# Die Nasionale Informele Handelaarsalliansie van Suid-Afrika sê hulle is onregverdig uitgesluit van Parlementêre verhore oor die Wet op die Beheer van Tabakprodukte en Elektroniese Afleweringstelsels. Die organisasie, wat meer as twee-miljoen informele handelaars verteenwoordig, waarsku die wet kan mense se lewensbestaan vernietig, die onwettige sigaretmark aanvuur en kleinhandelaars straf. Die alliansie se woordvoerder, Rosheda […]
# AfriForum se privaat ondersoekeenheid onder leiding van Gerrie Nel het ‘n dossier aan Amerikaanse owerhede oorhandig waarin gevra word vir sanksies teen die leier van die EFF, Julius Malema, ingevolge die Globale Magnitsky-wet. Die wetgewing, wat in 2016 aanvaar is, stel regerings in staat om sanksies te aanvaar teen buitelanders en instellings vir ernstige […]
# AfriForum verwelkom die regering se verlenging van die tydperk vir openbare kommentaar op die konsepregulasies vir Wysigingswet op Basiese Onderwyswette. Vrydag se sperdatum is verskuif na 5 Oktober. Alana Bailey van AfriForum sê die bykomende tyd sal belanghebbendes kans gee om deeglike insette oor skooltoelating- en kapasiteitreëls te lewer. Sy bevestig AfriForum sal kommentaar […]
# Public Interest South Africa sê die raad van die Administratiewe Agentskap van die Staatsdienspensioenfonds behoort misdadig verklaar te word omdat hy nalaat om op fluitjieblasers se bewerings te reageer. Voorsitter Tebogo Khaas het aan SABC News gesê die raad se versuim het verklikkers se lewens in gevaar gestel. Hy vra blitisige ministeriële ingryping en […]
# Die adjunk- nasionale kommissaris van polisie, Shadrack Sibiya, gaan Woensdag voor ‘n parlementêre ad hoc-komitee verskyn. Dit volg na bewerings van die KwaZulu-Natalse polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, dat senior politieke leiers ingemeng het met ondersoeke na politieke moorde. Sibiya, wat tans op spesiale verlof is, ontken die bewerings en daag die proses in die hof […]
# AfriForum’s Private Prosecutions Unit, led by Gerrie Nel, has submitted a dossier to US authorities calling for sanctions against EFF leader Julius Malema under the Global Magnitsky Act. Enacted in 2016, the global legislation allows governments to impose sanctions on foreign individuals and entities responsible for serious human rights abuses and corruption. The dossier cites […]
# National Deputy Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya’s legal team has requested the Pretoria High Court to decide which forum is appropriate to hear his case. Sibiya is contesting National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola’s decision to place him on special leave following allegations by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. His counsel, Kameel Premhid, argued that it […]
# ActionSA says its proposed Parliamentary and Provincial Medical Aid Scheme Amendment Bill will restore freedom of choice for politicians and ensure they experience the same realities as citizens, including reliance on public healthcare. The party plans to table the bill in Parliament, ending compulsory membership of the exclusive medical scheme for members of Parliament […]
# National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola’s legal representative, Stefan Coetzee, has dismissed allegations that he is acting as judge, jury and executioner in the disciplinary case of his deputy, Shadrack Sibiya. Addressing the Pretoria High Court, Coetzee argued that an impartial arbitrator has been appointed to handle the matter. He said assumptions that Masemola hijacked […]
