# Tongaat Hulett avoided liquidation after signing a rescue agreement with the Industrial Development Corporation and the Vision Consortium, an international investment group, this morning. The deal is expected to stabilise the sugar producer and safeguard an estimated 250-thousand jobs linked to its operations and supply chain. The agreement forms part of a broader restructuring […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria het gelas die Departement van Korrektiewe Dienste het onregmatig opgetree toe hy beheer oor die Mangaung Korrektiewe-sentrum geneem het nadat die veroordeelde moordenaar en verkragter Thabo Bester ontsnap het. Die tronk is tydens sy ontsnapping in 2022 deur G4S bestuur onder die Bloemfonteinse Korrektiewe Kontrakte. Die hof het bevind daar […]
# Forum for South Africa sê die Suid-Afrikaanse stelsel lewer steeds gegradueerdes sonder vaardighede, met kwalifikasies sonder geleenthede en hoop sonder rigting. FOSA se leier, Tebogo Mashilompane, sê die huidige onderwysstelsel is steeds nie in ooreenstemming met mense se werklikhede nie. Hy voeg by Suid-Afrika moet terugkeer na ‘n stelsel wat praktiese vaardighede waardeer:
# The family of 21-year-old Zenande Chiloane from Mbombela say funeral arrangements have commenced after his body was recovered from the Crocodile River near Kamagugu Township. The Chiloane had been missing for nine-days after the vehicle he was travelling in with two others plunged into the river. Police diver Johan Potgieter said that his body […]
# Gayton McKenzie has denied claims that he has softened his stance on illegal immigration since becoming minister of Sports, Arts and Culture. The PA leader says he remains committed to his “abahambe” campaign targeting undocumented foreign nationals, but has adopted a more responsible approach now that he sits in Cabinet. McKenzie says he continues […]
# The High Court in Pretoria has ruled that the Department of Correctional Services acted unlawfully when it took control over the Mangaung Correctional Centre following the escape of convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester. The prison was run by G4S under the Bloemfontein Correctional Contracts when Bester escaped in 2022. The court found there […]
# Suid-Afrika sal na verwagting ‘n lening van 16-miljard-rand van die BRICS-gesteunde Nuwe Ontwikkelingsbank ontvang om infrastruktuur in die land se agt grootste metropolitaanse munisipaliteite op te gradeer. Die geld sal gebruik word om watervoorsiening, sanitasie en afvalbestuursdienste te verbeter. Dit volg te midde van regeringstappe om voortdurende diensleweringsprobleme in verskeie munisipaliteite op te los. […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens sê ‘n afsny-laedrukstelsel sal tot Saterdag winderige, koeler en onstuimige weerstoestande in dele van die land veroorsaak. Die stelsel sal na verwagting die Wes-Kaap, die Oos-Kaap, die Vrystaat, Noordwes en Gauteng raak. Die diens vra motoriste om versigtig te wees op paaie weens moontlik gevaarlike rytoestande wat deur sterk wind veroorsaak […]
# South African agricultural exporters are facing mounting costs as shipping lines pass on higher port charges linked to rising fuel prices. Transnet’s Fuel Neutrality Charge increased from 52-to-78-rand per container in June, following a surge in diesel costs. Industry experts warn the added expenses come as farmers already grapple with higher fuel and fertiliser […]
