# The South African public has 30 days to comment on the DA’s proposed Public Procurement Amendment Bill, aimed at repealing the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act. The DA seeks to replace race-based requirements with an outcome-focused approach to promote efficiency and broader economic inclusion. Party officials argue the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act has […]
# Electricity and Energy deputy minister Samantha Graham-Maré says registering large buildings for an energy performance certificate offers both financial and environmental benefits. Owners of large public and commercial buildings are urged to act quickly, with the 7 December deadline fast approaching. According to Graham-Maré, energy performance certificates help building owners track energy use, reduce […]
# Die geskorste minister van Polisie, Senzo Mchunu, moes moeilike vrae beantwoord in die Parlement oor ‘n personeeltekort van twee-duisend-711 by die Direktoraat vir Voorkeur-misdaadondersoeke. Wetgewers kritiseer die toewysing van 100-miljoen-rand aan ‘n tydelike eenheid eerder as om die kritieke afdeling te befonds. Mchunu erken die direktoraat se leierskap is bekommerd oor die tekort aan […]
# Parliament ad hoc committee member Ashley Sauls has urged suspended Police minister Senzo Mchunu to stand by his conviction in his testimony on the need to disband certain police units. Sauls said evidence shows minimal value from the units despite high budgets spent on non-investigative items like laundry. He added the funds could better […]
# Shocking claims have emerged of a Transnet tender scandal, with SK Group accused of inflating prices on contracts and having links to businessman Katiso “KT” Molefe’s family. Witness B, testifying at the Madlanga commission, said the company won a tender irregularly, as other bidders were inactive, selling Q Tech’s four-rand springs to Transnet for […]
# Suspended Police minister Senzo Mchunu has faced tough questions in Parliament over the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation’s staff shortfall of two-thousand-711 personnel. Lawmakers criticised the allocation of 100-million-rand to a temporary unit instead of funding the critical division. Mchunu acknowledged long-standing concerns raised by the directorate’s leadership about shortages in staff, equipment, and […]
# Die premier van KwaZulu-Natal, Thami Ntuli, sê die tweedaagse Provinsiale Beleggingskonferensie by Durban se Internasionale konferensiesentrum is daarop gemik om beleggers te lok om die groei van die provinsiale ekonomie aan te wakker. Die geleentheid, wat deur die Departement van Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling aangebied word, bring plaaslike en internasionale beleggers bymekaar vir uitstallings en omvattende […]
# Die dierewelsynsorganisasie Blood Lions is diep bekommerd nadat nog ‘n leeu ontsnap het terwyl hy per pad vervoer is. Die dier was van die Vrystaat onderweg na Nietverdiend in die Ramotshere Moiloa Munisipaliteit. Owerhede in Noordwes het bevestig die leeu is veilig gevang. Stephanie Klarmann van die organisasie sê die voorval stel die voortdurende […]
# Die Afrika Mayibuye-beweging vra die regering om dringend in te gryp met die opgradering van informele nedersettings en om waardige behuising in die land te versnel. Mayibuye se woordvoerder, Moselene Du-Plessis, sê dit is onaanvaarbaar dat soveel mense, ná dertig jaar van demokrasie, steeds sonder veilige behuising, elektrisiteit of behoorlike infrastruktuur leef, wat hulle […]
