# COSATU vra die Parlement om dringend die Tweede Spesiale Toewysingswetsontwerp te bekragtig om brandstofprysverligting van tien-miljard-rand beskikbaar te stel. Die wetsontwerp wys die geld toe aan die Sentrale Energiefonds se Gelykmakingsfonds om werkers, pendelaars en die ekonomie teen stygende internasionale oliepryse te beskerm. Die vakverbond se woordvoerder, Matthew Parks, sê Amerika se oorlog in […]
# Six Zimbabweans have admitted to using South Africa as a transit point for Russian military recruitment. They stand accused of unlawfully offering or rendering foreign military assistance to Russia without the required authorisation. The admissions are contained in a plea and sentencing agreement before the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court. News24 reports two of the six […]
# The National Consumer Commission has announced vehicle recalls affecting Audi Q3s, Hyundai Santa Fe hybrids and Toyota Hino 700 trucks over potential safety defects. Audi is recalling 235 Q3 vehicles sold from April after discovering front seat belt webbing may not be correctly connected to the load-bearing structure. Commission spokesperson Phetho Ntaba says Hyundai […]
# The Madlanga Commission has agreed to hear the testimony of Witness S behind closed doors. Chairperson Mbuyiseli Madlanga ordered the witness to give evidence on a date yet to be determined, prohibiting the publication of identitiy, occupation or any details that could identify the person. This means the testimony will only be attended by […]
# Die nasionale direkteur van Openbare Vervolging, Andy Mothibi, sê dit sou ʼn groot risiko veroorsaak as Andrea Johnson aangebly het as hoof van die Ondersoekdirektoraat Teen Korrupsie. Sy het in Julie bedank ná ʼn rampspoedige verskyning voor die Madlanga-kommissie. Mothibi het aan die Parlement gesê Johnson is nie toegelaat om aan gevolge te ontsnap, […]
# The Afrika Mayibuye Movement has accused government of failing to curb drug syndicates. This follows the discovery of multi-million-rand drug manufacturing laboratories in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North West. The movement’s spokesperson, Sydney Baloyi, says testimony before the Madlanga Commission has raised allegations of drug syndicates infiltrating politics and the police. He says a […]
# Die waarnemende nasionale polisiekommissaris, Puleng Dimpane, sê die polisie sal nie wetteloosheid duld nie. Dit volg ná gister se gewelddadige betogings teen onwettige buitelanders in Soweto en Durban, waartydens 24 voertuie aan die brand gesteek en winkels geplunder is. Dimpane sê diegene wat verantwoordelik was, sal geïdentifiseer, ondersoek en gearresteer word waar voldoende bewyse […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has questioned whether government support is improving conditions in struggling municipalities. The department achieved 86-percent of its targets and received an unqualified audit opinion with findings for the 2025/26 financial year. However, committee chairperson Zweli Mkhize has raised concerns over ongoing water and sanitation failures […]
# COSATU is calling on Parliament to urgently pass the Second Special Appropriations Bill to unlock 10-billion-rand fuel price relief. The bill allocates the money to the Central Energy Fund’s Equalisation Fund to cushion workers, commuters and the economy against rising international oil prices. The union federation’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks, says the unprovoked United States-led […]
