# Trade union Solidarity submitted a settlement proposal to the South African and American governments on South Africa’s race-based policies, as part of efforts to retain African Growth and Opportunity Act benefits. Solidarity’s Theuns du Buisson says the White House is reconsidering South Africa’s participation, with an announcement expected by 1 November. He proposes phasing […]
# Financial services group and long-term insurer Sanlam has announced it will take over the remaining 37.3-percent stake it does not already own in short-term insurer Santam. If the transaction is approved by minority shareholders as is expected, Santam will be delisted from the JSE, the Namibian Stock Exchange and A2X. Sanlam has offered 505-rand […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê sy besoek aan Egipte het die bilaterale bande verder verstewig. Hy het die uitkomste van die agtste halfjaarlikse werksvergadering van die Afrika-unie uitgelig, sowel as sy gesprekke met president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi oor die verdieping van betrekkinge tussen die twee lande. Ramaphosa sê sy besoek aan antieke erfenisterreine, insluitend die […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says his visit to the Arab Republic of Egypt deepened bilateral ties. He highlighted the outcomes of the eighth African Union mid-year coordination meeting and engagements with president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on strengthening relations between the two countries. Ramaphosa says visiting ancient sites including the pyramids and the sphinx is significant, […]
# The Railway Safety Regulator has granted Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager a three-year safety permit following a rigorous assessment of its governance and risk management systems. This milestone marks the entity’s transition from a temporary authorisation to an independent manager of South Africa’s national rail network. The permit strengthens the safety foundation for the country’s […]
# Die polisie het 14-duisend-581 verdagtes landwyd aangekeer tydens die jongste Operasie Shanela-veldtog teen ernstige misdaad, geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord. Speurders het een-duisend-811 gesoekte verdagtes opgespoor. Polisiewoordvoerder Amanda van Wyk sê die inhegtenisnemings sluit in 174 vir verkragting, 140 vir moord en 130 vir poging tot moord:
# Soccer: Former Sekhukhune United player Mokete “Shaune” Mogaila has pleaded guilty to culpable homicide and failing to stop and help after a fatal crash in Tembisa. The 29-year-old appeared in the Tembisa Magistrate’s Court and admitted to negligently causing the October 2024 collision that killed nine-year-old Gomolemo Mavimbela and injured her mother and a […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum calls for justice for former police Commissioner Khomotso Phahlane following the withdrawal of charges against him. The Forum’s Dennis Bloem says the damage caused by Investigating Directorate Against Corruption was unforgivable and the charges should be fully withdrawn, not provisionally. He accuses IDAC of failing to investigate since 2016. He […]
# Die Motorbedryf-personeelvereniging vra die regering om dringend die tydelike verlaging in die brandstofheffing weer in te stel te midde van skerp stygings in brandstofpryse. Die petrolprys styg om middernag met tot drie-rand-33-sent per liter, dieselpryse met tussen twee-rand-84- en drie-rand-24-sent en lampoliepryse met vier-rand-77-sent. Woordvoerder Phakamile Hlubi-Majola sê die jongste verhogings plaas huishoudings verder […]
