# Die regering versoek alle burgers om uiters versigtig te wees en brande in plakkershutte, wat dikwels lei tot ernstige beserings of lewensverlies, te voorkom. Brande in informele nedersettings word gereeld veroorsaak deur oop vlamme en die gebruik van elektrisiteitsverbindings wat oorlaai of onwettig is. Die regering se woordvoerder, Nonkululeko Mtshali, sê gemeenskappe word aangemoedig […]
# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse urges Higher Education and Training minister Nobuhle Nkabane to appoint ethical and qualified leaders to lead the Sector Education and Training Authorities. This after the nomination process has been reopened following concerns about politically connected individuals being shortlisted, including Mineral and Petroleum Resources minister Gwede Mantashe’s son, Buyambo Mantashe. […]
# Die Kaapse Forum vra die hof en die media om die rol te beklemtoon van dwelmmisbruik, veral tik, terwyl die vonnisverrigtinge van Kelly Smith en haar medebeskuldigdes voortgaan in die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof wat in Saldanhabaai sit. Hulle is skuldig bevind aan die ontvoering en mensehandel van Smith se jong dogter, Joslin. Voorsitter Heindrich Wyngaard […]
# Trade, Industry and Competition minister Parks Tau has announced that Sizekhaya Holdings has been awarded the fourth national lottery and sports pools licence. This follows the successful conclusion of negotiations with the National Lotteries Commission. The department is seeking legal advice to appeal a recent judgment by the High Court in Pretoria related to […]
# Cape Forum is urging the court and media to highlight the role of drug abuse, especially tik, as the sentencing procedures of Kelly Smith and her co-accused continues at the Western Cape High Court sitting in Saldanha Bay. They were found guilty of kidnapping and human trafficking of Smith’s young daughter, Joslin. Cape Forum’s […]
# Bajabulile Swazi Tshabalala van Suid-Afrika is aan die vooraand van die presidensiële verkiesing van die Afrika-Ontwikkelingsbank in Abidjan, Ivoorkus vol vertroue dat sy as hoof van die bank verkies sal word. Sy het meer as 30 jaar ondervinding in finansies en ontwikkeling en het as die bank se senior adjunkpresident en hoof- finansiële beampte […]
# Die uitvoerende hoof van die Padongelukkefonds, Collins Letsoalo, is op spesiale verlof geplaas. Hy word beskuldig van sy betrokkenheid by ‘n omstrede huurooreenkoms ter waarde van 79-miljoen-rand vir kantore vir die fonds in Johannesburg, Gauteng. Die raad sê die stap is onmiddellik ingestel as ‘n voorsorgmaatreël, maar impliseer nie ‘n oortreding nie. Die Spesiale […]
# AfriForum eis dringende optrede deur NERSA teen munisipaliteite wat nie aan Eskom se skuldverligtingsvereistes voldoen nie. In ‘n brief dring die burgerregtegroep aan dat lisensies van rade wat nie aan die eise voldoen nie, herroep word, wat privaat entiteite sal toelaat om elektrisiteitsverspreiding te bestuur. AfriForum beklemtoon dat 60 van 71 munisipaliteite voorwaardes sonder […]
# South Africa’s Bajabulile Swazi Tshabalala is confident ahead of tomorrow’s African Development Bank presidential election in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. With over 30 years in finance and development, she’s served as the bank’s senior vice president and chief financial officer. If elected, Tshabalala will become the first woman to hold the top post. She aims […]