# Madlanga Commission evidence leaders have applied to hear the National Intelligence Coordinating Committee’s acting coordinator, Ntandazo Sifolo’s evidence behind closed doors. It is expected to cover intelligence structures, organised crime threats and alleged infiltration of the criminal justice system. Evidence leaders want his testimony, recordings, transcripts and supporting documents kept confidential. He was scheduled […]
# Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela says South African universities must serve society, encourage independent thinking and prepare students for the future. Speaking at a national webinar yesterday, he identified funding, student debt and governance as key challenges. He called for sustainable university funding, wider access to education, and better preparation for a world shaped […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola says Africa’s development ambitions are being constrained by the growing burden of debt. He was speaking at the African and European Dialogue in Pretoria. Lamola says 25 African countries have in recent years spent more on debt servicing than on health and education. He says nations […]
# Een van Suid-Afrika se grootste suikerprodusente en landbou-ondernemings, Tongaat Hulett, gaan op 3 November van die Johannesburgse Aandelebeurs gedenoteer word. Die JSE het aangekondig hy gaan na 74 jaar die maatskappy se gewone aandele van sy hoofraad verwyder. Die maatskappy het gesukkel om talle van sy verpligtinge as genoteerde maatskappy na te kom sedert […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Gesondheid vra dringende verbeterings in bestuur, finansiële bestuur, dienslewering en aanspreeklikheid in die Nasionale Gesondheidsdepartement. Volgens die Ouditeur-generaal se jaarverslag is 187-miljoen-rand se onregmatige besteding onopgelos, en 179-miljoen-rand word tans ondersoek. Boonop is ʼn afsonderlike aansluitingskontrak van 106-miljoen-rand na die Nasionale Tesourie en die Valke verwys. Die komitee se voorsitter, […]
# One of South Africa’s biggest sugar producers and agricultural businesses, Tongaat Hulett, will be removed from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on 3 November. The JSE announced it had decided to remove the company’s ordinary shares from its main board, ending a listing that dates back 74 years. The company has struggled to meet several […]
# Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Health has called for urgent improvements in governance, financial management, service delivery and accountability within the National Department of Health. According to the Auditor-General annual report, 187-million-rand in irregular expenditure remains unresolved, with 179-million-rand currently under investigation. In addition, a separate 106-million-rand connectivity contract has been referred to National Treasury […]
# Die bekende Suid-Afrikaanse akteur, die 81-jarige Marius Weyers, het ongeneeslike kanker. Weyers het aan Netwerk24 gesê hy vrede gemaak met sy toestand. Hy is onlangs in die hospitaal opgeneem en is tans in ʼn rehabilitasiesentrum. Weyers sal na verwagting terugkeer na sy huis in Rooi-Els waar hy sonder verdere mediese ingryping versorg sal word. […]
# Veteran South African actor Marius Weyers, aged 81, has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Weyers told Netwerk24 he had come to terms with his condition and felt at peace. He was recently admitted to hospital and is now in a rehabilitation facility. Weyers is expected to return to his home in Rooi-Els where he […]
