# The ANC urges young South Africans to exercise their democratic right to vote in the local government elections, despite growing dissatisfaction with political leadership and service delivery challenges. The party says it recognises that some young people have legitimate reasons to feel disillusioned but believes this should not discourage them from participating in the […]
# Die Departement van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging het die aanstelling van ses nuwe lede by die Mededingingstribunaal vir termyne van vyf jaar verwelkom. Die aanstellings sluit drie voltydse en drie deeltydse lede in, wat beskik oor regs-, ekonomiese en regulatoriese kundigheid meebring. Minister Parks Tau sê die aanstellings sal die tribunaal se vermoë versterk […]
# Die voormalige president Kgalema Motlanthe het die VSA beskryf as ‘n wêreldmoondheid wat onder onvoorspelbare leierskap kwyn. Motlanthe het na hy by die Killarney Country Club gestem het, kommentaar gelewer op Washington se uitsluiting van Suid-Afrika van die Wet op Groei en Geleenthede in Afrika. Hy het gesê die VSA het die reg om […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa moedig mans aan om vroue nie te mishandel nie en vra strenger optrede deur die polisie en die strafregstelsel om geslagsgeweld te bekamp. Ramaphosa het in Johannesburg gepraat na hy in Hydepark gestem het. Hy sê die regering is besig om steun aan slagoffers uit te brei en verhoog die aantal […]
# Die regering verwelkom die landwye sterk kiesersopkoms en sê vandag se munisipale verkiesing is ‘n toonbeeld van demokrasie. Kiesers word versoek om geduldig te wees terwyl hulle in rye wag en verkiesingsbeamptes se riglyne na te kom. Die regering se adjunk-woordvoerder, William Baloyi, herinner die publiek ook daaraan dat dit verbode is om foto’s […]
# The Electoral Commission says the local government elections have started smoothly, with 98-percent of the country’s 23-thousand-696 voting stations open by seven this morning. A few stations opened late because of protests and heavy rain, particularly in parts of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. Deputy chief electoral official Masego Sheburi encourages those who have […]
# The Electoral Commission has opened a police case following the theft of unused ballot papers and a voting stamp at a polling station in eThekwini, in KwaZulu-Natal. The commission has taken steps to prevent the stolen materials from being used unlawfully. In a media briefing, IEC deputy CEO Masego Sheburi has urged voters to remain patient […]
# The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition has welcomed the appointment of six new members to the Competition Tribunal for five-year terms. The appointments include three full-time and three part-time members, bringing additional legal, economic and regulatory expertise. Minister Parks Tau says the appointments will strengthen the tribunal’s ability to handle competition-related cases efficiently. […]
# Former president Kgalema Motlanthe has described the US as a declining empire under unpredictable leadership. Speaking after voting at Killarney Country Club, Motlanthe commented on Washington’s exclusion of South Africa from the African Growth and Opportunity Act. He said the US has the right to decide which countries access its markets, without necessarily providing […]
