus op die verkeerde prioriteit deur veredeling te bevorder voordat basiese produksie-uitdagings opgelos word. Die buro het die Departement van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging se plan gekritiseer om belasting te hef op mineraaluitvoere om plaaslike verwerking af te dwing, wat mynbou kan benadeel en belegging […]
# Die waarnemerskommissie vir Verkiesingskodes het kommer uitgespreek oor politieke geweld voor die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing in November. Dit volg na die moord op DA-wykskandidaat Sinovuyo Dyokwe in Du Noon in die Wes-Kaap. Die kommissie, wat bestaan uit godsdienstige en burgerlike samelewingsleiers, glo ‘n vreedsame verkiesing is noodsaaklik om openbare vertroue en demokrasie te beskerm. Die […]
# Rise Mzansi sê die regering het minder prioriteite en meer privaat belegging nodig om sukkelende openbare dienste te herstel. Tydens die debat oor die Begrotingswetsontwerp in die Parlement het die partyleier, Songezo Zibi gesê baie regeringsdienste, insluitend hospitale, skole, die weermag en polisie, verkeer onder ernstige druk weens onderbefondsing, ondoeltreffendheid en korrupsie. Zibi voer […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Plaaslike Regeringsvereniging doen ‘n beroep op strenger optrede teen politieke geweld voor die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing in November. Die oproep volg op ‘n reeks dodelike aanvalle oor die naweek in Kaapstad, Gqeberha in die Oos-Kaap en die Wes-Rand in Gauteng, waarin ‘n tussenverkiesingskandidaat, ‘n wyksraadslid en twee politieke partylede dood is. Die woordvoerder […]
# Rise Mzansi says the government needs fewer priorities and more private investment to fix struggling public services. Speaking during the Appropriation Bill debate in Parliament, party leader Songezo Zibi said many state services, including hospitals, schools, the military and police, are under severe strain due to underfunding, inefficiency and corruption. Zibi argues while budget […]
