# A total of 303 learners from 35 regions across South Africa and 16 international participants will take part in the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists International Science Fair in Gauteng next month. Participants from South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mexico, Ireland, India and Russia will showcase their science projects. Eskom’s Parthy Chetty says prizes include […]
# Die minister van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling, Mmamoloko Kubayi, sê die wreedaardige moorde op aanklaers is ‘n gruwelike aanval op die regstelsel en die oppergesag van die reg. Die minister sê vyf aanklaers is die afgelope vyf jaar in die Wes-Kaap, KwaZulu-Natal en die Oos-Kaap doodgeskiet. Kubayi sê hierdie aanvalle op mense in die […]
# The DA says it supports Parliament’s portfolio committee on Defence and Military Veterans chairperson, Dakota Legoete’s concerns over the welfare of South African National Defence Force members. This comes as 813-million-rand meant for soldier allowances remains unaccounted for, with funds diverted elsewhere. The DA’s Nicholas Gotsell says they welcome Legoete’s call for urgent action […]
# Die Forum for South Africa sê hy loof KwaZulu-Natal se polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, vir sy dapperheid en eerlikheid om op te staan teen korrupsie en politieke inmenging. Mkhwanazi het gister voor die Madlanga-kommissie getuig waar hy sy bewering herhaal het dat die taakspan oor politieke moorde onwettig in opdrag van die huidig geskorste Polisieminister, […]
# Die adjunkminister in die Departement van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Alvin Botes, sê Suid-Afrika het borgskappe van 149-miljoen-rand gekry om sy G20-presidentskap te ondersteun. In aanloop tot die G20-leiersberaad in Gauteng in November, het 90 van die 133 beplande vergaderings reeds plaasgevind. Botes het aan die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking gesê daar […]
# Solidariteit sê die ANC-geleide regering se mislukkings is die oorsaak van grootskaalse afleggings in verskeie sektore. Die vakbond sê in sy jongste verslag afleggings raak regstreeks of onregstreeks reeds meer as 350-duisend mense. Solidariteit se hoofsekretaris, Gideon du Plessis, sê afleggings in die mynbousektor kan toegeskryf word aan hoë insetkoste weens elektrisiteitstariewe en swak […]
# Ratings agency Moody’s expects South Africa’s economy to grow by less than 1.5-percent a year over the next two-years. This is below the nearly five-percent forecast for Sub-Saharan Africa. Moody’s says it only expects changes in US tariffs to have some modest impact in the country, while softer demand from key trading markets such […]
# Cosatu is urging the South African Reserve Bank to cut the repo rate to provide breathing space to millions of workers battling to cope with the rising costs of living. Following the start of the local rate-cutting cycle in September 2024, the Reserve Bank has cut rates by a cumulative 125 basis points, reducing the […]
# Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, says the brutal killing of prosecutors is a heinous attack on the justice system and the rule of law. The minister says five prosecutors have been shot and killed over the past five years in the Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape. Kubayi says these attacks directed […]
