# ‘n Senior spesialis in die finansiële sektor van die Wêreldbank, Laura Pop, het voor die Madlanga-kommissie getuig ‘n funksionerende regbank op sy eie is nie genoeg om doeltreffende geregtigheid te waarborg nie. Pop sê swakhede in die stelsel kan aanspreeklikheid en openbare vertroue in die regstelsel ondermyn. Sy sê Kenia se keuringsproses vir regters […]
# The Electoral Commission has noted the Electoral Court’s dismissal of the ANC’s appeal over 181 excluded councillor candidates. The candidates will not contest the 4 November local elections after the ANC missed the deadline, blaming technical glitches on the IEC’s electronic system, an explanation the commission rejected. IEC CEO Sy Mamabolo says the ruling […]
# A Grade 8 learner at Kuyasa High School in Dimbaza, Eastern Cape, has been stabbed to death, allegedly by a fellow learner. The alleged attacker is a Grade 10 learner who has been placed in suspension. Police have opened an inquest docket. Education Department spokesperson Malibongwe Mtima has condemned the incident. Psychosocial support has […]
# A Special Investigating Unit investigation has uncovered a 58-million-rand fraudulent land scheme involving the transfer of 208 Ekurhuleni municipal stands in Villa Liza near Boksburg. The investigation found the properties were transferred to private individuals between 2018 and 2022 without council approval, using allegedly forged rates clearance certificates and powers of attorney. SIU head […]
# World Bank senior financial sector specialist Laura Pop has told the Madlanga Commission that countries need vetting systems tailored to their specific risks, institutions and governance challenges. Drawing on more than a decade of anti-corruption work in Ukraine, Moldova, Kenya and Albania, Pop says one-size-fits-all models cannot address local corruption effectively. She says extraordinary […]
# Die ANC sê hy sal appelleer teen die uitspraak van die Verkiesingshof wat sy beswaar teen die uitsluiting van 181 kandidate in ses munisipaliteite voor die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing op 4 November van die hand gewys het. Die party hou vol die kandidate se inligting was voor die sperdatum op die OVK se elektroniese stelsel […]
# Die Departement van Elektrisiteit en Energie, die WNNR en die Wêreldbankgroep het ‘n strategiese raamwerk vir die ontwikkeling van aflandige windkrag in Suid-Afrika bekend gestel. Die bekendstelling was tydens die Afrika Groenwaterstof-beraad in Kaapstad. Adjunkminister Alexandra Abrahams sê Suid-Afrika se geografiese ligging sorg vir bestendige windtoestande langs die kus, wat geleenthede skep vir die […]
# Die Verkiesingskommissie het meer as vyf-duisend kandidate gediskwalifiseer van vanjaar se plaaslike regeringsverkiesing na ‘n statutêre hersieningsproses. Die diskwalifikasie het gevolg nadat nagegaan is of hulle behoorlik benoem en alle toepaslike deposito’s betaal is. Die hoof-verkiesingsbeampte, Sy Mamabolo, het aan die media gesê voorbereidings verloop volgens plan vir die verkiesing op 4 November:
# World Bank senior financial sector specialist Laura Pop has told the Madlanga Commission that a functioning judiciary alone cannot guarantee effective justice. Pop says weaknesses in system can undermine accountability and public confidence. She cites Kenya’s judicial vetting and Ukraine’s anti-corruption courts as examples of reforms aimed at addressing compromised institutions. Pop says extraordinary […]
