# South Africa’s annual food price inflation has increased for the first time in nine months, but remains relatively moderate. Statistics South Africa says food inflation rose to 1.1-percent in August, from zero-point-nine percent in July. Overall inflation also edged up, reaching 4.4-percent from 4.3-percent. However, core inflation, which excludes fuel, food and electricity, improved […]
# Rise Mzansi veroordeel die moord op 11 mense, insluitend ‘n swanger vrou, en die besering van drie in KwaMakhutha, KwaZulu-Natal. Woordvoerder Mabinda Seaba sê uiterste geweld het te algemeen geword en hulle eis besliste optrede, aanspreeklikheid en nuwe leierskap. Seaba vra die verwydering van onwettige vuurwapens, die ontwrigting van misdaadnetwerke deur vinnige optrede gegrond […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare verwelkom die nuwe besturende direkteur van die Staats-inligtingstegnologie-agentskap, Magatho Mello, se verbintenis om vertroue te herstel. Hy erken die agentskap se negatiewe openbare beeld, lae kliënte-tevredenheid en nadelige uitwerking op personeel. Claude Naicker van die vakbond sê die herstel van vertroue kan nie beperk word tot veranderings op uitvoerende of […]
# Die burgerlike organisasie Forum for South Africa is bekommerd oor die aanklagte teen die geskorste adjunk-nasionale polisiekommissaris, Shadrack Sibiya. Die 59-jarige word aangekla van die verkragting van ‘n 18-jarige vrou in ‘n hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg, in Mei, en die seksuele voorbereiding van ‘n 16-jarige meisie tussen Julie en Augustus vanjaar. Die forum se […]
# Die premier van KwaZulu-Natal, Thami Ntuli, sê die massaskietery in KwaMakhutha naby Durban kan verband hou met gevegte oor dwelmgebiede en onwettige vuurwapens. Die polisie soek na verdagtes nadat 11 mense, insluitend ‘n swanger vrou, in die Ziko-gebied doodgeskiet en nog drie gewond is. Ntuli sê berigte uit die gemeenskap dui op dwelmbedrywighede en […]
# Aerospace giant Airbus is seeking to expand the presence of its C295 military transport aircraft in South Africa and across Africa. The aircraft can conduct troop and cargo transport, medical evacuations and humanitarian missions, including from unpaved runways. Airbus has also signed a four-year agreement with Wits University and France’s Higher Institute of Aeronautics […]
# South Africa could need more than 129.9-billion-rand to revive two mothballed State-owned refineries and strengthen energy security. The Central Energy Fund says reviving Sapref in Durban could cost about 116.1-billion-rand, with a final investment decision targeted for 2027/28. The Mossel Bay gas-to-liquids refinery would restart in phases, with the first phase costing about 5.8-billion-rand, […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, moedig lande aan om befondsing vir die gesondheid van vroue, kinders en tieners te bevorder. Hy het ‘n hoëvlak-sitting van die Verenigde Nasies se Algemene Vergadering toegespreek oor die kwessie. Lamola sê meer as 3,3-miljard mense woon in lande wat meer bestee aan rentebetalings as […]
# KwaZulu-Natal premier Thami Ntuli says the KwaMakhutha mass shootings in Durban could be linked to drug turf disputes and illegal firearms. Police are searching for suspects after eleven people, including a pregnant woman, were killed and three others wounded in Ziko. Ntuli says community reports point to drugs and regular gunfire in the area. […]
