# Die Departement van Vervoer gaan padverkeersregulasies wysig om te verhoed dat verkeersregistersertifikate, leerling-rybewyse en rybewyse gebruik word as algemene identiteitsdokumente. Dit volg nadat ‘n ondersoek in 2023 die omvangryke misbruik van verkeersregistersertifikate en ander padverkeersdokumente aan die lig gebring het. Woordvoerder, Collen Msibi, sê die wysigings het ten doel om wettige skuiwergate toe te […]
# The Transport Department is set to amend road traffic regulations to prevent traffic register certificates, learner’s licences and driver’s licences from being used as general identity documents. The move follows a 2023 investigation that uncovered widespread abuse of Traffic Register Numbers and other road traffic documents. The department’s spokesperson, Collen Msibi says the amendments […]
# Die Forum for South Africa verwelkom die Departement van Binnelandse Sake se besluit om die asielriglyn terug te trek, maar vra ‘n nasionale referendum oor immigrasie- en asielbeleid. Die leier, Tebogo Mashilompane, sê Suid-Afrikaners moet seggenskap hê oor die toekoms van die land se immigrasiestelsel en grensbestuur. Hy versoek die regering om grensbeheer te […]
# Forum for South Africa has welcomed the withdrawal of the asylum directive by the Department of Home Affairs, while calling for a national referendum on immigration and asylum policy. Forum leader Tebogo Mashilompane says South Africans must have a say in the future of the country’s immigration system and border management. He is urging […]
# Die waarnemende nasionale polisiekommissaris, Puleng Dimpane, sê 30 verdagtes is sedert Donderdag in Gauteng en KwaZulu-Natal in hegtenis geneem weens openbare geweld en onwettige betogings. Dimpane het tydens ‘n NATJOINTS-inligtingsessie gesê 25 verdagtes is in KwaZulu-Natal aangekeer en vyf in Gauteng. Aanklagte sluit in, openbare geweld, opsetlike saakbeskadiging, onwettige byeenkomste, dwarsboming van die gereg […]
# Standard Bank Group has signed a subscription agreement to invest in OPay, a digital financial services platform operating primarily in Nigeria and other markets. OPay has filed a registration statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and has applied to list its American Depositary Shares on the New York Stock Exchange. Standard […]
# Acting National Police Commissioner Puleng Dimpane says police have intensified deployments across the country following unrest linked to a Constitutional Court judgment on asylum seeker applications. Twenty-four vehicles and properties have been damaged since Thursday. Dimpane says additional resources have been deployed in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, while maximum operational deployments are in place across […]
# COSATU verwelkom die Departement van Binnelandse Sake se besluit om die verwerking van asielaansoeke by sy kantore tydelik op te skort. COSATU se woordvoerder, Matthew Parks, sê die stap is nodig om personeel, aansoekers en die publiek te beskerm. Hy veroordeel oortredings van immigrasiewette en xenofobiese geweld en beklemtoon wetstoepassing is die staat se […]
# COSATU has welcomed Home Affairs’ decision to pause the processing of refugee applications at its offices. Spokesperson Matthew Parks says the move is necessary to protect staff, applicants and members of the public. He condemns both violations of immigration laws and xenophobic violence, stressing that law enforcement is the responsibility of the state, not […]
