# Labour lawyer Michael Bagraim says the Code of Good Practice under Schedule 8 of the Labour Relations Act is far-reaching, and the changes made will be a big incentive for businesses. The labour reforms were gazetted earlier this month. Bagraim says changes that have been made will help encourage small businesses to employ more people, […]
# Eskom sê hy neem kennis van die Appèlhof se uitspraak wat die omgewingsgoedkeuring vir die voorgestelde gekombineerdesiklus-gaskragaanleg van drie-duisend megawatt in Richardsbaai, KwaZulu-Natal, tersydestel. Die hof het bevind daar was onvoldoende openbare deelname en daar is nie met kwesbare gemeenskappe beraadslaag nie. Hy voer ook aan ander hernubare energiebronne of kumulatiewe omgewingsgevolge is nie […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile sê die regering onderneem om oor die volgende drie jaar meer as een-duisend-miljard-rand te belê om openbare infrastruktuur en landsburgers se lewenstandaard te verbeter. Hy het gister by ʼn geleentheid van die minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur en LUR’e in Gqeberha in die Oos-Kaap gepraat. Mashatile sê infrastruktuur-dienslewering is nie net […]
# Cosatu says it is disappointed that the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee failed to cut the repo rate, and provide relief for workers battling to cope with the rising costs of living. The repo rate remains unchanged at seven-percent, while the prime lending rate stays at 10.5-percent. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks, says SARB needs to utilise its […]
# The GOOD Party says the decision by the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee to keep the repo rate unchanged at seven-percent is a lost opportunity for relief. The prime lending rate remains at 10.5-percent. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, says with inflation dropping to 3.3-percent, below the mid-point of SARB’s target range […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria het die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag se Batebeslagleggingseenheid ʼn finale verbeurdverklaringsbevel toegestaan teen ʼn maatskappy wat met die diamanthandelaar, Louis Liebenberg, en sy vrou Desiree se bedrieglike beleggingskema verbind word. Die bevel het betrekking op winste uit onwettige aktiwiteite wat in ʼn Standard Bank-rekening in die naam van die ZencoCare-maatskappy gehou word. […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Verdediging en Militêre Veterane verwelkom die inhegtenisneming van vyf lede van die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag en twee buitelanders in Musina, Limpopo. Hulle is vasgetrek na ʼn beweerde poging om onwettige smokkelaars in ʼn ongemagtigde operasie te onderskep en onwettige sigarette by ʼn militêre basis te versteek. Die weermaglede is borgtog […]
# Die DA-parlementslid, Dianne Kohler Barnard, verwerp die bewerings wat die KwaZulu-Natalse polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, teen haar gemaak het. Hy het gister voor die Madlanga-ondersoekkommissie getuig en beweer Kohler Barnard en die National Coloured Congress se LP, Fadiel Adams, het vir politieke voordeel by intelligensiebedrywighede ingemeng. Hy beskuldig Kohler Barnard dat sy by ʼn misdaadsindikaat […]
# Eskom says it notes the Supreme Court of Appeal ruling, setting aside the Environmental Authorisation granted for the proposed three-thousand-megawatt Combined Cycle Gas Power Plant in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal. The court stated that there was inadequate public participation, and no consultation was conducted with vulnerable communities. It also cited a failure to assess renewable […]
