# eThekwini mayor, Cyril Xaba says the South African government has made available 20 buses to expedite repatriation of Malawian foreign nationals from Durban in KwaZulu-Natal to their home country. He says to date, close to four-thousand people have been deported or repatriated. The mayor says the Drive-Inn site will serve as a temporary staging […]
# Die waarnemende minister van polisie, Firoz Cachalia, sê hy vertrou die polisie is operasioneel voorbereid om die wet te handhaaf en af te dwing met die beplande optogte teen buitelandse burgers op 30 Junie. Die minister se woordvoerder, Kamogelo Mogotsi, sê hoewel die grondwetlike reg op vreedsame protes gerespekteer sal word, sal geen dade […]
# The acting minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia has expressed confidence that police is operationally prepared to uphold and enforce the law ahead of the planned foreign national march protests on 30 June. The ministry’s spokesperson, Kamogelo Mogotsi, says while the constitutional right to peaceful protest will be respected, no acts of lawlessness, violence, intimidation […]
# Die president van die ANC, Cyril Ramaphosa, sê Suid-Afrika se Grondwet laat slegs die President toe om ministers in sy kabinet aan te stel. Ramaphosa het kommentaar gelewer nadat die DA-leier, Geordin Hill-Lewis, aan hom geskryf en versoek het dat John Steenhuisen as minister van Landbou verwyder en deur Willem Aucamp vervang word. Ramaphosa […]
# ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa’s Constitution permits only the President to appoint ministers to his cabinet. Ramaphosa’s comments come after DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis wrote to him requesting the removal of John Steenhuisen as Agriculture minister to be replaced by Willem Aucamp. He was speaking during the ANC’s voter registration drive in KwaThema, […]
# The Activists and Citizens Forum is calling on Justice and Constitutional Development minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi to immediately disband the Independent Directorate Against Corruption. Forum spokesperson, Dennis Bloem says this unit promotes disorder and instability in the country. He says IDAC is in a fight back campaign against the police and targeting specific police officers […]
# As the country is on the second day of voter registration weekend, the Forum for South Africa is calling for greater transparency in electoral processes, strict enforcement against electoral fraud and accountability across all political factors. FOSA leader, Tebogo Mashilompane emphasised that the true test of democracy lies not in readiness, but in participation […]
# Education activist Hendrick Makaneta says young people should not stand aside and watch as adults continue to take decisions which will affect them in future. The Electoral Commission has announced that more than 70-percent of South Africans aged between 18 and 19 have not registered to vote despite being eligible. On the last day of vote […]
# Eskom has announced a massive 85-percent year-on-year reduction in its diesel expenditure for the current financial year driven by a much stronger Energy Availability Factor and fewer unplanned outages. The power utility spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena says diesel expenditure stands at 640.27-million-rand at a load factor of 1.30-percentt for the open cycle gas turbines significantly lower […]
