# Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says affordable electricity is essential for Africa’s industrialisation and economic development. He addressed the Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation’s annual Drakensberg forum yesterday. Ramokgopa described electricity as a public good, not merely a tool for private profit. He highlighted that South Africa can attract energy-intensive digital infrastructure, including data […]
# Die Padongelukkefonds sê hy gaan voort met die aanstelling van Waseem Carrim as sy uitvoerende hoof, met die fokus op bestendigheid, aanspreeklikheid en doeltreffende bestuur. Die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria het die finansiële hoof van die uMhlathuze-munisipaliteit, Mxolisi Kunene, wat wou keer dat Carrim die pos aanvaar se dringende aansoek geweier. Kunene voer aan hy […]
# At least 50 people have been killed in suspected political assassinations and violence in South Africa ahead of the local government elections on November fourth. This figure exceeds the full-year totals for both the 2021 municipal election and the 2024 national election. KwaZulu-Natal accounts for the highest number of attacks, followed by Gauteng, Eastern […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa vra kiesers om die ANC nog ‘n geleentheid te bied om te regeer. Hy het gister die ANC se verkiesingsbyeenkoms in Polokwane, Limpopo toegespreek. Ramaphosa het die party se prioriteite uiteengesit, insluitend werkskepping, die opknapping van water- en elektrisiteitsinfrastruktuur, en die bekamping van misdaad soos geslagsgeweld en korrupsie. Hy beklemtoon die […]
# Eskom se groep finansiële hoof, Calib Cassim, het ná 24 jaar by die kragvoorsiener afgetree. Eskom sê Cassim het ‘n belangrike rol gespeel om sy geldelike posisie te versterk en die organisasie se langtermynvolhoubaarheid te bevorder. Volgens Eskom het Cassim oor meer as twee dekades ‘n belangrike rol gespeel in sy omkeerstrategie. Cassim bly […]
# Die EFF-leier, Julius Malema, beskryf die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing as ‘n saak van oorwinning of ondergang en sê Suid-Afrikaners sal steeds worstel teen korrupsie, onbevoegdheid en gebrekkige plaaslike regering indien sy party nie wen nie. Dit was gister die EFF se laaste verkiesingsbyeenkoms op die Orlando-stadion in Soweto. Malema beskuldig politici en kontrakteurs dat hul munisipaliteite […]
# Die DA-leier, Geordin Hill-Lewis, beskryf die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing Woensdag as ‘n tweestryd tussen sy party en die ANC. Hy het gister gepraat tydens die party se laaste verkiesingsbyeenkoms in Tshwane. ‘n Onlangse Ipsos-meningspeiling toon die DA staan tans op 25-persent teenoor die ANC op 31-persent, maar die verskil in sleutelmetro’s is aansienlik kleiner. Hill-Lewis sê […]
# The Road Accident Fund says it will proceed with the implementation of the appointment of Waseem Carrim as CEO, with a clear focus on stability, accountability and results. The High Court in Pretoria dismissed an urgent application by the City of uMhlathuze Municipality chief financial officer, Mxolisi Kunene, who sought to prevent Carrim from […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on voters to give the ANC another opportunity to govern. He addressed the Limpopo ANC rally in Polokwane, Limpopo, yesterday ahead of the local government elections on Wednesday. Ramaphosa outlined the party’s priorities, including job creation, water and electricity infrastructure upgrades, and fighting criminality such as gender based violence […]
