# Suid-Afrika se bootboubedryf word gevra om dringend plaaslike vaardighede te ontwikkel en internasionale onderdele-vervaardigers te lok. Die uitvoerende hoof van Ullman Sails International, Michael England, het op die Afrika-bootkonferensie in Kaapstad gesê afhanklikheid van duur invoere uit Amerika, die Europese Unie en China bedreig volhoubaarheid. Hy vra ‘n behoorlike opleidings-gerief om jongmense toe te […]
# Ambassador nominee Leo Bozell told the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee that if confirmed as US ambassador to South Africa, he would urge the South African government to drop its genocide case against Israel. His nomination will proceed to a full Senate vote if approved by the committee. Bozell also said he would support […]
# Die minister van Gesondheid, Aaron Motsoaledi, het ‘n openbare TB-platform in Johannesburg bekendgestel wat die jongste syfers weerspieël. Dit is in samewerking met die Nasionale Instituut vir Oordraagbare Siektes en die Nasionale Gesondheidslaboratoriumdiens ontwikkel , en poog om TB-voorkoms en -sterftes teen 2035 te verminder. Die platform gee die publiek toegang tot geverifieerde nasionale […]
# Die Organisasie teen Belastingmisbruik verwelkom Eskom se besluit om burokrasie vir residensiële sonkrag- en batterystelsels te verminder. Van 1 Oktober af kan nie net ingenieurs nie, maar ook geakkrediteerde elektrisiëns, kleinskaalse sonkraginstallasies onder die bestaande sertifikaat van voldoeningsraamwerk goedkeur. Dit sal koste en vertragings vir huiseienaars verminder. Die uitvoerende hoof van OUTA, Wayne Duvenage […]
# Die regterlike waghond Judges Matter sê die waarnemende Gautengse regter-president, Aubrey Ledwaba, moet op spesiale verlof geplaas word na ernstige bewerings van omkopery. Getuie A het aan die Madlanga-kommissie gesê Ledwaba het 2,5-miljoen-rand ontvang om die vermeende kartelbaas Katiso Molefe te help vrylaat, maar Ledwaba ontken die bewerings. Mbekezeli Benjamin van Judges Matter sê […]
# Former Police minister Bheki Cele has praised KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi for his work and voice, while acknowledging he is human and has made mistakes. Cele says he has met with Mkhwanazi, who expressed remorse, and described the errors as genuine. While not yet ready to pardon him, Cele emphasises that mistakes in […]
# AfriForum has confirmed that the City of Cape Town, Johannesburg Metro, and Mogale City Municipality have joined its North Gauteng High Court case against Nersa. The municipalities support Nersa against AfriForum. The civil rights group challenges the regulator’s approval of municipal electricity tariffs without proper cost-of-supply studies or sufficient public participation. Nersa admits its […]
# Former Police minister Bheki Cele says South Africa is under siege from a growing influx of drugs, blaming porous borders and a shortage of scanners. Cele says the country has become both a transit hub and a lucrative market for drug syndicates, with poor youth being the main victims. He called for stronger law […]
# The National Employers’ Association of South Africa says the ANC’s recent statement defending broad-based black economic empowerment is a poor attempt to protect its last political stronghold. They refute ANC claims that the policy empowers women, youth, and people with disabilities as false. NEASA CEO Gerhard Papenfus says the ANC refuses to admit the […]
