# Die Madlanga-kommissie het Getuie N in camera-getuienis toegestaan met haar identiteit beskerm. Getuienisleier Mahlape Sello sê sy is deel van die polisie se taakspan vir politieke moorde wat sake by die Universiteit van Fort Hare in die Oos-Kaap ondersoek. Sy sê om haar identiteit te openbaar kan die ondersoek sowel as kollegas in gevaar […]
# The Congress of South African Trade Unions has backed its affiliate, the South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union, in opposing Sun International’s retrenchment process. COSATU’s Zanele Sabela alleges retrenchments were implemented before consultation processes had been completed, in breach of the Labour Relations Act. She says SACCAWU will pursue legal action to […]
# The DA welcomes the Department of Home Affairs’ reduction of more than 19-thousand refugee asylum appeals from its backlog during the 2025/26 financial year. The party’s Adrian Roos says reforms introduced by Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber, including increased adjudication capacity and more frequent hearings, have improved the efficiency of the asylum system. He […]
# The Madlanga commission has granted Witness N in camera testimony with her identity protected. Evidence leader Mahlape Sello says she is part of the political killings task team investigating matters at the University of Fort Hare in the Eastern Cape. She says revealing her identity could compromise that investigation, and colleagues. Sello says the […]
# Forum for South Africa verwelkom die verlenging wat aan die Madlanga-kommissie toegestaan is, maar is bekommerd dat kritieke kwessies en persone steeds uitgelaat kan word as die ondersoek nie sonder vrees of begunstiging uitgebrei is nie. President Cyril Ramaphosa het die sperdatum vir die kommissie se finale verslag tot 16 November uitgestel. FOSA se […]
# The South African government has rejected calls by Ghana and Nigeria to compensate nationals who left the country following recent xenophobic violence. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says legally owned property remains protected under South African law, while informal structures do not qualify for compensation. Meanwhile, international relations analyst Donovan Williams says the […]
# Die minister van Landbou, Willie Aucamp, sê sy department het ‘n skikking buite die hof bereik wat ‘n regsgeding beëindig oor die verkryging en verspreiding van bek-en-klouseer-entstowwe. Sakeliga, die landbou-organisasie Saai en Vrystaat Landbou het aangevoer boere moet toegelaat word om entstowwe regstreeks te koop eerder as om te wag op uitgerekte staatsverkrygingsprosesse. Aucamp […]
# The Automotive Business Council, Naamsa, has defended the Automotive Production and Development Programme against calls for it to be scrapped. The industry body says the programme is an investment in South Africa’s industrial economy, not a subsidy for manufacturers. It says the programme generated about 137-billion-rand in local value addition and supported more than […]
# The South African government and the United Nations have signed a five-year Cooperation Framework Agreement in Pretoria today, to support the country’s development priorities and the Sustainable Development Goals. Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Maropene Ramokgopa, signed on behalf of South Africa and the UN’s Resident Coordinator Nelson Muffuh, represented the UN. The […]
