# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says the country has an economy scarred by world-beating unemployment, mass poverty, inequality, stagnant growth and declining industrial capacity. Headline inflation eased to 4.3-percent in July from 5.0-percent in June. Saftu’s Asive Dyani says the medicine prescribed for inflation- restrictive monetary policy, high interest rates, and fiscal […]
# Advokaat Thandazani Madonsela sê president Cyril Ramaphosa se teenkanting oor sy aanstelling as die Ampsklagkomitee se getuienisleier is nie op feite gebaseer nie. Ramaphosa maak beswaar teen Madonsela as getuienisleier en voer aan daar is botsende belange weens sy besluit in 2022 om hom van die Regterlike Dienskommissie te verwyder. Hy sê Madonsela het […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, says South Africa’s correctional facilities are breeding grounds for crime and gangs. He briefed Parliament’s portfolio committee on Police yesterday as part of a summit on gang-related violence. The summit brought together victims of gang-related violence, civil society organisations, community-based organisations and individuals working daily to combat gang violence. […]
# Die ANC sê die DA-voorsitter van federale Finansies, Mark Burke, se verwydering uit die Parlement se finansies-komitees onthef hom nie van aanspreeklikheid nie. Dit het Maandag aan die lig gekom dat die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank die beleggingsfirma, Kastelo, ondersoek weens vermeende oortreding van valuta-beheermaatreëls. Burke is ʼn eienaar en stigter van die maatskappy wat tans […]
# Advocate Thandazani Madonsela says president Cyril Ramaphosa’s apprehension about his appointment as the Impeachment Committee’s evidence leader is not grounded in fact. Ramaphosa has objected to Madonsela serving as the evidence leader on the basis of a conflict of interest, citing his previous decision to remove him from the Judicial Service Commission in 2022. […]
# Die EFF-leier Julius Malema het president Cyril Ramaphosa se beswaar teen die Ampsklagkomitee se getuienisleier verwerp en gesê hy probeer doelbewus om die komitee se demokratiese prosesse te vertraag. Ramaphosa het in ‘n brief die aanstelling van advokaat Thandazani Madonsela verwerp, en botsende belange as rede aangevoer. Die komitee het met 19 teen 5 […]
# Die parlementêre Ampsklagkomitee het besluit om ‘n brief deur president Cyril Ramaphosa, waarin hy beswaar maak teen die aanbevole getuienisleier, vir ‘n regsmening te verwys. Die president sê hy het Madonsela as sy aanstelling by die Regterlike Dienskommissie verwyder na onderhoude vir ‘n hoofregter in 2022. Hy sê Madonsela is in konflik, aangesien hy […]
# The ANC says the removal of the DA’s chairperson of federal Finance, Mark Burke, from Parliament’s finance-related committees does not absolve him from accountability. On Monday it emerged that investment firm Kastelo, a company of which Burke is an owner and founder and currently run by his brother, is under investigation by the South […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema has dismissed president Cyril Ramaphosa’s objection to the Impeachment Committee’s evidence leader, saying he is “second-guessing” the committee’s democratic processes to delay it. In a letter, Ramaphosa rejected the appointment of advocate Thandazani Madonsela, citing conflicts of interest. The committee voted 19-5 to postpone the appointment of the evidence leader […]
