# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says if government is serious about ending illegal mining and illicit precious metals trading, it must aggressively prosecute corrupt police officers, immigration officials, politicians, and businesspeople linked to syndicates. This follows the arrest of two senior police officials and a civilian in Gauteng, allegedly linked to the […]
# Dis vandag D-dag vir ANC-lede wat ook lede van die SAKP is. Hulle moet vandag aan die party se sekretariaat sê of hulle in die munisipale verkiesing vir die ANC of SAKP gaan stemme werf. Dit volg na die SAKP se besluit om onafhanklik aan die verkiesing deel te neem. Die party het die […]
# The Congress of the People has joined calls for president Cyril Ramaphosa to fire minister of Social Development Sisisi Tolashe. She is alleged to have redirected a donation of vehicles meant for the ANC Women’s League to her children. It is also alleged that her former household employee was made to pay half her […]
# Today is D-day for all ANC members holding dual membership with the SACP to report back to the party’s Secretariat on whether they will be campaigning for the ANC or the SACP for the local government elections. This follows the SACP’s decision to contest the elections independently. The party rejected the ultimatum last month, […]
# Die Madlanga-kommissie hou hierdie week sy laaste verhore voor sy onderbreking om op sy tweede voorlopige verslag te fokus. Hy sal voortgaan om te fokus op wetstoepassers se beslaglegging op dwelms, asook op getuienis oor die hantering en diefstal of verdwyning van dwelmmiddels in KwaZulu-Natal en Gauteng. Die kommissie se woordvoerder, Jeremy Michaels, sê […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Kommunistiese Party doen ‘n beroep op die Parlement om die totstandkoming van ‘n ampsklagkomitee teen president Cyril Ramaphosa te bespoedig. Dit volg nadat die Konstitusionele Hof Vrydag beslis het die Parlement se besluit om Ramaphosa teen ‘n ampsklagondersoek te beskerm, ongrondwetlik was. ‘n Onafhanklike ondersoek het bevind Ramaphosa het ‘n saak om […]
# Die Nasionale Rampbestuursentrum het al drie regeringsvlakke versoek om hul steun vir rampbestuurspanne te verskerp en gebeurlikheidsmaatreëls te versterk. Dit volg nadat die ongunstige weerstoestande in sommige provinsies as ‘n nasionale ramp geklassifiseer is, weens stortreën, storms en skadelike wind in die Wes-Kaap, Noordwes, Vrystaat, Oos-Kaap, Noord-Kaap en Mpumalanga. Thabo Khupari van Nasionale Rampbestuur […]
# The Madlanga Commission will hold its last public hearings this week, before it breaks to focus on its second interim report. It will continue to focus on drug seizures by law enforcement agencies this week, and testimony on the handling and theft or disappearance of narcotic substances in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. The commission’s spokesperson, […]
# The South African Communist Party is calling on Parliament to expedite the establishment of an impeachment committee against president Cyril Ramaphosa. This comes after the Constitutional Court on Friday ruled that Parliament’s decision to protect Ramaphosa from facing an impeachment inquiry was unconstitutional. An independent inquiry had found that Ramaphosa has a case to […]
