# 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 […]
# 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 […]
# Deputy minister of Employment and Labour Jomo Sibiya has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to strengthening ties with the Chinese business community while promoting compliance with South Africa’s labour laws. Speaking at an engagement with Chinese business leaders in Cape Town, Sibiya urged businesses to respect workers’ rights, end illegal labour practices and avoid employing […]
