# The DA says it will demand answers from the Public Investment Corporation over the loss of hundreds of millions of rands invested in Efora Energy on behalf of the Government Employees Pension Fund. The DA’s Andrew Bateman says according to media reports, the PIC invested 70-million-rand in the company in 2011, another 329-million-rand in […]
# Tennis: World number three Carlos Alcaraz will start his US Open title defence against Russia’s Roman Safiullin. The Spaniard has not played a competitive singles match since April due to a wrist injury. Alcaraz could meet four-time champion Novak Djokovic in the semifinals, as the Serbian will face Argentina’s Mariano Navone in the first […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Social Development and the National Council of Provinces’ select committee on Social Services appointed a joint sub-committee to review and process nominations for vacancies on the Central Drug Authority board. The portfolio committee’s chairperson, Bridget Masango, says the authority has been without a functional board following delays in the recruitment […]
# The DA in the Western Cape has noted the recognition by the ANC that the persistent killings and violent crime affecting communities across the province require urgent attention. The DA’s Gillion Bosman says however, recognising the problem is not enough. He is calling on ANC members of the provincial legislature to use their influence […]
# Union federation COSATU says it commends the South African Municipal Workers’ Union for standing firm for workers in the Msunduzi Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal and Kannaland Local Municipality in the Western Cape. The union pushed back against exploitative practices of retaining personnel in contracts for years and the non-payment of outstanding overtime. COSATU’s spokesperson, […]
# Die polisie in Tshwane het gister 343 verdagtes tydens ʼn multidissiplinêre misdaadvoorkomingsoperasie in Lyttelton gearresteer. Die verdagtes se misdade sluit in moord, poging tot moord, verkragting, gewapende roof en aanranding. Die polisiewoordvoerder, Johan van Dyk, sê nakomingsinspeksies is ook uitgevoer met die fokus op immigrasie en sake-verwante kwessies. Hy sê 50 onwettige immigrante is […]
# Die EFF in Gauteng veroordeel Johannesburg se burgemeester, Dada Morero, se gedrag nadat hy ʼn inwoner tydens ʼn City Power-gemeenskaps-imbizo in Tshepisong beledig het. Die imbizo is gehou weens inwoners en plaaslike raadslede se kommer omdat elektrisiteitsdienste in die gebied onttrek is. Die burgemeester is op kamera betrap waar hy ʼn inwoner vloek nadat […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Kommunisteparty vra die regering om dringend op te tree om ses Suid-Afrikaners wat in Nepal vermis word, op te spoor en te red. Hulle is onder meer as een-duisend-500 buitelanders wat vermis word ná verwoestende kitsvloede naby die grens met Tibet. Byna 500 mense is dood. Die SAKP sê die oorstromings het […]
# Minister of Higher Education and Training Buti Manamela has urged the National Student Financial Aid Scheme board to urgently strengthen systems, controls and governance. He met with the board yesterday on the implementation of a court order, institutional continuity and the functioning of NSFAS in the period ahead. This as the scheme transitions from administration […]
