# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the 46th Ordinary Southern African Development Community Summit, set to be held in Durban today, is an opportunity to renew their political commitment to further unite and integrate the region. He hosted a welcome dinner in eThekwini yesterday evening in honour of Heads of State, heads of delegations and special […]
# Deputy minister of Water and Sanitation, David Mahlobo, says access to water has increased to 91.3-percent and sanitation to 85.6-percent under ANC rule over the past 32 years. Speaking at a media briefing on the ANC’s local government election manifesto review yesterday, he acknowledged that water remains one of the country’s most urgent service […]
# Die minister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, sê die voorgestelde onafhanklike transmissiestelsel-operateur sal in staatsbesit bly. Hy was gister deel van ʼn ANC-inligtingsessie terwyl die party sy 2021 plaaslike regeringsmanifes-hersiening voortsit met klem op behuising, water en energie. Die transmissiestelsel sal volgens hom apart van Eskom wees en eienaarskap en beheer hê oor […]
# Criminally accused tenderpreneur, Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, will appear before the Madlanga Commission today and tomorrow, a central figure in its investigation of criminal and political infiltration into the country’s justice system. He was initially scheduled to testify on September first, however, that has now been brought forward. Matlala first appeared before the commission in […]
# Die Nasionale Gesamentlike Operasionele en Intelligensiestruktuur sê drie mense wat probeer het om ongemagtigde toegang tot die 46ste beraad van die Suider-Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskap in Durban te verkry, is in hegtenis geneem. Twee Kongolese burgers is Saterdag in hegtenis geneem nadat hulle probeer het om toegang tot die lokaal te verkry met akkreditasie wat nie […]
# Minister of Electricity and Energy, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has clarified that the proposed independent Transmission System Operator will remain state-owned. He was part of an ANC briefing yesterday, as the party continues its 2021 Local Government Elections Manifesto Review, focusing on housing, water and energy. The TSO will be separate from Eskom and will assume […]
# The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure says three people who attempted to gain unauthorised access to the 46th Southern African Development Community summit venue in Durban were arrested. Two Congolese nationals were apprehended on Saturday after attempting to gain entry to the venue using accreditation that had not been issued to them. Last […]
# The MK Party is calling for a comprehensive evaluation of the support provided to women’s sport in South Africa. It says sporting success requires sustained and meaningful inputs, including adequate funding, quality facilities, professional preparation, structured development programmes, technical expertise, medical and welfare support, as well as accessible pathways for women and girls to […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says more than three decades after apartheid, enormous sections of South Africa’s mineral wealth remain controlled according to the logic of private accumulation. Saftu’s Asive Dyani says mining communities frequently remain poor while wealth extracted from beneath their feet flows to corporations, shareholders and financial markets. She […]
