# Die minister van Wetenskap, Tegnologie en Innovering, Blade Nzimande, sê Suid-Afrika wil bande met China versterk wat wetenskap, tegnologie en innovering betref. Die minister het gister ʼn bilaterale hoëvlak-vergadering met die Chinese ambassadeur in Suid-Afrika, Wu Peng, gehou. Dis in aanloop tot volgende week se Wêreld KI-konferensie en hoëvlakvergadering oor wêreldwye KI-bestuur in Sjanghai, […]
# The South African Reserve Bank warns that advances in artificial intelligence models pose risks to financial stability, and have led to a significant increase in software and IT system vulnerability. The Reserve Bank’s latest half-yearly financial stability review shows that a sophisticated multistep attack that previously required scarce, elite human expertise can now be […]
# Die minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Velenkosini Hlabisa, sê voorbereidings vir die komende plaaslikeregeringverkiesing in November verloop vlot. Hy het gister die voorlegging van die Departement van Samewerkende Bestuursbegrotingstemming aan die Nasionale Raad van Provinsies voorgelê. Hlabisa sê vier-duisend-488 stadswyke is gefinaliseer. Dis ‘n toename van 20 wyke van die vier-duisend-468 in […]
# Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Blade Nzimande, says South Africa is committed to strengthening science, technology, and innovation cooperation with China. The minister held a high-level bilateral engagement with the Chinese Ambassador to South Africa, Wu Peng, yesterday. This is ahead of the World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance […]
# Die Nasionale Vergadering het die Wysigingswetsontwerp op Verdediging goedgekeur wat die Verdedigingswet van 2002 wysig sodat dit in ooreenstemming met die uitspraak van die Konstitusionele Hof kan wees. Die hof het bevind dele van die Verdedigingswet is nie grondwetlik nie, in so ‘n mate dat hulle lede van die uitvoerende bestuur die reg het […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank sê die land se finansiële stelsel bly oor die algemeen veerkragtig, ten spyte van meer uitdagende finansiële toestande en monetêre beleid weens die oorlog in die Midde-Ooste. Die Reserwebank se jongste halfjaarlikse verslag oor finansiële stabiliteit sê die land is meer blootgestel aan wisselvallige kapitaalvloei omdat buitelandse beleggers plaaslike bates verkoop […]
# Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, says preparations for the local government elections in November are firmly on track. He led the presentation of the Department of Cooperative Governance Budget Vote to the National Council of Provinces yesterday. Hlabisa says four-thousand-488 wards have been finalised, an increase of 20 wards from […]
# The National Assembly has passed the Defence Amendment Bill, which amends the Defence Act of 2002 to ensure compliance with a ruling of the Constitutional Court. The court found that sections of the Defence Act are unconstitutional, to the extent that they permit members of the Executive to establish boards of inquiry to investigate […]
# The South African Reserve Bank says the country’s financial system remains resilient overall, despite tighter financial conditions and monetary policy stemming from the Middle East war. The Reserve Bank’s latest half-yearly financial stability review says the country’s susceptibility to volatile capital flows has gone up, as non-resident investors sell domestic assets in search of safe […]