# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die Wysigingswet op Gelyke Indiensneming verdedig en sê dit wil regstel wat apartheid aan die land gedoen het. Die DA daag die wet se indiensnemingskwotas uit en sê dis bloot rasse-uitsluiting onder ʼn nuwe naam. Die wet skryf aanstelkwotas voor vir 18 ekonomiese sektore om indiensneming van aangewese groepe te […]
# Newly appointed Trade, Industry and Competition director-general, Simphiwe Hamilton, says they are acutely aware of the potential for corruption in the proposed 100-billion-rand Transformation Fund. The government believes the fund will help improve the effectiveness of broad-based black economic empowerment spending. Hamilton says the structuring around the fund will mitigate against any possibility of […]
The headlines of the leading newspapers on 02 May 2025: NATIONAL: # Business Day: Reports the Reserve Bank has been sharply criticised by the High Court for abusing draconian currency control powers. The court says the bank did this by withdrawing approval for Ibex to transfer funds to foreign creditors. # Mail & Guardian on […]
Die hooftrekke uit die belangrikste nuusblaaie soos op 02 Mei 2025: NASIONAAL: # Business Day: Berig die Reserwebank is skerp gekritiseer deur die Hooggeregshof vir die misbruik van drakoniese valutabeheermagte. Die hof sê die bank het dit gedoen deur die intrekking van goedkeuring vir Ibex om fondse na buitelandse krediteure oor te dra. # Mail […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag sê hy het begin om sy personeel en toerusting in fases uit die oostelike Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo te onttrek. Dit volg na ʼn bevel van die Suider-Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskap. Die SANW het verlede maand besluit om sy magte uit die DRK te onttrek nadat 17 soldate in gevegte met die […]
# Boxing: South Africa’s Kevin Lerena has retained his World Boxing Council Bridgerweight title by beating Ukraine’s Serhiy Radchenko in the third of 12 rounds at the SunBet Arena in Pretoria. This is the first time a WBC world title has been defended on South African soil. The bridgerweight class is between the cruiserweight and […]
# ActionSA is calling on the government to clamp down on the ongoing human trafficking syndicates in South Africa. In the latest incident, 44 alleged illegal immigrants, including 17 minors, who are suspected of being part of a human trafficking operation, were rescued at a house in Parkmore, Johannesburg, on Thursday. ActionSA’s, Matthew George, says the Border […]
# The GOOD Party says the National Prosecuting Authority must proceed with urgency to prosecute the Truth and Reconciliation Commission-recommended cases it still can. President Cyril Ramaphosa will set up a judicial commission of inquiry to establish whether attempts were made to prevent the investigation or prosecution of apartheid-era crimes, referred by the TRC to […]
# Vier-en-veertig buitelandse burgers wat vermoedelik slagoffers van mensehandel is, is Donderdag by ʼn huis in Parkmore, Johannesburg, gered. ʼn Groep privaat sekerheidsbeamptes het die groep gevind toe hulle die gebied gepatrolleer het ná klagtes oor verdagte geluide by die woning. Die polisiewoordvoerder, Mavela Masondo, sê daar is vermoedelik 44 Ethiopiese burgers waarvan 17 minderjarig […]
