# Die Madlanga-kommissie se kommissaris, Sesi Baloyi, vra dat die geskorste polisiesersant Fannie Nkosi aanspreeklik gehou word nadat getuienis aangedui het hy het polisiebriefhoofde vir privaat transaksies gebruik. Die hoof-getuienisleier, Matthew Chaskalson, het WhatsApp-boodskappe oor Nkosi en die vermoorde taxibaas Jothan Msibi voorgelê. Hy sê dit toon na bewering hoe Nkosi instem om ‘n konsepbrief […]
# Madlanga commissioner Sesi Baloyi has called for suspended police Sergeant Fannie Nkosi to be held accountable after evidence suggested he used police letterheads for private dealings. Chief evidence leader Matthew Chaskalson presented WhatsApp messages involving Nkosi and slain taxi boss Jothan Msibi. He says they allegedly show Nkosi agreeing to place a draft letter […]
# More than 40-thousand students at 76 institutions were improperly funded by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme, costing 5.1-billion-rand. Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka revealed the findings in an investigation released today. Only two-billion-rand has been recovered, leaving approximately 3.1-billion-rand outstanding. The findings raise serious concerns about NSFAS’s financial controls, eligibility checks, and accountability. She […]
# A new study by Stellenbosch University and Artefact South Africa is calling for targeted prevention and support strategies to address cyberbullying among teenagers. Researchers Daniel le Roux and Camryn Twaddle found that 63.9-percent of learners surveyed had been involved in cyberbullying. Twaddle says the study found that girls and boys experienced different forms of […]
# ‘n Studie deur die Universiteit van Kaapstad het bevind stokvelle kan ‘n belangrike platform word vir die verbetering van voeding en voedselsekerheid in lae-inkomste gemeenskappe. Die Internasionale Navorsings- en Ontwikkelingsentrum het die studie befonds. Ondersoek is ingestel na die uitwerking van kruideniersware-stokvelle op voedselaankope en voedingsverwante besluite in twee lae-inkomstegemeenskappe in Kaapstad, Dunoon en […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens het sy raadplegings-dokument oor die vernuwing van BTW bekendgestel en ‘n openbare raadplegingsproses begin om die land oor te skakel na ‘n digitale BTW-administrasiestelsel met bykans onmiddellike verwerking. Die diens stel ‘n aanlyn BTW-model voor wat e-fakturering en e-rapportering integreer om BTW-administrasie te herposisioneer, nakoming te vergemaklik en toesig te versterk. […]
# The International Trade Administration Commission has recommended a temporary rebate on customs duties for certain new tyres used on agricultural and forestry vehicles and machinery. The tyres, with rim sizes below 91 centimetres, are mainly used on tractors and harvesters. Itac says there are no local manufacturers of the products in the Southern African […]
# Consulting Engineers South Africa says technical skills must be prioritised in implementing the National Water Action Plan. Cesa CEO Chris Campbell says infrastructure investment and institutional reforms will fail without qualified engineers, technicians and process controllers to operate and maintain water systems. He says the decline in municipal technical expertise has contributed to worsening […]
# ‘n Elektrisiën van Kimberley in die Noord-Kaap, Andrew “Benji” Benjamin, is die wenner van MasterChef South Africa se sesde seisoen en het prysgeld van ‘n miljoen-rand losgeslaan. Die 40-jarige amateursjef het Candice Meth van Durban in ‘n spannende eindronde uitgestof. Benjamin, ‘n hoogspanning-elektrisiën, het kykers en beoordelaars beïndruk met sy kalm benadering en kookvernuf. […]