# Die minister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Buti Manamela, het die raad van die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente aangemoedig om stelsels, beheer en bestuur te versterk. Hy het met die raad vergader oor die inwerkingstelling van ‘n hofbevel, deurlopendheid en die toekomstige funksionering van die skema. Dit gaan oor van administrasie na tussentydse […]
# Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says South Africa must move from energy planning to delivery, backed by a 2.23-trillion-rand electricity investment programme. Speaking to energy sector leaders in Johannesburg, Ramokgopa said the Integrated Resource Plan targets 105-thousand-megawatts of new generation capacity by 2039, including solar, wind, gas, storage and nuclear. He says private […]
# Die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling en die Nasionale Raad van Provinsies se gekose komitee oor Maatskaplike Dienste het ‘n gesamentlike subkomitee aangewys om benoemings vir vakante poste op die raad van die Sentrale Dwelmowerheid te hersien en te verwerk. Die voorsitter van die portefeuljekomitee, Bridget Masango, sê die owerheid het reeds ‘n […]
# Vyf van die ses Suid-Afrikaners wat vermis word na die verwoestende oorstromings in Nepal en Tibet is van KwaZulu-Natal. Die LUR vir Vervoer en Menslike Nedersettings, Siboniso Duma, sê die ander een is van KuGompo City in die Oos-Kaap. Minstens 270 mense is volgens berigte dood en meer as een-duisend-300 is nog nie opgespoor […]
# Die DA het vandag sy kandidatelyste vir al 257 munisipaliteite en vier-duisend-484 wyke by die Verkiesingskommissie ingedien vir November se plaaslike regerings-verkiesing . Politieke partye het tot vanmiddag vyf-uur tyd om hul lyste in te dien. Ashor Sarupen van die DA sê kandidate het ‘n streng keuringsproses ondergaan om te verseker geskikte en toegewyde […]
# The Industrial Development Corporation has approached the National Treasury for an explicit government guarantee to help attract funding on more generous terms and strengthen its development mandate. The State-owned financier has also engaged the South African Revenue Service about possible tax exemptions similar to those available to the Development Bank of Southern Africa. IDC […]
# The Activists and Citizens Forum says allegations of vote buying within the ANC are longstanding and require greater public scrutiny. This follows recent allegations by ANC National Executive Committee member Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. The group claims the practice has occurred during leadership contests, including the 2007 Polokwane conference. The forum’s spokesperson Dennis Bloem alleges that […]
# Five of the six South African citizens missing after the devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet are from KwaZulu-Natal. Transport and Human Settlements MEC, Siboniso Duma, says the other one is from KuGumpo City in the Eastern Cape. At least 270 people have reportedly died, while over one-thousand-300 are still unaccounted for. The department’s […]
# The DA has officially submitted candidates for all 257 municipalities and all four-thousand-484 wards in South Africa to the Electoral Commission today ahead of November’s local government elections. Political parties have until 5pm today to submit their candidate lists. The DA’s Ashor Sarupen says candidates have undergone a rigorous selection process designed to identify […]
