# Die Departement van Korrektiewe Dienste se nasionale kommissaris, Makgothi Thobakgale, het bekend gemaak dat tugoptrede teen 173 tronkbewaarders aan die gang is. Sommige word aangekla dat hulle gevangenes gehelp het om smokkelware in die tronk in te bring. Dis deel van verskerpte landwye ingryping en onlangse intelligensie-gedrewe klopjagte by tronke. Thobakgale sê ná die […]
# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, sê die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens verskerp sy stryd teen onwettige finansiële vloei en die breër onwettige ekonomie. Gedurende die 2024/2025-boekjaar het die diens 10-duisend-142 beslagleggings by doeanes ter waarde van 6,3-miljard-rand aangeteken. Die diens het ook 763,7-miljoen-rand deur brandstof- en petroleumskemas ingevorder en 6,1-miljard-rand in verband met BTW-bedrog en […]
# Parliament’s ad hoc committee investigating corruption in the criminal justice system has written to the National Assembly Speaker, Thoko Didiza, asking for another extension. This request comes as the committee is busy compiling its draft preliminary report. Its report was due to be submitted today. Didiza has granted the committee five extensions already. Committee […]
# Department of Correctional Services National Commissioner, Makgothi Thobakgale, has revealed that around 173 prison officials are facing disciplinary processes. Some are charged with helping criminals bring contraband into prisons. This is part of an intensified nationwide crackdown and recent intelligence-led raids at correctional services facilities. Thobakgale says following the Rooigrond Maximum Correctional Centre escape, they […]
# Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says the South African Revenue Service is intensifying its fight against illicit financial flows and the broader illicit economy. During the 2024/2025 financial year, SARS recorded ten-thousand-142 customs seizures worth 6.3-billion-rand. It also collected 763.7-million-rand through fuel and petroleum schemes, and recovered 6.1-billion-rand linked to value-added-tax fraud and illicit gold trading. […]
# Statistics South Africa says manufacturing production increased by 1.1-percent in July compared with the same month last year. Food and beverages, as well as petroleum and chemical products, were among the biggest contributors to the growth. Seasonally adjusted production also rose by 2.2-percent from June. Stats SA’s Nicolai Claassen says manufacturing sales increased by […]
# Forum for South Africa says the government should raise matric pass requirements, arguing that a 30-percent threshold in some subjects is too low. The forum plans to launch a Mathematics programme for grades four to seven to help improve learners’ skills before they reach matric. The forum’s Tebogo Mashilompane says more investment is needed […]
# State-owned logistics group Transnet has reported a 4.6-billion-rand profit for the financial year ending March 2026, its first annual profit in four years. The company says the result was driven mainly by the sale of its Pier 2 terminal and improved rail and pipeline volumes. Revenue increased 7.1-percent to 88.6-billion-rand. Transnet’s recovery has been […]
# The South African Communist Party says it stands with workers at Adcock Ingram who are opposing plans to retrench up to 250 employees and close one of the company’s plants. The party argues the job cuts come amid growing retrenchments in the pharmaceutical sector, with more than two-thousand-500 workers reportedly losing their jobs in […]
