# Police are investigating a case of murder after the body of an unidentified woman was discovered at a waste site in Copesville, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. The woman was found with her hands tied behind her back, while police say she had apparent burn injuries. The body was discovered by people collecting waste. The woman’s identity […]
# Die ANC het sy saak in die Verkiesingshof teen die Onafhanklike Verkiesingskommissie verloor rakende die laat indiening van kandidatetlyste vir ses munisipaliteite voor die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing. Die hof het die ANC se betoog verwerp dat die besonderhede van die 181 betrokke benoemings steeds as finale kandidatelyste aanvaar moet word. Die hof het die DA […]
# The ANC has lost its Electoral Court challenge against the Electoral Commission over the late submission of candidate lists for six municipalities ahead of the 4 November local government elections. The court rejected the ANC’s argument that details of 181 affected nominations should still be accepted as final candidate lists. The court granted the […]
# The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry says trade conditions improved marginally in July and August, but remain challenging. SACCI says its Present Conditions Index recovered from 35 in June to 42 in August. The chamber’s CEO Alan Mukoki warns rising crude oil prices could increase business input costs and affect spending. Meanwhile, […]
# Deputy President and chairperson of the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster, Paul Mashatile, condemns the recent killings of women in and around Kempton Park in Gauteng. Mashatile joined president Cyril Ramaphosa in expressing solidarity with women and residents of Kempton Park and surrounding areas affected by the killings. He says gender-based violence has […]
# Namibia is seeking to link its emerging green hydrogen industry with South Africa’s industrial and energy value chains. Namibia Green Hydrogen Programme interim head Joseph Mukendwa says stronger regional integration is essential to developing markets, attracting investment and creating demand for green products. Speaking to The Namibian amid the African Green Hydrogen Summit in […]
# ‘n Regskenner is bekommerd dat SASSA se outomatiese stelsel wat aansoekers se geskiktheid vir die maatskaplike noodtoelaag bepaal, mense verkeerdelik afkeur. Die ten volle digitale aansoekproses laat slegs aanlyn aansoeke toe, en maak staat op outomatiese beheermaatreëls waar die banksaldo die bepalende maatstaf van die aansoeker se finansiële vermoë is. Busisiwe Kamolane-Kgadima van die […]
# Solidariteit sê dis tyd vir Suid-Afrika om rasgebaseerde beleidsmaatreëls te skrap – nie omdat Amerika dit vereis nie, maar omdat dit die regte ding is om te doen. Amerika het nuwe visumbeperkings aangekondig teen mense wat rasgebaseerde diskriminasie bevorder, geweld teen Afrikaners en ander minderheidsgroepe aanhits of onteiening sonder vergoeding moontlik maak. Woordvoerder Jaco […]
# Die Amerikaanse ambassadeur in Suid-Afrika, Leo Brent Bozell, sê die nuwe beleid oor visumbeperkings vir Suid-Afrikaners is die eerste stap in ‘n reeks maatreëls wat Amerika se vasberadenheid sal toon. Dis gemik op persone wat volgens Amerika verantwoordelik is vir die bevordering van rasgebaseerde diskriminasie, die aanhitsing van geweld teen Afrikaners en ander minderheidsgroepe, […]
