# Deputy president Paul Mashatile has called for young people to be included in shaping policies that affect them. Speaking at the National Youth Development Agency Youth Investment Indaba in Johannesburg, Mashatile said the youth deserve a seat at the table in workplaces, civic spaces, and public and private sectors. He stressed that addressing unemployment, poor […]
# Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago says in July 2022, South Africa faced a sharp inflation divide. Speaking to CNBC Africa, Kganyago says that lower income earners faced 9.8-percent inflation compared to 4.9-percent for the wealthiest. The governor’s remarks highlighted how inequality deepens as rising prices hit low-income households the hardest. He warned that ignoring […]
# Build One South Africa says a six-percent sin tax should be introduced on online gambling companies to ensure they contribute fairly to the economy. Debating virtually in Parliament, BOSA deputy leader Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster said online betting has become a national crisis, exploiting vulnerable citizens while paying little tax. Hlazo-Webster added the proposed tax would […]
# Die Parlement se Portefeuljekomitee oor Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur het die minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean Macpherson, gevra om ‘n volledige forensiese verslag oor die Onafhanklike Ontwikkelingstrust se hospitaal-suurstoftender in te dien. Die voorsitter, Carol Phiri, het aan SABC News gesê die komitee het die opsommingsverslag wat hierdie week ter tafel gelê […]
# Die Parlement se staande komitee oor Openbare Rekeninge het eenparig besluit om die voormalige uitvoerende hoof van die Padongelukkefonds, Collins Letsoalo, te dagvaar ná herhaalde pogings om te verseker hy verskyn vrywillig voor die komitee. Voorsitter Songezo Zibi sê hy gaan die speaker van die Nasionale Vergadering, Thoko Didiza, vra of sy daarmee saamstem. […]
# The DA calls for the Special Investigating Unit to move swiftly in its probe into alleged corruption involving the chairperson of Jozi FM’s board, Rapiste Montsho. The party says over 35-million-rand in grants were allocated to the Soweto-based station between 2013 and 2016, with 24-million-rand allegedly stolen under Montsho. The DA’s Toby Chance says […]
# The workers’ union GIWUSA has condemned the ongoing genocide and massacres by the Rapid Support Forces against the people of Sudan. GIWUSA president, Mametlwe Sebei, says the recent capture of El-Fasher has unleashed a new wave of atrocities, including executions, arbitrary arrests, and ethnically motivated killings that have been documented by local medical groups […]
# Die president van die Reserwebank, Lesetja Kganyago, sê daar is geen rede om die verlaging van Suid-Afrika se inflasieteiken tot drie-persent uit te stel nie, ondanks druk van krag- en watertariewe en salaris-ooreenkomste. Hy het aan Reuters gesê dit sal vordering vertraag om te wag dat meerjarige salaris-ooreenkomste verstryk. Kganyago hou vol die huidige […]
# Die minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean Macpherson, verwelkom die Kabinet se aanstelling van die nuwe Boubedryfontwikkelingsraad wat van 2025 tot 2028 sal dien. Khulile Nzo en professor Susan Bouillon is onderskeidelik heraangestel as voorsitter en adjunkvoorsitter van die raad. Minister Macpherson sê die nege raadslede beskik oor diepgaande kennis van die bedryf, […]
