# The Public Servants Association is calling on the newly appointed Public Investment Corporation board to place good governance at the centre of its mandate. Last week, the corporation, which handles more than three-trillion-rand in government employees’ pension funds, saw the resignation of eight board members. Meanwhile, the High Court in Pretoria found the suspension […]
# Die ANC-sekretaris-generaal, Fikile Mbalula, het die bewerings van die voormalige kabinetsminister en partyveteraan Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, ten sterkste ontken. Tydens ‘n verskyning op die African Renaissance -potgooi het Dlamini-Zuma beweer Mbalula het kontant aan afgevaardigdes uitgedeel om sy verkiesing en dié van president Cyril Ramaphosa by die ANC se 2022-verkiesingskonferensies te verseker. Mbalula het die […]
# Agricultural organisation, TLU SA, warns the sharp increase in diesel prices will affect the agriculture sector. Diesel prices have gone up by between one-rand-23- and one-rand-38-cent-a-litre, while the petrol price decreased by 52-cent, aided by a reduction in the slate levy. TLU SA’s Bennie van Zyl says the increase in diesel prices is forcing higher operational […]
# ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has strongly denied allegations made by former cabinet minister and party veteran Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma against him. During an appearance on the African Renaissance Podcast, Dlamini-Zuma alleged that Mbalula handed out cash to delegates to secure his election and that of president Cyril Ramaphosa at the ANC’s 2022 elective conference. Mbalula […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Plaaslike Regeringsvereniging het die Kabinet se besluit verwelkom om die groen lig te gee vir die Wysigingswetsontwerp op Munisipale Strukture, algemeen bekend as die Koalisiewetswetsontwerp, om in die Parlement ter tafel gelê te word. Die wetsontwerp is daarop gemik om bestendigheid te bring in plaaslike rade waar geen party ‘n volstrekte meerderheid […]
# The South African Local Government Association has welcomed Cabinet’s decision to give the go-ahead for the Municipal Structures Amendment Bill, commonly known as the Coalitions Bill, to be tabled in Parliament. The bill aims to bring stability to local councils where no party wins an outright majority in the polls. SALGA’s spokesperson, Motalatale Modiba, […]
# Die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Landbou doen ‘n beroep op dringende maatreëls om strukturele swakhede aan te spreek wat Suid-Afrika se vermoë steeds ondermyn om bek-en-klouseer te beheer en uiteindelik uit te roei. Suid-Afrika het 17-miljoen entstofdosisse ingevoer as deel van die nasionale siektebeheerstrategie. Die komitee sê onvoldoende befondsing bly een van die grootste […]
# Die president van die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank, Lesetja Kganyago, sê die land se ekonomie groei teen ‘n stadige tempo ten spyte van die aanvaarding van die regte makro-ekonomiese beleid, as gevolg van jare van staatskaping. Die land se bruto binnelandse produk het verlede jaar met 1,1-persent gegroei, terwyl die Nasionale Tesourie ‘n groeikoers van 1,4-persent […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Agriculture is calling for urgent measures to address structural weaknesses that continue to undermine South Africa’s ability to contain and ultimately eradicate foot-and-mouth disease. South Africa has imported 17 million vaccine doses as part of the national disease-control strategy. The committee says inadequate funding remains one of the greatest obstacles to effective […]
