# Parliament’s ad hoc committee will hear testimony from a new witness today, National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola. The committee is looking into allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, who completed his testimony on Wednesday. During his testimony at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, Masemola accused suspended Police minister Senzo Mchunu of violating […]
# Deputy minister of Electricity and Energy Samantha Graham-Maré says the renewable energy industry presents a defining opportunity for African countries to leverage their vast resources to re-industrialise and create dignified employment opportunities. The continent holds 60-percent of the world’s best solar resources, vast wind potential, and many of the critical minerals that underpin the […]
# The Department of International Relations and Cooperation has denied claims that the government funded the repatriation of South African Global Sumud Flotilla activists who were detained in Israel. Six South Africans, together with over 500 other activists from 45 countries, were abducted last week by Israeli forces in international waters from 41 vessels sailing towards […]
# The South African National Editors’ Forum has condemned the request by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi for an investigation into news media in the country. Testifying before Parliament’s ad-hoc committee, Mkhwanazi called for journalists to be investigated by the State Security Agency, lose their jobs and face imprisonment for alleged misinformation. Sanef says this […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê deur die Gesamentlike Kommissie vir Samewerking tussen Suid-Afrika en Ierland het die twee nasies hartlike betrekkinge gehandhaaf wat gewortel is in wedersydse respek, gedeelde waardes en ‘n gemeenskaplike verbintenis tot multilateralisme. Suid-Afrika is Ierland se grootste handelsvennoot in Afrika, met invoere wat wissel van vliegtuie tot dataverwerkingsmasjinerie tot farmaseutiese produkte. […]
# Die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Staatsdiens en Administrasie het die voorlopige skorsing van die hoofbeleggingsbeampte van die Openbare Beleggingskorporasie, Kabelo Rikhotso, verwelkom. Sy skorsing volg op bewerings van wangedrag teen hom in ‘n fluitjieblasersverslag. Die komitee het die OBK aangemoedig om te verseker dat die ondersoek met volle onafhanklikheid, noukeurigheid en deursigtigheid uitgevoer word. […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die minister van Verdediging en Militêre Veterane, Angie Motshekga, as waarnemende president aangestel, aangesien beide die president en adjunkpresident, Paul Mashatile, tans in die buiteland is. Ramaphosa het Woensdag ‘n amptelike besoek aan Ierland afgelê en sal vandag die Global Gateway Forum in Brussel, België, bywoon. Mashatile is op ‘n […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says through the South Africa-Ireland Joint Commission for Cooperation, the two nations have maintained cordial relations rooted in mutual respect, shared values, and a common commitment to multilateralism. South Africa is Ireland’s largest trading partner in Africa, with imports ranging from aircraft to data processing machinery to pharmaceutical products. Speaking during his […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Public Service and Administration has welcomed the precautionary suspension of Public Investment Corporation chief investment officer, Kabelo Rikhotso. His suspension follows allegations of misconduct made against him in a whistleblower report. The committee has encouraged the PIC to ensure that the investigation is conducted with full independence, rigour, and transparency. […]