# The Parliament Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development has welcomed the stringent internal controls and due diligence measures implemented by the Department of Small Business Development and the Small Enterprise Development Finance Agency. This is in ensuring that the Spaza Shop Support Fund reaches qualifying South African citizens operating legitimate spaza shop businesses as […]
# Human Settlements minister, Thembi Simelane says government plans to introduce a policy declaration to expand priority access to subsidised housing for survivors of gender-based violence and femicide. Simelane was speaking at the Women of Human Settlements Ministerial Leadership Engagement at Freedom Park in Pretoria. She says the recommendation will integrate GBV prevention into housing […]
# Education activist Hendrick Makaneta is calling on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme board not to invalidate the good work done by the administrator, Hlengani Mathebulain, in an effort to resolve the challenges faced by the scheme. The Pretoria High Court on Friday suspended the appointment of Mathebula and reinstated the disbanded NSFAS board. […]
# Eskom sê hy handhaaf steeds bykomende kapasiteit op die kragnetwerk, met drie-duisend-363 megawatt in reserwe weens ‘n oormaat opwekkingskapasiteit, wat verder verseker dat die kragstelsel aan die vraag kan voldoen. Die woordvoerder, Daphne Mokwena, sê die gemiddelde vlak van onbeplande onderbrekings het verlede week tot ses-duisend-653-megawatt afgeneem, vergeleke met elf-duisend-982-megawatt in die ooreenstemmende tydperk […]
# Eskom says it continues to maintain additional system capacity, with three-thousand-363-megawatts in cold reserve due to excess capacity, providing further assurance of system adequacy. The power utility spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena says last week, average unplanned outages declined to six-thousand-653-megawatts from eleven-thousand-982-megawatts in the corresponding period last year, a reduction of five-thousand-329-megawatts. She says this […]
# Die African Unite Borders Bus Trucks Association doen ‘n beroep op Afrika-leiers om in te gryp na die Karibameer-veerboottragedie in Zimbabwe. Vier-en-veertig mense is dood toe ‘n oorlaaide veerboot Dinsdag naby Long Island omgeslaan het, met baie mense wat steeds vermis word. Die voorsitter van die vereniging, Mukhwathi Phumudzo, sê dit was ‘n ou […]
# Die DA het die uitspraak van die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria verwelkom waarvolgens sleutelaspekte van OKOSA se verkiesingsuitsaairegulasies ongrondwetlik en onwettig verklaar is. Ashor Sarupen van die DA sê die Hof het verligting toegestaan deur ‘n dringende meganisme te skep vir geskille oor politieke advertensies en partyverkiesingsuitsendings wat afgekeur is. Hy sê daar is ook […]
# Solidarity has welcomed the US Senate’s approval of a two-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act until the end of December 2028. Solidarity spokesperson, Jaco Kleynhans says although it still needs to be approved by the House of Representatives and subsequently signed by the US president, no immediate obstacles are anticipated. Howevr, […]
# Solidariteit verwelkom die Amerikaanse Senaat se goedkeuring van ‘n twee-jaar verlenging van die Wet op Groei en Geleenthede in Afrika, tot einde Desember 2028. Solidariteit se woordvoerder, Jaco Kleynhans, sê dit moet nog deur die Huis van Verteenwoordigers goedgekeur en daarna deur die Amerikaanse president onderteken word, maar geen onmiddellike struikelblokke word voorsien nie. […]
