# ActionSA says it is outraged that Parliament Ad Hoc Committee members have had to learn through media reports that witnesses have been improperly called to appear before the committee. The committee is tasked with investigating the allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi of corruption in the criminal justice system. ActionSA’s Matthew George […]
# Die adjunkminister van Finansies, David Masondo, sê infrastruktuur is steeds ‘n katalisator vir volhoubare en inklusiewe ekonomiese groei. Die regering sal oor die volgende drie jaar meer as 940-miljard-rand aan infrastruktuur bestee, wat 375-miljard- rand in besteding deur staatsinstellings insluit. Dié befondsing sal paaie en brûe opknap, damme en waterweë bou, hawens en lughawens […]
# Cosatu doen ‘n beroep vir onmiddellike regeringsoptrede om stygende kragpryse te verlaag ten einde ‘n werksgeleentheid-slagting te voorkom. Die vakbondfederasie sê sedert beurtkrag in 2006 begin het, het kragpryse met meer as 450-persent gestyg. Matthew Parks van Cosatu sê die ekonomie nie langer die massiewe finansiële verliese van Eskom se vermoë om bekostigbare elektrisiteit […]
# Ekurhuleni mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza says the metro is making progress in strengthening its financial position, having addressed a 2.1-billion-rand revenue shortfall. The metro’s current bank balance stands at nearly 1.2-billion-rand. Ekurhuleni’s investment balance is now at 672-million-rand, up from 245-million-rand. Meanwhile, Xhakaza says an internal disciplinary process against officials implicated in the metro’s missing […]
The headlines of the leading newspapers on 04 September 2025: NATIONAL: # Business Day: Reports the Western Cape government has filed an application with the Constitutional Court to have the National Health Insurance Act declared unconstitutional. The provincial government says Parliament has failed to fulfil its constitutional obligation to facilitate public involvement in the legislative […]
Die hooftrekke uit die belangrikste nuusblaaie soos op 04 September 2025: NASIONAAL: # Business Day: Berig die Wes-Kaapse regering het ‘n aansoek by die Konstitusionele Hof ingedien om die Wet op Nasionale Gesondheidsversekering ongrondwetlik te laat verklaar. Die provinsiale regering sê die Parlement het nie sy grondwetlike verpligting nagekom om openbare betrokkenheid by die wetgewende […]
# The GOOD Party says it is deeply concerned by Burkina Faso’s regressive amendments to its Persons and Family Code, passed by the country’s transitional Parliament. The party says these amendments criminalise same-sex relations, marking a dangerous step backwards for human rights on the African continent. GOOD’s Keagen Gertse says Burkina Faso joins a growing […]
# Die MK-party beskuldig die regering daarvan dat hy by die polisie-ondersoek na politieke moorde inmeng. Dit volg na die nasionale polisiekommissaris Fannie Masemola en die waarnemende polisieminister Firoz Cachalia ooreengekom het om afskrifte van 121 dossiere van die KwaZulu-Natalse taakspan vir politieke moorde aan die Madlanga-kommissie van ondersoek te stuur. David Skosana van die […]
# Deputy Finance minister David Masondo says infrastructure remains a catalyst for sustainable and inclusive economic growth. Government will spend more than 940-billion-rand on infrastructure over the next three years, which includes 375-billion-rand in spending by state-owned entities. This funding will revitalise roads and bridges, build dams and waterways, modernise ports and airports, and power […]
