# 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 […]
# The National Disaster Management Centre has called on all three spheres of government to step up support for disaster management teams and strengthen contingency measures. This as it has classified the adverse weather conditions in some provinces as a national disaster. This follows torrential rainfall, storms, and damaging winds in the Western Cape, North West, […]
# The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation urges Parliament to approach the impeachment of president Cyril Ramaphosa with the seriousness it deserves, ensuring it does not devolve into a political spectacle or factional battle. On Friday, the Constitutional Court has ruled the National Assembly’s vote on Ramaphosa Phala Phala matter in Parliament was invalid and unconstitutional. The foundation is calling on the Speaker […]
# The DA has welcomed the latest announcement of a 5.8-billion-rand loan agreement between the French Development Agency and Transnet to reduce the carbon emissions of the entity’s rail and port operations. The party’s Andrew de Blocq says France is South Africa’s largest foreign investor. He says these funds will be used in transitioning to a low-carbon operating […]
# ActionSA has welcomed the ruling of the Constitutional Court on Phala Phala matter. The party’s chairperson, Michael Beaumont says this ruling has determined that the rule used by the National Assembly to deny the investigation report into Phala Phala being referred to the Impeachment Committee was invalid and thus the vote must be deemed invalid. He […]
# The National Energy Regulator says it does not issue confirmations, licences, exemptions or any other form of correspondence to wholesale licence applicants who do not own petroleum storage facilities regulated under the Petroleum Pipelines Act. NERSA has received numerous requests from various entities seeking confirmation of storage licences. Spokesperson Charles Hlebela says the regulator will only consider applications […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions has not held any formal meeting with the South African Communist Party leadership regarding participation in the proposed Conference of the Left. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani says no constitutional structure of the federation has discussed, debated, or resolved whether the federation will participate in or associate itself with […]
