# Action Society has declared war on crime with a bold new proposal to overhaul policing. The organisation has submitted the People’s Police Bill, a constitutional amendment that would give municipalities full policing powers. The organisation urges the public to support this plan as it goes to Parliament for more talks. Action Society’s Juanita du […]
# Die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, het aangekondig dat die vierde nasionale lotery- en sportweddenskaplisensie toegeken is aan Sizekhaya Holdings. Dit volg nadat die onderhandelinge met die Nasionale Loterykommissie suksesvol afgehandel is. Die departement soek regsadvies om teen ‘n onlangse uitspraak van die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria oor die saak te appelleer. […]
# 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 […]
