# ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula says the party’s electoral decline is largely due to its voters staying away from the polls, rather than voting for other parties. The ANC lost its majority in last year’s elections, receiving 40.2-percent support, which reflects a 17 percentage point drop in support compared to the 2019 elections. Mbalula […]
# National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola is expected to testify before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria today. KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi was the commission’s first witness last week. He delved into, among others, the alleged infiltration by an organised crime syndicate of law enforcement agencies, with the alleged assistance of key figures in […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa lei hierdie week ‘n Suid-Afrikaanse afvaardiging na die 80ste sitting van die Verenigde Nasies se Algemene Vergadering in New York. Die sitting sal gehou word onder die tema, “Beter Saam: 80 Jaar en Meer vir Vrede, Ontwikkeling en Menseregte“. Die land se afvaardiging sal verskeie vergaderings bywoon, insluitend dié oor handel […]
# Parliament’s Select Committee on Economic Development and Trade has called on the government to urgently convene a national crisis summit on job losses. Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa is the latest company to announce retrenchments, as it plans to cut 680 jobs and close plants in Bloemfontein, Free State, and East London, Eastern Cape. Tyre […]
# Solidarity says it has unveiled a proposed trade framework between South Africa and the USA. The trade union is in America for what it terms as an extensive community diplomacy visit. Solidarity’s Connie Mulder says the framework focuses in particular on the protection of property rights and the exemption of black economic empowerment for […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa is leading a South African delegation to the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week. The session will be held under the theme “Better Together: 80 Years and More for Peace, Development, and Human Rights.” The country’s delegation will participate in several meetings, including those on trade […]
# Die Minister van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling, Mmamoloko Kubayi, sê daar is vordering om institusionele onafhanklikheid en die vereniging van ‘n enkele regbank te verseker. Tydens ‘n virtuele bespreking met Judges Matter het Kubayi bevestig dat ‘n taakspan toesig hou oor die oordrag in fases van sekere funksies van die Departement van Justisie na […]
# Die minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean Macpherson, het die Raad vir die Ontwikkeling van die Konstruksiebedryf se swartlys van 40 kontrakteurs sedert Junie 2024 verwelkom, vergeleke met slegs een sedert 2002. Macpherson sê die stap steun sy onderneming om teen korrupsie en swak prestasie op te tree en te verseker dat belastinggeld […]
# Die Departement van Korrektiewe Dienste bied vandag ‘n Nasionale Paroolhersieningsberaad by die Kgosi Mampuru Korrektiewe Fasiliteit aan. Die tweedaagse beraad, deel van Korrektiewe Week, is daarop gemik op openbare kommer dat parool oortreders bo slagoffers bevoordeel word. Amptenare, kundiges, slagoffers en oud-oortreders sal in gesprek tree oor rehabilitasie, herintegrasie en openbare vertroue. Die departement […]
