# Die Organisasie teen Belastingmisbruik verwelkom Eskom se besluit om burokrasie vir residensiële sonkrag- en batterystelsels te verminder. Van 1 Oktober af kan nie net ingenieurs nie, maar ook geakkrediteerde elektrisiëns, kleinskaalse sonkraginstallasies onder die bestaande sertifikaat van voldoeningsraamwerk goedkeur. Dit sal koste en vertragings vir huiseienaars verminder. Die uitvoerende hoof van OUTA, Wayne Duvenage […]
# Die regterlike waghond Judges Matter sê die waarnemende Gautengse regter-president, Aubrey Ledwaba, moet op spesiale verlof geplaas word na ernstige bewerings van omkopery. Getuie A het aan die Madlanga-kommissie gesê Ledwaba het 2,5-miljoen-rand ontvang om die vermeende kartelbaas Katiso Molefe te help vrylaat, maar Ledwaba ontken die bewerings. Mbekezeli Benjamin van Judges Matter sê […]
# Former Police minister Bheki Cele has praised KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi for his work and voice, while acknowledging he is human and has made mistakes. Cele says he has met with Mkhwanazi, who expressed remorse, and described the errors as genuine. While not yet ready to pardon him, Cele emphasises that mistakes in […]
# AfriForum has confirmed that the City of Cape Town, Johannesburg Metro, and Mogale City Municipality have joined its North Gauteng High Court case against Nersa. The municipalities support Nersa against AfriForum. The civil rights group challenges the regulator’s approval of municipal electricity tariffs without proper cost-of-supply studies or sufficient public participation. Nersa admits its […]
# Former Police minister Bheki Cele says South Africa is under siege from a growing influx of drugs, blaming porous borders and a shortage of scanners. Cele says the country has become both a transit hub and a lucrative market for drug syndicates, with poor youth being the main victims. He called for stronger law […]
# The National Employers’ Association of South Africa says the ANC’s recent statement defending broad-based black economic empowerment is a poor attempt to protect its last political stronghold. They refute ANC claims that the policy empowers women, youth, and people with disabilities as false. NEASA CEO Gerhard Papenfus says the ANC refuses to admit the […]
# Judicial watchdog Judges Matter says Acting Gauteng Judge President Aubrey Ledwaba should be placed on special leave following serious bribery allegations. Witness A told the Madlanga Commission that Ledwaba received 2.5-million-rand to help free alleged cartel boss Katiso Molefe, but Ledwaba denies the claims. Judges Matter’s Mbekezeli Benjamin says it would be prudent for […]
# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse welcomes Eskom’s decision to ease red tape for residential solar and battery systems. From the first of this month, accredited electricians, not only engineers, can sign off small-scale solar installations under the existing certificate of compliance framework, cutting costs and delays for homeowners. OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage says ongoing […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Suid-Afrika en Viëtnam is daartoe verbind om handelstruikelblokke te verminder en beleggingsbeskermingsraamwerke te versterk. Ramaphosa het die Viëtnam-SA Sakeforum in Hanoi toegespreek. Hy sê handel tussen Suid-Afrika en Viëtnam gaan nie net oor goedere en dienste nie, maar ook oor vertroue, vernuwing en gedeelde waardes. Die president sê hierdie forum […]
