# Die Thabo Mbeki-stigting het ‘n verslag gepubliseer wat die verhoudings tussen Suid-Afrika en die Verenigde State ondersoek, met die fokus op die toekoms van Afrikaners en rasse-regstelling. Die artikel van 123 bladsye bespreek die VSA se steun vir Afrikaner-organisasies wat groter kulturele en politieke outonomie soek, en die potensiële impak op Suid-Afrika se post-apartheid-skikking. […]
# Business Leadership South Africa says the government must keep its economic reforms and policy commitments on track. The organisation supports Eskom’s plan to prepare for a more competitive electricity market, with more private companies supplying power. It also wants progress on separating the utility’s transmission business and reducing the 120-billion-rand debt owed by municipalities. […]
# The Thabo Mbeki Foundation has published a monograph examining relations between South Africa and the United States, focusing on the future of Afrikaners and racial redress. The 123-page paper discusses US support for Afrikaner organisations seeking greater cultural and political autonomy, and the potential impact on South Africa’s post-apartheid settlement. It also compares South […]
# Die DA verwelkom die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid se terugvordering van 42-miljoen-rand wat verband hou met die korrupsieskandaal by die Tembisa-hospitaal. Die party voer egter aan die verhaling van belastingbetalers se geld is nie genoeg nie, en dring aan die hele korrupsienetwerk moet ondersoek word sodat diegene wat daarvoor verantwoordelik is, aan dissiplinêre of strafregtelike stappe […]
# Die getuienisleier van die Madlanga-kommissie, advokaat Matthew Chaskalson, sê WhatsApp-boodskappe toon hoe taxi-base Oupa Sindane en Joe Sibanyoni na bewering beskermingsfooie van konstruksiemaatskappye eis. Chaskalson het selfoonboodskappe voorgelê wat na bewering verwys na gedwonge betalings en dreigemente om werksaamhede te ontwrig. In een gesprek spreek Sindane teleurstelling uit oor die feit dat hy nie […]
# Die Activists and Citizens Forum sê townships het al hoe onveiliger geword ná die reeks dodelike skietvoorvalle by sjebiens oor die naweek in Gauteng en die Wes-Kaap. Dennis Bloem van die forum doen ‘n beroep op sterker polisie-optrede van misdaadintelligensie om massaskietvoorvalle te voorkom en die verantwoordelikes te identifiseer. Hy versoek ook die regring […]
# Meer as 300 gevangenes neem deel aan die jaarlikse Funda Mzantsi-kampioenskap in George in die Wes-Kaap. Hulle ding mee met studente en gemeenskapsboekklubs in lees, debatvoering, spel en boekresensies. Die kompetisie, wat deur die Departement van Korrektiewe Dienste en die Nasionale Biblioteek van Suid-Afrika georganiseer word, bevat 12 amptelike tale, met Nama, ‘n inheemse […]
# Madlanga Commission evidence leader Advocate Matthew Chaskalson says WhatsApp messages show taxi bosses Oupa Sindane and Joe Sibanyoni allegedly demanding protection fees from construction companies. Chaskalson presented cellphone messages allegedly referencing forced payments and threats to disrupt operations. In one chat, Sindane expresses disappointment over not receiving his share of a deal involving a […]
# The Activists and Citizens Forum says townships have become increasingly unsafe following the series of deadly tavern shootings in Gauteng and the Western Cape over the weekend. The forum’s Dennis Bloem calls for stronger police crime intelligence operations to prevent mass shootings and identify those responsible. He also urged the government to tighten border […]
