# 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 […]
# The DA says it will demand answers from the Public Investment Corporation over the loss of hundreds of millions of rands invested in Efora Energy on behalf of the Government Employees Pension Fund. The DA’s Andrew Bateman says according to media reports, the PIC invested 70-million-rand in the company in 2011, another 329-million-rand in […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Social Development and the National Council of Provinces’ select committee on Social Services appointed a joint sub-committee to review and process nominations for vacancies on the Central Drug Authority board. The portfolio committee’s chairperson, Bridget Masango, says the authority has been without a functional board following delays in the recruitment […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Kommunisteparty vra die regering om dringend op te tree om ses Suid-Afrikaners wat in Nepal vermis word, op te spoor en te red. Hulle is onder meer as een-duisend-500 buitelanders wat vermis word ná verwoestende kitsvloede naby die grens met Tibet. Byna 500 mense is dood. Die SAKP sê die oorstromings het […]
# Minister of Higher Education and Training Buti Manamela has urged the National Student Financial Aid Scheme board to urgently strengthen systems, controls and governance. He met with the board yesterday on the implementation of a court order, institutional continuity and the functioning of NSFAS in the period ahead. This as the scheme transitions from administration […]
