# The Competition Commission is considering market-conduct investigations into malls and shopping centres in predominantly black urban communities and rural areas. In its Rural and Township Economy Project 2026 report, the commission found that many township entrepreneurs want to trade in malls but are blocked by high rentals, exclusivity clauses, and landlords favouring established brands. […]
# Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has appointed Advocate Ntuthuzelo Vanara as the acting head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption until the position is filled. He takes over the reins following the resignation of Advocate Andrea Johnson. Vanara currently serves at the executive level as chief legal counsel of the Special […]
# Die regering het konsessie-lening-finansiering van ongeveer 5,6-miljard-rand bekom om Nasionale Tesourie se Handelsdiens-hervormingsprogram vir metro’s te ondersteun. Die befondsing kom van die Duitse en Franse Ontwikkelingskorporasie deur KfW-ontwikkelingsbank en die Franse Ontwikkelingsagentskap. Die program se doelwit is om elektrisiteit, water en sanitasie, en vaste-afvalbestuur in Suid-Afrika se agt metropolitaanse munisipaliteite om te keer. Die […]
# Die minister van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling, Dina Pule, sê haar departement sal voortgaan om nou saam met Interpol Suid-Afrika en ander relevante wetstoepassingsagentskappe te werk om gevalle van kinderhandel aan te spreek. Dit volg nadat twee Suid-Afrikaanse meisies van onderskeidelik 9 en 15 jaar oud, wat in 2024 in Malawi verkoop is, veilig gerepatrieer is. […]
# Government has secured around 5.6-billion-rand in concessional loan financing to support National Treasury’s Metro Trading Services Reform programme. The funding comes from the German and French Development Cooperation via KfW Development Bank and the French Development Agency. The programme is aimed at turning around electricity, water and sanitation, and solid waste management in South […]
# Minister of Social Development Dina Pule says her department will continue to work closely with Interpol South Africa and other relevant law enforcement agencies in addressing cases of trafficking in children. This comes after two South African girls, aged 9 and 15, who were trafficked to Malawi in 2024, were safely repatriated. Minister Pule says the alleged trafficking involved a couple comprising a […]
# Run for Rangers has raised more than 549-thousand-rand to support conservation and anti-poaching efforts in KwaZulu-Natal. The money will go towards equipment and training for rangers, strengthen the fight against wildlife crime, as well as new facilities for a K9 anti-poaching unit. Project Rhino says the funds will provide practical support to rangers working […]
# Run for Rangers het meer as 549-duisend-rand ingesamel om bewaring en pogings teen stropery in KwaZulu-Natal te ondersteun. Die geld sal aangewend word vir toerusting en opleiding vir veldwagters, die versterking van die stryd teen wildmisdaad, asook nuwe fasiliteite vir ‘n K9-anti-stropery-eenheid. Project Rhino sê die fondse sal praktiese ondersteuning bied aan veldwagters wat […]
# Die African Transformation Movement sê president Cyril Ramaphosa het nie sy belofte nagekom om tien-duisend bykomende arbeidsinspekteurs aan te stel nie. Zama Ntshona van die party sê meer as ses maande na die belofte is geen nuwe inspekteurs aangestel nie. Ntshona doen ‘n beroep op die regering om werwing te bespoedig en ook die […]
