# The minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, will attend the 63rd Annual Session of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organisation Conference in Uganda this week. Forty-nine countries, including South Africa, are presently members of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organisation. The ministry’s spokesperson, Terrence Manase, says minister Kubayi’s participation will reaffirm South Africa’s commitment […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile in sy hoedanigheid as voorsitter van die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Vigs-raad, open vandag die 12de Suid-Afrikaanse Vigskonferensie by Emperors Palace in Gauteng. Die tema is: Verenig vir verandering – Bemagtig gemeenskappe en herdefinieer prioriteite vir MIV/Vigs. Die Presidensie sê die geleentheid bring leiers, navorsers en akademici van reg oor die wêreld byeen […]
# The Moja Research Institute says former president Thabo Mbeki should not allow former Democratic Republic of Congo president, Joseph Kabila, to whitewash him as a peacemaker and hero. Mbeki and his foundation have come under criticism for inviting representatives of the Rwandan-backed rebel group M23 to the second African Peace and Security Dialogue held […]
# Electricity and Energy deputy minister, Samantha Jane Graham-Maré, says the creation of Eskom Green will mark a new chapter in South Africa’s electricity story. Eskom Green will be one of the four unbundled entities that will fall under the power utility’s holding company, with a mandate to drive renewable storage and green hydrogen. Eskom […]
# Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dion George, is attending the second Africa Climate Summit in Ethiopia this week. The summit provides a platform for policymakers, practitioners, businesses, and civil society to advance Africa’s climate agenda and sustainable development priorities. This year’s theme is Accelerating Global Climate Solutions: Financing for Africa’s Resilient and […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Electricity and Energy has expressed concern regarding the allegations surrounding the governance crisis at the Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa. The company is without a functioning board after five board members resigned last week. The development comes after the board failed to get ministerial support to suspend the corporation’s CEO, […]
# Solidariteit het ʼn lastersaak teen die minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, ingedien nadat sy die vakbond beskuldig het dat hy verkeerde inligting versprei. Dit hou verband met plaasmoorde en vermeende wit volksmoord in Suid-Afrika. In sy beëdigde verklaring wat by die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria ingedien is, doen Solidariteit ʼn beroep op die hof […]
# Skywatchers in parts of the world, including South Africa, got to see a rare total lunar eclipse, commonly called a Blood Moon, on Sunday evening. This 82-minute spectacle, one of the longest in a decade, occurred when the Earth positioned itself precisely between the moon and the sun, casting its shadow on the moon’s […]
# The DA is calling on government to establish a Cyber Commissioner as artificial intelligence-driven scams and digital banking fraud are increasing. According to the South African Banking Risk Information Centre, the number of digital banking fraud cases doubled between 2023 and 2024, with financial losses increasing from one-billion-rand to 1.4-billion-rand. The DA’s Glynnis Breytenbach […]
