# Action Society says it’s appalled that police unions are defending deputy president Paul Mashatile’s eight VIP protection officers involved in the violent blue light assault of civilians in 2023. The organisation criticised the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union for portraying the officers as victims, despite one man being left unconscious and others traumatised. […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het bewerings van die hand gewys dat die 49 wit Suid-Afrikaners wat onlangs na die Verenigde State verhuis het, kwalifiseer as vlugtelinge. Hy het tydens die Afrika Uitvoerende Hoofde-forum in Abidjan, Ivoorkus, gesê hierdie mense word nie vervolg nie en voldoen dus nie aan die kriteria vir vlugtelingstatus nie. Hy het […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has dismissed claims that the 49 white South Africans who recently relocated to the United States qualify as refugees. Speaking at the Africa CEO Forum 2025 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Ramaphosa said that these individuals are not being persecuted and therefore do not meet the criteria for refugee status. He criticised […]
# Business Leadership South Africa sê hulle sal voortgaan om Operasie Vulindlela te ondersteun in sy tweede fase. Fase twee sal fokus op munisipale dienslewering, digitale transformering en die aanpak van ruimtelike ongelykheid. Die fokuspunte sal ondersteun word deur ‘n aanlyn BLSA-opsporingsinstrument wat pas bekendgestel is om die vordering met hervormings te monitor en vertragings […]
# Business Leadership South Africa says it will continue to support Operation Vulindlela as it enters its second phase. Phase two will focus on municipal service delivery, digital transformation and tackling spatial inequality. To support this, they will launch an online ‘BLSA tracker’ to monitor progress on reforms and identify delays. In her weekly newsletter, […]
# Die Departement van Gesondheid sê voedselveiligheidstandaarde sal nou strenger toegepas word na Tiger Brands se besluit om die listeriose-groepsgeding te skik. Die uitbraak in 2017 is veroorsaak deur besmette produkte uit die maatskappy se aanleg in Polokwane, Limpopo. Dit het meer as 200 lewens geëis en meer as ‘n duisend mense geraak. Foster Mohale […]
# The Department of Health says food safety standards will now face greater scrutiny following Tiger Brands’ decision to settle the listeriosis class action. The 2017 outbreak, traced to contaminated products from the company’s Polokwane facility in Limpopo, claimed over 200 lives and affected more than one-thousand people. The department’s Foster Mohale urged affected families […]
# Die Departement van Binnelandse Sake het met die proses begin om slim-ID’s vir genaturaliseerde burgers en permanente inwoners van visumvrye lande uit te reik. Die stelsel is bestendig, met ‘n hoë landswye opname. Slegs aansoekers met groen strepieskode-ID’s van visumvrye lande word tans bygestaan as gevolg van die hoë volumes. Die Departement sal mense […]
# The Home Affairs Department has successfully launched the rollout of Smart IDs for naturalised citizens and permanent residents from visa-exempt countries. The system is stable, with high uptake nationwide. Currently, only applicants with green barcoded IDs from visa-exempt countries are being assisted due to high volumes. The Department will notify when applications open for […]
