# Die regering beplan om ‘n nuwe kommissie onder voorsitterskap van president Cyril Ramaphosa te stig om staatsbeheerde ondernemings te bestuur. Die minister in die Presidensie, Gwen Ramokgopa, sê die kommissie sal die nasionale strategie vir staatsondernemings hersien, bestuur en toesig hou oor herstrukturering om doeltreffendheid te verbeter. Dit volg nadat die Departement van Beplanning, […]
# Inter-ministerial committee chairperson Mmamoloko Kubayi says government is reforming operational directives following the Constitutional Court’s asylum ruling. She says refugee reception offices must accept applications from people intending to seek asylum, regardless of certain procedural requirements. Government plans to strengthen capacity, improve biometric screening, speed up asylum decisions and tackle fraud. Kubayi announced the […]
# Die voorsitter van die tussenministeriële komitee, Mmamoloko Kubayi, sê die regering respekteer die Konstitusionele Hof se uitspraak oor asielaansoeke, maar is bekommerd oor onbedoelde gevolge. Sy het die media toegespreek ná die komitee se vergadering. Kubayi sê die uitspraak wettig nie onwettige migrasie nie en verleen ook nie outomaties vlugtelingstatus of permanente verblyfreg nie. […]
# Exporters Western Cape has called for urgent high-level intervention to stabilise South Africa’s relations with the United States, warning further deterioration could put established export business at risk. Chairperson Terry Gale says escalating public exchanges between the Department of International Relations and Co-operation and US ambassador Leo Brent Bozell are adding to uncertainty for […]
# The chairperson of the inter-ministerial committee, Mmamoloko Kubayi, says government respects the Constitutional Court’s ruling on asylum applications, but is concerned about unintended consequences. She addressed the media following the committee’s meeting. Kubayi says the judgment does not legalise unlawful migration or automatically grant refugee status or permanent residence. Instead, asylum seekers must have […]
# South Africa plans to establish a new commission, chaired by president Cyril Ramaphosa, to coordinate and oversee state-owned companies. Minister in the Presidency Gwen Ramokgopa says the commission will review the national strategy for state firms, strengthen governance and monitoring, and coordinate restructuring to improve efficiency. The move follows the withdrawal of legislation proposing […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare vra die Departement van Binnelandse Sake om dringend ondersoek te doen na die werkslading van vlugteling-ontvangskantore. Die Konstitusionele Hof het bevestig asielsoekers mag nie verhinder word om hul aansoeke te laat oorweeg slegs omdat hul nie sekere prosedures gevolg het nie, soos hul immigrasiestatus of versuim om binne die voorgeskrewe […]
# Die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Handel en Nywerheid is bekommerd oor die Departement van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging se prestasie in die 2025/26-boekjaar. Die departement het slegs 62-persent van sy beplande teikens bereik, maar 98-persent van sy begroting bestee het. Die Ouditeur-Generaal het ook ‘n wesenlike onreëlmatigheid uitgewys rakende bedrieglike eise ingevolge die Kapitaalprojek-uitvoerbaarheidsprogram. […]
# The South African Canegrowers’ Association is calling on minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana to scrap the sugar tax in the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement on October 21st. The association says the levy is threatening the sugar value chain, while sugarcane deliveries have fallen 18-percent this season. It says growers are also facing foreign […]
