# The High Court in Pretoria has ruled that the Department of Correctional Services acted unlawfully when it took control over the Mangaung Correctional Centre following the escape of convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester. The prison was run by G4S under the Bloemfontein Correctional Contracts when Bester escaped in 2022. The court found there […]
# Suid-Afrika sal na verwagting ‘n lening van 16-miljard-rand van die BRICS-gesteunde Nuwe Ontwikkelingsbank ontvang om infrastruktuur in die land se agt grootste metropolitaanse munisipaliteite op te gradeer. Die geld sal gebruik word om watervoorsiening, sanitasie en afvalbestuursdienste te verbeter. Dit volg te midde van regeringstappe om voortdurende diensleweringsprobleme in verskeie munisipaliteite op te los. […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens sê ‘n afsny-laedrukstelsel sal tot Saterdag winderige, koeler en onstuimige weerstoestande in dele van die land veroorsaak. Die stelsel sal na verwagting die Wes-Kaap, die Oos-Kaap, die Vrystaat, Noordwes en Gauteng raak. Die diens vra motoriste om versigtig te wees op paaie weens moontlik gevaarlike rytoestande wat deur sterk wind veroorsaak […]
# South African agricultural exporters are facing mounting costs as shipping lines pass on higher port charges linked to rising fuel prices. Transnet’s Fuel Neutrality Charge increased from 52-to-78-rand per container in June, following a surge in diesel costs. Industry experts warn the added expenses come as farmers already grapple with higher fuel and fertiliser […]
# The ANC Youth League in Gauteng welcomes the precautionary suspension of Gauteng Traffic Police Chief Inspector Samuel Mashaba and notes the legal proceedings involving Hawks Head Major-General Ebrahim Kadwa. The league’s Oscar Kanyane says the action demonstrates that no public official is above the law and underscores the importance of accountability. He says corruption and […]
# RISE Mzansi raises concern over South Africa’s rising disaster response costs, following the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs’ parliamentary reply revealing about 14.7-billion-rand was spent nationally over the past decade. Spokesperson Makashule Gana says the figure excludes provincial and municipal spending, warning the absence of a centralised database undermines coordination, transparency and […]
# Die Malawiese regering vra finansiële skenkings en humanitêre hulp om sowat tien-duisend burgers uit Suid-Afrika te repatrieer. Malawiese burgers het by die Sherwood-saal in Durban bymekaargekom, desperaat om huis toe te keer na ‘n vlaag van teen-immigrante-betogings in die land. Die repatriasieprogram word gekoördineer deur Malawi se Departement van Rampbestuursake in samewerking met die […]
# The Forum for South Africa says the South Africa system continue to produce graduates without skills, qualifications without opportunities, and hope without direction. FOSA leader, Tebogo Mashilompane says the current education system is still not aligned with the realities of the people. He adds that South Africa must return to a system that values […]
# South Africa is set to receive a 16-billion-rand loan from the BRICS-backed New Development Bank to upgrade infrastructure in the country’s eight largest metropolitan municipalities. The funding will be used to improve water supply, sanitation and waste management services. The move comes as the government works to address ongoing service delivery challenges in several […]
