# Political economist Patrick Bond says the Constitutional Court ruling blocking Shell and Impact Africa from conducting offshore seismic testing along the Wild Coast goes beyond stopping an oil and gas project. The court handed down the ruling on 15 August, overturning a 2024 Supreme Court of Appeal judgment. Bond says the decision recognises environmental, […]
# Businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has invoked his right against self-incrimination at the Madlanga commission. He says his privilege applies specifically to the Medicare24 contract, which is the subject of pending criminal charges. Matlala says his company was previously contracted by the Police Service to provide health and risk-related services, but the tender has since […]
# South Africa faces legal hurdles in its attempt to recover about 299-million-rand spent repatriating foreign nationals to Malawi, Nigeria and Ethiopia. The Department of Home Affairs says it has asked the three governments for reimbursement. International relations expert Kingsley Makhubela says South Africa could struggle to recover the money without legally binding agreements requiring […]
# Die Brigitte Mabandla-kollege vir Justisie in Pretoria, waar die Madlanga-kommissie se verrigtinge plaasvind, is veilig verklaar nadat ‘n brandalarm vanoggend ‘n voorsorg-ontruiming veroorsaak het. Tshwane se nooddienste het die gebou ondersoek en bevestig geen brand het uitgebreek nie en niemand is beseer nie. Die kommissie het intussen hervat, met die sakeman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala […]
# Suid-Afrikaanse huishoudings ondervind ‘n verergerende bekostigbaarheids-krisis, ondanks ‘n tydperk van gedempte amptelike voedselinflasie. ‘n Peiling deur die Pietermaritzburgse Ekonomiese Geregtigheids- en Waardigheids-organisasie toon dat die koste van ‘n noodsaaklike voedselmandjie mense se inkomste aansienlik oorskry, wat talle gesinne laat sukkel om basiese voeding te verseker. Woordvoerder Mervyn Abrahams sê daar is ‘n erge gaping […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum sê die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag moet versterk word om sake te hanteer wat voortspruit uit die Madlanga-kommissie. Die kommissie se tweede tussentydse verslag beveel strafregtelike stappe aan teen Shadrack Sibiya, Getuie G, Fannie Nkosi en Brown Mogotsi. Die forum se woordvoerder, Dennis Bloem, sê die Nasionale Direkteur van Openbare Vervolging, Andy […]
# The Brigitte Mabandla Justice College in Pretoria, where the Madlanga commission is situated, has been cleared for safe occupation after a fire alarm triggered a precautionary evacuation this morning. Tshwane Emergency Services assessed the building, with no injuries or actual fire reported. The commission has since resumed proceedings, with businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala testifying. […]
# Die Forum for South Africa vra die onmiddellike bestendiging van die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente se bedrywighede en groter deursigtigheid met sy bestuur. Die skema, van 54,3-miljard-rand, is onder die vergrootglas nadat befondsingskwessies in tien-duisend gevalle steeds nie afgehandel is nie, met meer as vier-duisend studente wat wag op ‘n oplossing. Die leier […]
# The SPAR Group announced its independent non-executive chairman Mike Bosman and deputy chair Shirley Zinn have resigned from the board with immediate effect. Bosman served as chairman since December 2022, while Zinn joined the board in 2023. Lwazi Koyana, currently an independent non-executive director and Risk Committee chair, has been appointed interim chairman. SPAR […]
