# Forum for South Africa is calling on president Cyril Ramaphosa to remove acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia, claiming he has failed to confront the escalating levels of crime and violence. Cachalia recently alleged criminal masterminds are operating from positions of power and are able to protect themselves. Forum leader Tebogo Mashilompane asks why individuals […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê Suid-Afrika kan nie sy handelsmarkte, beleggings en ekonomiese groei volhoubaar herstel as plaaslike regering nie eers herstel word nie. Die party sê wanbestuur, wateronderbrekings, vervalle paaie en swak vullis-bestuur is van die kwessies wat munisipaliteite raak. Woordvoerder Jaco Mulder sê hulle moet terugkeer na die basiese beginsels van bevoegde bestuur, […]
# The MK Party Women’s League says it condemns the continued persecution, public humiliation and apparent targeting of former Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. She appeared before the Pretoria Regional Court yesterday in connection with a criminal case stemming from allegations relating to her handling of the controversial Absa/Bankorp matter during her tenure as Public Protector. […]
# Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Blade Nzimande, says South Africa’s development ambitions cannot be achieved while women and girls remain excluded from opportunities in science, technology and innovation. There has been progress in improving women’s participation in science and research, with women now constituting 52-percent of the academic workforce and 47.7-percent of the […]
# Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson says South Africa is stepping up the pace of infrastructure delivery, with 81 Strategic Integrated Projects comprising 263 individual projects. The projects’ estimated combined value is 1.9-trillion-rand. The minister says over the past 18 months, 37 projects, worth approximately 69-billion-rand, have been completed, while a further 82 […]
# Die Appèlhof in Bloemfontein hoor vandag die regering se appèl aan teen die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria se beslissing oor die maatskaplike noodverligtingstoelaag van 370-rand. Die Hooggeregshof het bevind talle van hierdie toelaag se regulasies is ongrondwetlik en ongeldig, insluitend dat aansoeke slegs aanlyn ingedien word. Burgerregtegroepe sê hierdie vereiste sluit sowat 14-persent kwalifiserende begunstigdes […]
# Die EFF het ‘n formele klag teen Mark Burke van die DA by die Parlement se Gesamentlike Komitee oor Etiek en Ledebelange ingedien. Dit volg na bewerings dat Kastelo, die maatskappy wat hy gestig het, deur die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank ondersoek is vir oënskynlike valutabeheer-oortredings in transaksies ter waarde van vier-miljard-rand. Die DA het Burke […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says South Africa cannot sustainably restore its trade markets, investments and economic growth if the country’s local government is not restored first. The party has cited municipal mismanagement, water outages, crumbling roads and poor waste management as some of the issues affecting local government. FF Plus’s Jaco Mulder says municipalities should […]
# The EFF has formally lodged a complaint against the DA’s Mark Burke with Parliament’s Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests. This follows allegations that Kastelo, the company he founded, has been investigated by the South African Reserve Bank for apparent exchange control violations in transactions valued at four-billion-rand. Last week, the DA removed […]
