# Retired South African Defence Force soldiers are taking the Defence Department to court amid reports that thousands of military retirees and their families could lose medical cover from November. The Regular Force Medical Continuation Fund has reportedly warned it can no longer pay claims because it is financially unsustainable. Retirees, disabled veterans, widows and […]
# Die DA sê die Verkiesingshof se weiering van die ANC se appèlaansoek oor die laat indiening van kandidatelyste bevestig verkiesing-spertye moet nagekom word en dieselfde reëls geld vir alle politieke partye. Woordvoerder Ashor Sarupen sê die ANC is onder toenemende druk, binne en buite die party, oor wat hy as ‘n ernstige administratiewe mislukking […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Kamer van Handel en Nywerheid sê handelsomstandighede het in Julie en Augustus effens verbeter, maar bly uitdagend. SACCI meld dat sy aanwysers vir huidige toestande herstel het van 35 in Junie tot 42 in Augustus. Die kamer se uitvoerende hoof, Alan Mukoki, waarsku dat stygende ru-oliepryse sake-insetkoste kan verhoog en besteding kan […]
# The DA says the Electoral Court ruling dismissing the ANC’s appeal over the late submission of candidate lists upholds election deadlines and ensures the same rules apply to all political parties. The party’s Ashor Sarupen says the ANC is facing mounting internal and external pressure about this major operational failure. He says the court […]
# Die KwaZulu-Natalse polisie ondersoek ‘n moordsaak nadat ‘n onbekende vrou se liggaam op ‘n vullisterrein in Copeville, Pietermaritzburg, gevind is. Haar hande was agter haar rug vasgebind en die polisie sê sy het vermoedelik brandwonde opgedoen. Vullisherwinnaars het op die liggaam afgekom. Die polisie vra inwoners om te help om die moordenaars op te […]
# Die Adjunkpresident en voorsitter van die Justisie-Misdaadvoorkomings- en Veiligheidsgroepering, Paul Mashatile, veroordeel die onlangse moorde op vroue in en om Kemptonpark in Gauteng. Mashatile het by president Cyril Ramaphosa aangesluit in solidariteit met die vroue en inwoners van Kemptonpark en omliggende gebiede. Hy sê geslagsgeweld hoort nie in gemeenskappe nie, en mans moet aan […]
# Namibië wil sy ontluikende groenwaterstofbedryf met Suid-Afrika se nywerheids- en energiewaardekettings verbind. Die waarnemende hoof van die Namibiese Groenwaterstofprogram, Joseph Mukendwa, sê sterker streeksamewerking is noodsaaklik om markte te ontwikkel, beleggings te lok en die vraag na groen produkte te skep. Mukendwa het tydens die Afrika-beraad oor groen waterstof in Kaapstad aan The Namibian […]
# The South African Council of Churches is calling for urgent action to protect women following the discovery of eight women’s bodies on Gauteng’s East Rand over two months. General-secretary, Reverend Mzwandile Molo, told the SABC the deaths in Kempton Park, Olifantsfontein and Springs have sparked fear and outrage. He calls for swift investigations, prosecutions, […]
# The Department of Electricity and Energy, CSIR and the World Bank Group have launched a strategic framework for offshore wind development in South Africa. The launch took place during the Africa Green Hydrogen Summit in Cape Town. Deputy minister Alexandra Abrahams says South Africa’s geographical position offers highly consistent coastal wind profiles, creating opportunities […]
