# The South African Reserve Bank is investigating Kastelo, a fintech founded and chaired by DA federal finance chairperson Mark Burke, over alleged exchange-control violations involving about four-billion-rand in transfers offshore. An affidavit alleges Kastelo may have used clients’ foreign-exchange allowances for its own benefit and misrepresented its activities to authorities. The company has defended […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die versterking van landbou-waardekettings en die bou van klimaat-veerkragtige voedselstelsels moet voorkeur geniet om voedselsekerheid te verbeter en volhoubare ekonomiese groei te ondersteun. Hy het tydens die Suider-Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskaps-beraad in Durban gevra vir verhoogde landbouproduksie, sterker streeks-voedselreserwes en groter ondersteuning vir klein- en opkomende boere. Ramaphosa het lande ook aangemoedig […]
# The DA has asked president Cyril Ramaphosa to authorise a Special Investigating Unit probe into the collapse of Daybreak Foods. DA deputy spokesperson on Appropriations, Andrew Bateman says the investigation should examine alleged irregular expenditure, inflated legal and marketing costs, halted forensic investigations and possible improper benefits. The collapse reportedly places the Public Investment […]
# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse says the National Student Financial Aid Scheme crisis could have been avoided if the vacancies on the board had been filled instead of placing the scheme under administration. This follows a ruling by the High Court in Pretoria suspending the appointment of the scheme’s administrator, Hlengani Mathebula and restoring […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Reguleringsowerheid vir Gesondheidsprodukte het vier besendings Enalapril tien milligram herroep, wat gebruik word om hoë bloeddruk te behandel. Dit volg nadat gehalteprobleme tydens inspeksies geïdentifiseer is. SAHPRA se woordvoerder, Rodgers Baloyi, sê apteke en verskaffers is opdrag gegee om die verkoop en verspreiding van die betrokke medisyne onmiddellik te staak en dit […]
# At least six people have died and five were injured in a stampede-like incident at the Ashok Dham temple in Bihar, India. Police say a falling electricity pole may have sparked panic among thousands of worshippers during the Hindu holy month of Shravan. India has seen several deadly crowd disasters at religious gatherings. In […]
# Rescuers in Indonesia are searching for victims trapped beneath collapsed buildings after a powerful earthquake killed at least 68 people. More than 200 people have been injured, while thousands have been evacuated. Nearly one-thousand-600 aftershocks have rattled the island nation, with many residents sheltering in tents, afraid to return home. The earthquake triggered landslides […]
# The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority has recalled four batches of Enalapril ten milligrams, which is used to treat high blood pressure. The recall comes after quality concerns were identified during inspections. SAHPRA spokesperson Rodgers Baloyi says pharmacies and suppliers have been told to stop selling or distributing the affected batches and return […]
# Die sakeman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala het bevestig hy ken die voormalige polisie-generaal Kgomotso Phahlane, maar het hom nooit gunste gevra of enige vergoeding aangebied nie. Hy het voor die Madlanga-kommissie getuig hy het hom ontmoet toe hy nie meer in die polisie was nie. Matlala sê ook hy het die KwaZulu-Natalse polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, […]
