# The Centre for Development and Enterprise has called for the scrapping of government’s proposed 100-billion-rand transformation fund, warning it’s based on flawed assumptions and unrealistic funding mechanisms. CDE executive director Ann Bernstein says the fund could harm black-owned businesses and hinder economic inclusion. She urges a rethink of transformation policy, recommending a review by […]
# Kelly Smith, Jacquen Appollis, and Steveno van Rhyn have each been sentenced to life in prison over the disappearance of Smith’s young daughter, Joslin, on the Cape West Coast in February last year. The trial ended in the Western Cape High Court sitting in Saldanha Bay this morning. Judge Nathan Erasmus noted systemic failures […]
# Cosatu is calling on Parliament and government to initiate a national dialogue in the run up to the fiscal framework and revenue proposals and the 2026 budget. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana tabled the 2025 budget last week after the withdrawal of the proposed 0.5-percentage point VAT hike. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks says government needs to […]
# The DA is in support of the joint ghost employee audit by National Treasury and the Department of Public Service and Administration. The party pushed for this initiative during national budget talks, calling for in-person biometric verification of all public servants. The Department confirmed ghost employees remain a serious, systemic corruption issue. The DA’s […]
# Die MK-party sê hy sal dit nie duld dat buitelandse winsjagters of hul plaaslike bemagtigers Suid-Afrika se wetsraamwerk ondermyn nie. Die kommunikasiereguleerder, Okosa, het ‘n ondersoek van stapel gestuur na bewerings dat Elon Musk se onderneming, Starlink Internet-satellietdiens, onwettig bedryf word in die land. Woordvoerder Nhlamulo Ndhlela sê Starlink se onwettige verbindingsbedrywighede word deur […]
# Die Gautengse polisie het bevestig dat drie verdagtes nou in verband met die moord op Olorato Mongale gesoek word. Die 30-jarige vrou se liggaam is in Lombardy-Wes, Johannesburg, gevind nadat sy Sondag ‘n afspraak gehad het. Die motor wat na bewering in die moord gebruik is, is by ‘n paneelklopwerkswinkel in Durban gevind. Nasionale […]
# South Africa is commemorating National Child Protection Week from today, highlighting children’s rights under the Constitution and Children’s Act. Since 1997, the campaign has aimed to raise awareness and stop abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Led by the Department of Social Development with support from civil society and government, the week seeks to make a […]
# The MK Party says it will not tolerate the erosion of South Africa’s legal framework by foreign profiteers or their local enablers. Communications regulator, Icasa, has launched an investigation into allegations that Elon Musk’s Starlink internet-satellite service is operating in the country illegally. Spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela says it has uncovered that the unlawful connectivity […]
# Absa het sy groei-vooruitsig vir die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie vir 2025 met die helfte verminder en voorspel nog twee rentekoersverlagings vir later vanjaar. Die bank sê hy verwag dat die ekonomie vanjaar met slegs een persent sal groei, wat laer is as ‘n vorige skatting van 2,1-persent. Hy voorspel ook dat die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank die […]
