# Statistiek Suid-Afrika sê vervaardigingsproduksie het in April met 6,3-persent gedaal in vergelyking met dieselfde tyd verlede jaar. Die grootste dalings is aangeteken in die voedsel- en dranksektor, motorvoertuie, en staal- en metaalprodukte. Produksie het egter van Maart tot April effens gestyg met 1,9-persent. Nicolai Claassen van Statistiek SA sê produksie en verkope het die […]
# The South African National Taxi Council has praised emergency services after they rescued three learners from trees in the Eastern Cape. This occurred after their school transport bus was swept away by floodwaters at the Efata Bridge near Mthatha. SANTACO’s national spokesperson, Mmatshikhidi Phala, says the bus was en route to Jumba Senior Secondary […]
# Statistics South Africa says manufacturing production fell by 6.3-percent in April compared to the same time last year. The biggest declines were recorded in the food and beverages sector, motor vehicles, and steel and metal products. However, production rose slightly by 1.9-percent from March to April. Stats SA’s Nicolai Claassen says production and sales […]
# Die adjunkminister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Sihle Zikalala, sê die media-beskrywing oor die aanstelling van die Onafhanklike Ontwikkelingstrust se uitvoerende hoof, Tebogo Malaka, is misleidend en feitelik verkeerd. Hy word daarvan beskuldig dat hy die trust beskerm en ondersoeke na korrupsie en verkrygingsonreëlmatighede deur Malaka toegesmeer het. Zikalala het op ‘n nuuskonferensie gesê […]
# Die Sentrum vir Ontwikkeling en Onderneming versoek president Cyril Ramaphosa om dringend ‘n regter-geleide ondersoek na die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag in te stel. Dit volg terwyl kommer begin toeneem oor die NVG se reeks hoëprofiel-hofmislukkings. News24 berig die dinkskrum sê daar moet ondersoek gedoen word na die NVG se struktuur, leierskap en vermoë om groot […]
# The DA demands the immediate release of the Auditor-General’s report into the failed driver’s licence card tender. This follows repeated breakdowns of South Africa’s only licence card printing machine, leaving a backlog of over 730-thousand cards. The DA’s Chris Hunsinger says costs for new smart card equipment ballooned from 486-million-rand to 898-million-rand in a […]
# Rugby: Die opdrafspan van die Springbok-vroue wat Uganda 62-7 verslaan het, bly onveranderd vir hulle Rugby Afrikabeker-kragmeting met Kenia môre in Antananarivo, Madagaskar. Die afrigters sê hulle wil momentum behou. Die enigste verandering is op die bank waar die losvoorspeler Nompumelelo Mathe die agterspeler Nomawethu Mabenge vervang. Patience Mokone, wat twee drieë teen Uganda […]
# AfriForum has slammed Forestry and Environment minister Dion George for staying silent on SANParks’ one-billion-rand tender scandal. A court recently found the information technology contract awarded by SANParks as unlawful and unconstitutional. AfriForum’s Lambert de Klerk says the silence signals complicity in corruption as no investigation has been launched. He says the civil rights […]
# The Centre for Development and Enterprise calls on president Cyril Ramaphosa to urgently set up a judge-led inquiry into the National Prosecuting Authority. This follows growing concern over the NPA’s string of high-profile court losses. According to News24, the think tank says the inquiry should assess the NPA’s structure, leadership, and ability to prosecute […]
