# Die Departement van Verdediging en Militêre Veterane het in die Parlement onder skoot gekom oor vertragings met die aanpak van die toenemende inbreuk van informele nedersettings op militêre basisse. Die departement sê dit bedreig nasionale veiligheid, militêre gereedheid en kritieke infrastruktuur. Carl Niehaus van die EFF het tydens die portefeuljekomitee se vergadering die departement […]
# Tourism minister Patricia de Lille has officially launched Tourism Month in KwaZulu-Natal, urging South Africans to explore their own country. De Lille says domestic tourism remains a key pillar of economic growth, supporting jobs, entrepreneurs and communities. She says South Africans made 21-point-two million overnight trips in the first half of the year, with […]
# Die DA gaan strafregtelike klagte indien teen wat hy bestempel as die tien mees ongewenste munisipale bestuurders. Die ses bestuurders van die Vrystaat, twee van die Oos-Kaap en een elk van Noordwes en die Wes-Kaap het na bewering nie finansiële state ingedien nie. Die DA se woordvoerder, Marina van Zyl, sê hulle moet die […]
# The trial of seven men accused of the murder of rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and chef Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane is set to begin in October at the High Court in Durban. The proceedings will run in two phases from 5 October to 6 November, and from 12 April to 14 May 2027. The State […]
# Statistics South Africa says manufacturing production fell by 1.7-percent in June compared with the same month last year. The decline was mainly driven by weaker production in food and beverages, wood and paper products, and motor vehicles. Production increased slightly from May. Stats SA’s Nicolai Claassen says manufacturing sales also fell by 1.6-percent in […]
# The DA will lay criminal charges against what they call the least wanted terrible ten municipal managers. The six managers from the Free State, two from the Eastern Cape, and one each from North West and the Western Cape are accused of failing to submit financial statements. DA spokesperson Marina van Zyl says they […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Suid-Afrika se metaal- en ingenieursektor het besondere veerkragtigheid getoon ondanks toenemende uitdagings. Hy het na knelpunte verwys tydens ‘n presidensiële sake-ontbyt van die Staal- en Ingenieursnywerheidsfederasie van Suider-Afrika in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. Ramaphosa beklemtoon swak binnelandse aanvraag, logistieke beperkings, hoë elektrisiteitskoste, stuikelblokke in infrastruktuur, stygende invoer-mededinging, brose wêreldwye staalaanvraag en oortollige […]
# The Department of Defence and Military Veterans has come under fire in Parliament over delays in tackling the growing encroachment of informal settlements on military bases. The department says the land invasions threaten national security, military readiness, and critical infrastructure. During Parliament’s portfolio committee meeting, the EFF’s Carl Niehaus criticised the department for making […]
# Former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula will ask for the withdrawal of corruption charges against her. She faces 12 corruption counts and a money-laundering charge after allegedly accpeting bribes while serving as Defence minister. Mapisa-Nqakula has consistently denied wrongdoing. The high Court in Pretoria postponed the case to next Thursday while the defence is […]
