# South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago says the country’s economy is growing at a slow rate despite adopting the right macroeconomic policies, due to years of state capture. The country’s gross domestic product grew by 1.1-percent last year, while National Treasury had expected a 1.4-percent growth. In the first quarter of this year, […]
# Die EFF-leier Julius Malema het voorgestel dat alle getuies wat voor die Parlement se Ampsklagkomitee sal getuig, persoonlik moet verskyn eerder as virtueel. Die komitee is besig met voorbereidende werk en regshersienings oor wangedragbewerings teen president Cyril Ramaphosa weens die Phala Phala-skandaal. Malema sê persoonlike getuienis van getuies sal die integriteit van die verrigtinge […]
# Die Parlement se Ampsklagkomitee het ooreengekom dat president Cyril Ramaphosa versoek sal word om voor hulle te verskyn. ‘n Mening wat deur die Parlement se regsadviseurs saamgestel is, dui daarop dat die president nie anders behandel sal word as enige ander getuie wat na die Parlement geroep is om getuienis af te lê nie, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die regstreekse dringende appèl wat by die Konstitusionele Hof ingedien is, teengestaan. Die appèl poog om die uitspraak van die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof wat die ampsklagverrigtinge teen hom staak, tersyde te stel. Die Parlement se Ampsklagkomitee en die politieke partye, die ATM, EFF, MK-party en UAT, het dringende aansoeke ingedien om […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema has suggested that all witnesses who will testify before Parliament’s Impeachment Committee should appear in person rather than virtually. The committee is conducting preparatory work and legal reviews regarding misconduct allegations against president Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala scandal. Malema says in-person testimony of witnesses will safeguard the integrity […]
# Parliament’s Impeachment Committee has agreed that president Cyril Ramaphosa will be requested to appear before it. An opinion compiled by Parliament’s legal advisors suggests the president would not be treated differently from any other witness called to Parliament to give evidence, and that he should be allowed to testify voluntarily. Committee chairperson Makashule Gana says if […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has formally opposed the direct urgent appeal launched before the Constitutional Court, which seeks to overturn the Western Cape High Court ruling halting impeachment proceedings against him. Parliament’s Impeachment Committee and political parties the ATM, EFF, MK Party, and UAT launched urgent direct appeals to set aside the interdict. In an […]
# Union federation Cosatu in the Western Cape has condemned Premier Foods after its CEO, Kobus Gertenbach, received a 26-million-rand pay package while the company plans to close its Tulbagh fruit canning plant. The federation argues the planned closure could threaten thousands of jobs and devastate the local economy, accusing the company of putting executive […]
# A new University of the Western Cape study indicates that spending too much time on social media and smartphones may affect students’ mental health. According to researchers, students who spent more time on social media were more likely to show symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. The university’s Anita Padmanabhanunni urges universities […]
