# Die Departement van Vervoer het bevestig dat hulle verlede maand ‘n vlugpermit aan ‘n Russiese vlugoperateur, Abakan Air, uitgereik het. Die Amerikaanse Departement van Finansies se Kantoor vir Buitelandse Batebeheer het Abakan Air in Junie 2024 vir sanksies aangewys, met verwysing na die maatskappy se rol in die vervoer van Russiese militêre toerusting. Die […]
# The Public Servants Association has expressed concern at the Auditor-General’s findings on the Department of Higher Education and Training’s 2024/2025 annual performance report. Auditor-General, Tsakani Maluleke, identified material misstatements in key areas including planning, policy and strategy, skills development, and Technical and Vocational Education and Training. PSA’s Claude Naicker says it is alarming that […]
# Police arrested 15-thousand-350 suspected criminals as part of nationwide Shanela operations in the past week. Among the arrests are 176 murder suspects and 155 for attempted murder. The Eastern Cape saw the highest number of murder arrests, at 60, followed by KwaZulu-Natal, at 43. Police spokesperson, Amanda van Wyk, says nationally, contraband goods to […]
# Die People’s Movement for Change sê in die aanloop tot die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing sal hulle gemeenskapsgevestigde kandidate benoem. Die party het in Februarie 2024 aan sy eerste munisipale verkiesing in Theewaterskloof, Wes-Kaap, deelgeneem en laaste uit ses partye geëindig met twee persent van die stemme. Die party se woordvoerder, Grant Harmse, sê hul veldtog vir […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu het die Internasionale Strafhof se saak verwelkom oor werkers se onvervreembare reg om te staak. Die Strafhof het gister met ‘n verhoor begin om te bepaal of die reg om te staak deur internasionale reg beskerm word. Dit is die eerste keer dat die wêreld se hoogste hof gevra is om […]
# SECTION27, representing the Teddy Bear Foundation, has approached the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria seeking an order against several departments to maintain and implement the National Child Protection Register. This matter stems from a 2022 case involving a learner who was raped by a caretaker at a school in the North West. SECTION27’s Zeenat Sujee […]
# Founder and chief designer of the popular luxury Xhosa knitwear brand MaXhosa Africa, Laduma Ngxokolo, presented his Spring/Summer 2026 collection at Paris Fashion Week over the weekend. The collection of 30 bold looks is titled Izipho Zabadala, which means Gifts For the Ancestors. Former US first lady Michelle Obama and singer Beyoncé are among the […]
# The Department of Transport has confirmed it issued a flight permit to a Russian aircraft operator, Abakan Air, last month. The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Abakan Air for sanctions in June 2024, citing the company’s role in transporting Russian military equipment. The Russian IIyushin IL-76 cargo aircraft landed in Upington […]
# Die DA sê die ANC se Ekonomiese Aksieplan moet die mislukte swartbemagtigingsbeleid laat vaar en toesien dat die nuwe plan werk. Die nuwe tienpuntplan om die ekonomie te laat herleef, sluit in die uitbreiding van elektrisiteitsinfrastruktuur, die herstel van die chroom- en mangaanbedrywe, die bevordering van plaaslike ekonomiese ontwikkeling en die uitbreiding van openbare […]
