# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, sê die Openbare Beleggingskorporasie stel die aanbevelings van die Mpati-kommissie in. Die kommissie het talle aanbevelings gedoen gemik op versterking van bestuur, groter deursigtigheid, strenger beleggingsoorsig en om te verseker dat die korporasie slegs volgens die beste belang van kliënte en begunstigdes optree. Hy beveel ook aan dat […]
# Minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela, has committed to stronger oversight and accountability across post-school education and training. He says recurring weaknesses identified through oversight and audits must be addressed with concrete action. Manamela says he has taken note of the Auditor General’s recommendations, including the need for stronger oversight of executive […]
# The National Association of Artisanal Miners says it supports efforts by law enforcement against illegal mining and organised crime. A new bill before Parliament proposes to increase penalties for mining without a licence to up to 30 years’ imprisonment and a fine of up to 100-million-rand. NAAM spokesperson Zethu Hlatshwayo says arrests alone will […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling is bekommerd oor die Departement van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling se gekwalifiseerde ouditmening vir die 2025/26-boekjaar. Die komitee wys op voortslepende swakhede in die maatskaplike sekerheidsagentskap, SASSA, se betaalstelsel wat tot finansiële verliese lei. Die voorsitter, Bridget Masango, sê swakhede wek ernstige kommer oor die doeltreffendheid van beheer- en toetsing-meganismes […]
# The minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana says the Public Investment Corporation is implementing the recommendations of the Mpati Commission. The commission made several recommendations aimed at strengthening governance, improving transparency, tightening investment oversight, and ensuring that the PIC acts solely in the best interests of its clients and beneficiaries. It also recommended depoliticising board appointments. […]
# The shack dwellers’ movement Abahlali baseMjondolo has strongly condemned the record-breaking fuel price increases for this month, warning that it will push vulnerable South Africans even deeper into poverty and suffering. Petrol prices have gone up by between three-rand-12-cents and three-rand-33-cents per litre; and diesel prices by between two-rand-84-cents and three-rand-24-cents a litre. Abahlali […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Taxi-raad sê hy het na die jongste brandstofprysverhogings besluit om verdere samesprekings met die regering, die taxi- en die brandstofbedryf te voer. SANTACO se woordvoerder, Mmatshikhidi Rebecca Phala, sê die doel is om ʼn ideale en volhoubare oplossing te vind wat ook die belange en finansiële werklikhede van taxi-operateurs, werknemers in […]
# Die Padvragvereniging sê die jongste brandstofprys-styging gaan verdere druk op vervoerkoste en voorsieningskettings plaas wat ʼn uitwerking op produkpryse sal hê. Brandstof maak tussen 35- en 55-persent van bedryfskoste uit, afhangende van die operasie, tipe voertuig en roetes. Petrolpryse het met tussen drie-rand-12-sent en drie-rand-33-sent per liter gestyg, en dieselpryse met tussen twee-rand-84-sent en […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Social Development has expressed concern over the Department of Social Development’s qualified audit opinion for the 2025/2026 financial year. Of particular concern were the continued weaknesses in the South African Social Security Agency’s payment system, which are resulting in financial leakages. Committee chairperson Bridget Masango says weaknesses raise serious concerns about […]
