Die hooftrekke uit die belangrikste nuusblaaie soos op 08 Mei 2025: NASIONAAL: # Business Day: Berig die nasionale begroting, wat later die maand deur die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, voorgelê sal word, sal waarskynlik planne deur die Tesourie insluit om fiskale instrumente en waarborgraamwerke vir die tweede fase van Operasie Vulindlela te versterk. Die […]
# The Public Servants Association says it notes the recent amendments to the Code of Practice on Dismissal, which aims to address South Africa’s persistently high unemployment rate. The Department of Employment and Labour says the amendments aim to simplify procedural fairness, redefine unfair labour practice, and retrenchment procedures. PSA’s Claude Naiker says they are […]
# Cosatu says it anticipates more court challenges to the National Health Insurance scheme by those who value profits over lives. The High Court in Pretoria has ruled that president Cyril Ramaphosa’s signing of the NHI Act into law is open to review, and that he must provide the reasoning for his decision to do […]
# The MK Party says it unequivocally rejects the Constitutional Court judgment upholding dual citizenship. The ruling confirms the Supreme Court of Appeal’s orders declaring a provision of the Citizenship Act unlawful. The ConCourt declared legislation that strips South Africans of their citizenship after acquiring citizenship of another country as unconstitutional. MK Party’s spokesperson, Nhlamulo Ndhlela, […]
# Die EFF het die Britse Hoë Kommissaris se versuim om sy leier Julius Malema se visumaansoek vir die Verenigde Koninkryk te verwerk, veroordeel. Malema sou hierdie naweek studente by die 11de Jaarlikse Cambridge Africa Together-konferensie by die Universiteit van Cambridge toespreek. Hy het onthul dat hy die weieringsbrief net vier uur voor sy geskeduleerde […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die nuwe begroting sal groei aanspreek wat die enigste manier is om fiskale volhoubaarheid te bereik en maatskaplike vordering in die land te maak. Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana lê op 21 Mei vir die derde keer die nasionale begroting in die Parlement ter tafel. Ramaphosa het by gister […]
# The ANC has accused the DA of misusing the judiciary to score cheap political points. This comes as the High Court in Pretoria has dismissed the DA’s application for leave to appeal an earlier judgment that rejected its request to declare the ANC’s cadre deployment policy unconstitutional. The court found that the DA failed […]
# Afrikaans’ centenary as an official language is celebrated today. Thomas Walters of the DA says over the decades, Afrikaans has developed into a language that reflects the diversity of South Africa, and is a language that connects people, carries stories, and shapes communities. He says today is an opportunity to pay tribute to all […]
# The National Student Financial Aid Scheme says over 850-million-rand has been recovered, following irregular payments made to public universities and Technical and Vocational Education and Training colleges. This is part of the Special Investigating Unit’s probe, which has identified 2.06-billion-rand for recovery. The ongoing SIU probe is looking at Nsfas’ procurement failures, poor financial […]
