# Die DA sê buitelandse beleid is die regering se verantwoordelikheid en nie die weermag s’n nie. Die party waarsku die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermaghoof Rudzani Maphwanya se politieke verklarings hierdie week tydens ‘n besoek aan Iran, kan Suid-Afrika se betrekkinge met belangrike bondgenote, insluitend die VSA, benadeel. Chris Hattingh van die DA sê Maphwanya se […]
# The Paarl Magistrate’s Court in the Western Cape has convicted and fined former Springbok Schalk Burger and his son, Christiaan, including his company, Welbedacht Wines, for not submitting tax returns. Schalk was fined 56-thousand-rand or 112 months in jail, with 56 months suspended. His son was fined 48-thousand-rand or eight-years in jail, with four […]
# Trade union Solidarity is set to travel to Washington, DC, in the US next month, to meet government officials following concerns over declining human rights in South Africa. The visit comes after a US State Department report flagged threats to minority groups, race-based laws, including incitement through the ‘Kill the Boer’ chant by EFF […]
# AgriSA has urged government to withdraw the draft Mineral Resources Development Amendment Bill, warning it poses risks to agriculture, food security, and rural livelihoods. The organisation says the Bill allows mining on prime farmland without proper consultation, compensation, or environmental safeguards. AgriSA calls for a full socioeconomic impact assessment and stronger landowner consent laws. […]
# The DA says foreign policy is the government’s responsibility and not the military’s. The party warns that South African National Defence Force chief Rudzani Maphwanya’s political statements, during a visit to Iran this week, could harm South Africa’s relations with key allies, including the US. The DA’s Chris Hattingh says Maphwanya went beyond military […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof het vrywaring van vervolging toegestaan aan ‘n Artikel 204-getuie Laurentia Lombaard in die saak van die vermiste Middelpos-meisie, Joslin Smith. Staatsaanklaer Zelda Swanepoel het die uitspraak aangevra en opgemerk dat Lombaard se getuienis gehelp het in die skuldigbevinding van drie medebeskuldigdes. Regter Nathan Erasmus het bevind sy het geen aktiewe rol […]
# The Western Cape High Court has granted indemnity to Section 204 witness Laurentia Lombaard in the case of missing Middelpos girl, Joshlin Smith. State prosecutor Zelda Swanepoel sought the ruling, noting Lombaard’s testimony helped convict three co-accused. Judge Nathan Erasmus found she played no active role in the kidnapping or trafficking. Lombaard, initially arrested, […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Taxi-raad het kommer uitgesprek oor die voortdurende onwettigheid van die e-taxi sektor. SANTACO sê vertragings met die finalisering van die gewysigde regulasies vir die Wet op Nasionale Landvervoer het baie operateurs sonder regeringspermitte gelaat, wat veiligheidsrisiko’s vir pendelaars inhou. Rebecca Phala van SANTACO sê bewerings van kapings, ontvoerings en teistering wat […]
# Die nuut-aangestelde voorsitter van FutureCoal en uitvoerende hoof van Seriti Resources, Mike Teke, versoek wêreldwye samewerking om uitdagings met energie- en voorsieningsekerheid aan te pak. Teke, wat oorneem nadat July Ndlovu afgetree het, beklemtoon steenkool bly ‘n strategiese hulpbron wat noodsaaklik is om armoede te verlig en die moderne lewe te ondersteun. Hy het […]
