# Die DA sê Liam Jacobs is nie meer ‘n lid nie, nadat hy in beeldmateriaal van die Patriotic Alliance verskyn het, wat die onmiddelike beëindiging van sy lidmaatskap beteken. Die voorsitter van die DA se Federale Raad, Helen Zille, het die speaker van die Nasionale Vergadering in kennis gestel van sy verwydering uit die […]
# The South African National Defence Force says the first group of soldiers back from the Democratic Republic of Congo has completed demobilisation. Their return followed a ceasefire between M23 rebels and DRC forces. A third group of 248 landed at Bram Fischer Airport in Bloemfontein yesterday and will demobilise at the Tempe Military Base […]
# AfriForum has urged the National Prosecution Authority to ensure harsher copper cable theft sentences and classifying the crime as economic sabotage. AfriForum’s Jacques Broodryk says thieves are crippling infrastructure and leaving communities in the dark. He emphasised the need for custodial sentences and warns that civil society may step in to protect critical services […]
# The Bellville Commercial Crimes Court in the Western Cape has found Platinum Forex boss Colin Davids, his company and marketing manager Derek Bredenkamp guilty of fraud and money laundering. They illegally solicited 329-million-rand in public funds for forex trading, lost 87.5-million-rand, and paid returns using new deposits. The court found they operated without the […]
# ActionSA says urgent reforms are needed to address the failures of the government of national unity after its first year in office. The party has given the GNU a failing grade in its one-year performance review, citing excessive spending, poor accountability, and ethical failures. ActionSA’s Athol Trollip says ministers haven’t signed performance agreements, and […]
# Die DA het die Parlement se Portefeuljekomitee oor Vervoer gekritiseer omdat hy die geskorste uitvoerende hoof van die Padongelukkefonds, Collins Letsoalo, tydens ‘n spesiale sitting ‘n spreekbeurt gegee het. Die DA-lid, Thami Mabhena, beweer die voorsitter van die komitee, Selelo Donald Selamolela, het hierdeur behoorlike toesig ondermyn en ‘n politieke sirkus veroorsaak. Hy sê […]
# The crypto company Luno Africa says updating South Africa’s digital asset regulations could generate at least 540-million-rand in additional tax revenue. Luno Africa’s general manager Marius Reitz says the estimate is based on just one-percent of institutional funds investing in crypto Electronic Funds Transfers. Reitz urges regulatory clarity defining cryptocurrencies as onshore assets. He […]
# Die EFF het sy diepe meegevoel betuig na die dood van 12 van sy lede in vanoggend se botsing naby Vryheid in KwaZulu-Natal. Die slagoffers was op pad terug van die party se 16 Junie-byeenkoms in Umlazi. Die EFF beskryf hulle as revolusionêre helde wat die nalatenskap van 1976 se jeug vereer het. Verskeie […]
# ActionSA sê die regering van nasionale eenheid kon in die jaar sedert sy totstandkoming nie daarin slaag om sy beloftes na te kom nie. Michael Beaumont van ActionSA sê die regering kort ‘n duidelike agenda of hervormings. Hy noem dit ‘n Instagram-administrasie wat meer fokus op openbare betrekkinge as om werkloosheid, swak dienste en […]
