# The EEFF says it will not support the Appropriation Bill, maintaining its longstanding rejection of the national budget. Speaking in the National Assembly, the EFF’s Omphile Maotwe said the budget is designed to keep a fragile coalition government afloat rather than serve the people. Maotwe accused the government of national unity of using the […]
# Former Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has called for the National Prosecuting Authority to be fully resourced and to reconsider its policy on withdrawing corruption charges. He was speaking at the South African Council of Churches’ Anti-Corruption Conference in Johannesburg. Zondo says public frustration is growing over dropped high-profile cases. He stresses the need for […]
# Die Mededingingstribunaal het Canal-Plus (Kanaal Ploes) se verkryging van MultiChoice goedgekeur, wat die laaste regulatoriese struikelblok oorkom. Die ooreenkoms sluit sleutelverbintenisse in soos die bevordering van plaaslike eienaarskap, die ondersteuning van klein, medium en mikro-ondernemings in die oudiovisuele sektor, en die befondsing van plaaslike inhoud. Canal-Plus sal die oorblywende aandele teen 125-rand elk koop. […]
# AfriForum het die goedkeuring van ‘n wetsontwerp van die Amerikaanse Huis van Verteenwoordigers se komitee verwelkom wat tot geteikende sanksies teen korrupte Suid-Afrikaanse politici kan lei. Ernst van Zyl van AfriForum sê die Hersieningswet op Amerikaans-Suid-Afrikaanse Bilaterale Betrekkinge van 2025, wat deur die kongreslid Ronny Jackson ingestel is, is daarop gemik om individue aanspreeklik […]
# Die minister vir Vroue, Jeug en Mense met Gestremdhede, Sindisiwe Chikunga, doen op ‘n beroep op alle belanghebbendes en Suid-Afrika se jeug om die nuwe raad van die Nasionale Jeugontwikkelingsagentskap te ondersteun en met hulle saam te werk. Sunshine Myende is as die voorsitter aangewys terwyl Bonga Mhanya die nuwe ondervoorsitter is. Chikunga sê […]
# Verbruikersprysinflasie het in Junie tot drie-persent gestyg van 2,8-persent in April en Mei. Die styging is hoofsaaklik toe te skryf aan stygende voedselpryse, met voedsel en nie-alkoholiese drankies wat ‘n 15 maande-hoogtepunt van 5,1-persent aangemeld het. Beesvleis is die grootste bydraer met kookvleispryse wat jaarliks met meer as 21-persent gestyg het. Bek- en klouseer raak […]
# AfriForum has welcomed the approval of a US House Committee bill that could lead to targeted sanctions against corrupt South African politicians. AfriForum’s Ernst van Zyl says the US-South African Bilateral Relations Review Act of 2025, introduced by Congressman Ronny Jackson, aims to hold individuals accountable without punishing ordinary citizens. He emphasised that the […]
# Die Ingenieursraad van Suid-Afrika het ‘n ingenieur formeel aangekla en permanent gederegistreer nadat hy verbind is met die noodlottige gebou-instorting in George in die Wes-Kaap in Mei verlede jaar. Die tragedie het 34 lewens geëis en talle mense is beseer. Die raad se dissiplinêre tribunaal het die ingenieur skuldig bevind op vyf aanklagte van […]
# According to Statistics South Africa, consumer inflation rose to three-percent in June, up from 2.8-percent in April and May. The increase is largely driven by rising food prices, with food and non-alcoholic beverages recording a 15-month high inflation rate of 5.1-percent. Beef remains the main contributor, with stewing beef prices climbing over 21-percent annually. […]
