# Amnestie Internasionaal Suid-Afrika het die betroubaarheid van die statistiek wat deur die regering oor misdade teen vroue en kinders aangebied word, bevraagteken. Dit volg nadat die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens die publikasie van afgebreekte misdaaddata in Augustus verlede jaar opgeskort het, insluitend statistiek oor die moord op en aanranding van vroue en kinders. Die uitvoerende direkteur […]
# The GOOD Party says National Treasury’s decision to appeal a court ruling ordering government to increase and expand access to the Social Relief of Distress Grant is disgraceful. Treasury estimates that implementing the ruling by the High Court in Pretoria to widen access to the SRD grant could cost government an extra 93.5-billion-rand a […]
# The Forum for South Africa has expressed concern at allegations that confidential Crime Intelligence information may have been shared with Members of Parliament. State Advocate Drushantha Ramsamy of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption claimed at the Madlanga Commission that ActionSA’s Dereleen James received top-secret Crime Intelligence documents passed under the door of her parliamentary […]
# Die GOOD-party sê die Nasionale Tesourie se besluit om teen ‘n hofuitspraak te appelleer wat die regering gelas om die toegang tot die Maatskaplike Noodlenigingstoelaag te verhoog en uit te brei, is skandelik. Die Tesourie skat die toepassing van die uitspraak deur die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria om toegang tot die toelae te verbreed, kan […]
# The South African Communist Party says the escalating levels of violent and organised crime expose a deeper crisis within the country’s security architecture, particularly the South African Police Service. Over the weekend, eleven people were shot dead in three separate incidents in the Western Cape, while four people including two officers of the SAPS […]
# Eskom says it has significantly reduced reliance on diesel-powered generation, despite diesel being deployed selectively during peak demand periods and to maintain required reserves. For the financial year-to-date from 1 April to 6 August this year, diesel expenditure stands at 948.46-million-rand, compared with 5.73-billion-rand over the same period last year. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena […]
# Eskom sê hy het die afhanklikheid van diesel-aangedrewe opwekking aansienlik verminder, ondanks die selektiewe gebruik van diesel tydens spitstye en om die vereiste reserwes te handhaaf. Vir die boekjaar tot dusver van 1 April tot 6 Augustus, staan dieseluitgawes op 948,46-miljoen-rand, vergeleke met 5,73-miljard-rand oor dieselfde tydperk verlede jaar. Eskom-woordvoerder Daphne Mokwena sê die […]
# Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence has stressed the importance of having a well-functioning defence industry supported by an effective regulatory and oversight framework. The National Conventional Arms Control Committee has released its first quarter report on the approval of import and export permits for conventional arms. The NCACC approved 64 contracting permits valued […]
# Gauteng, die Wes-Kaap en KwaZulu-Natal het die mees ontevrede Suid-Afrikaanse verbruikers, wat verantwoordelik is vir 78-persent van alle klagtes wat by die Ombud vir Verbruikersgoedere en -dienste ingedien word. Die ombud het tussen 1 Maart 2025 en 28 Februarie 2026 15-duisend klagtes ontvang, ‘n toename van 25,8-persent vanaf die 12-duisend-207 klagtes wat in die […]
