# Die Verkiesingskommissie sê meer as 142-duisend kandidate is benoem om vanjaar mee te ding vir die tien-duisend-526 setels in die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing. Dit is 43-persent meer as tydens die 2021-verkiesing, toe sowat 99-duisend benoemings ontvang is. Nagenoeg twee-derdes van die kandidate is mans, terwyl vroue ongeveer 38-persent verteenwoordig. Die voorsitter van die OVK, Mosotho […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa se prokureur, Wim Trengove, sê die onafhanklike artikel 89-panel het nie behoorlik oorweeg of die president doelbewus of te kwader trou opgetree het oor die Phala Phala-diefstal nie. Trengove het aan die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof gesê die paneel het die verkeerde regsvrae gevra en nie al die bewyse behoorlik beoordeel nie, insluitend […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa’s lawyer Wim Trengove says the section 89 independent panel failed to properly consider whether the president acted deliberately or in bad faith over the Phala Phala farm theft. Trengove told the Western Cape High Court the panel asked the wrong legal questions and did not properly assess all the evidence, including […]
# Die Verkiesingskommissie sê 546 politieke partye sal op 4 November aan die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing deelneem, wat 75-persent van alle geregistreerde partye verteenwoordig. Twee-honderd-27 nasionale partye, 33 provinsiale partye, 49 metropolitaanse partye en 237 distriksvlakpartye het kandidate benoem. Die OVK se voorsitter, Mosotho Moepya, het op ‘n nuuskonferensie gesê die hoë vlak van politieke deelname […]
# The Electoral Commission says 546 political parties will contest the 4 November local government elections, representing 75-percent of all registered parties. Two-hundred-and-27 national parties, 33 provincial parties, 49 metropolitan parties and 237 district-level parties have nominated candidates. Briefing the media, IEC chairperson Mosotho Moepya said the high level of political participation reflects strong interest […]
# The Electoral Commission says more than 142-thousand candidates have been nominated to contest ten-thousand-526 seats in this year’s local government elections. This is a 43-percent increase from the 2021 elections, when about 99-thousand nominations were received. Men make up nearly two-thirds of the candidates, while women account for about 38-percent. IEC Chairperson Mosotho Moepya […]
# Die minister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, besoek tans Eskom se navorsing-, toetsing- en ontwikkelingsentrum in Rosherville, Johannesburg, om groen waterstof-tegnologie en skoon energie-navorsing bekend te stel. Dit word gedoen met die oog op die Afrika-groen waterstofberaad later die maand in Kaapstad. Die regering sê die besoek fokus op tegnologie wat ontkoling, ekonomiese […]
# Economist Gina Schoeman says deteriorating municipal services are undermining South Africa’s efforts to improve business confidence. Schoeman told delegates at the Money Summit that reforms in electricity and logistics, supported by stable fiscal and monetary policy, were being offset by failing municipal infrastructure. Meanwhile, National Treasury director-general Duncan Pieterse acknowledged municipalities face challenges in […]
# The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment is hosting the 2026 Biodiversity Research and Evidence Indaba in Boksburg, Gauteng. The three-day gathering brings together scientists, policymakers, conservationists, civil society and indigenous knowledge holders to strengthen evidence-based environmental decision-making. Discussions focus on biodiversity research gaps, ecosystem restoration, species conservation, climate resilience, biological invasions and […]
