# Die Parlement se gesamentlike staande komitee oor Verdediging het die belangrikheid beklemtoon van ‘n goed funksionerende verdedigingsbedryf wat deur ‘n doeltreffende regulatoriese en toesighoudende raamwerk ondersteun word. Die Nasionale Konvensionele Wapenbeheerkomitee het sy eerste kwartaalverslag oor die goedkeuring van invoer- en uitvoerpermitte vir konvensionele wapens vrygestel. Die komitee het 64 kontrakteringspermitte ter waarde van […]
# Eskom says it has significantly reduced reliance on diesel-powered generation, despite diesel being deployed selectively during peak demand periods and to maintain required reserves. For the financial year-to-date from 1 April to 6 August this year, diesel expenditure stands at 948.46-million-rand, compared with 5.73-billion-rand over the same period last year. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena […]
# Eskom sê hy het die afhanklikheid van diesel-aangedrewe opwekking aansienlik verminder, ondanks die selektiewe gebruik van diesel tydens spitstye en om die vereiste reserwes te handhaaf. Vir die boekjaar tot dusver van 1 April tot 6 Augustus, staan dieseluitgawes op 948,46-miljoen-rand, vergeleke met 5,73-miljard-rand oor dieselfde tydperk verlede jaar. Eskom-woordvoerder Daphne Mokwena sê die […]
# Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence has stressed the importance of having a well-functioning defence industry supported by an effective regulatory and oversight framework. The National Conventional Arms Control Committee has released its first quarter report on the approval of import and export permits for conventional arms. The NCACC approved 64 contracting permits valued […]
# Gauteng, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal has the most dissatisfied South African consumers, accounting for 78-percent of all complaints lodged with the Consumer Goods and Services Ombud. The Ombud received 15-thousand-355 complaints between 1 March 2025 and 28 February 2026, a 25.8-percent increase from the 12-thousand-207 complaints recorded in the previous financial year. According to […]
# Die ANC-vroueliga het gevra dat geskikte befondsing beskikbaar gestel word vir die implementering van die verklaring van geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord as ‘n ramptoestand. President Cyril Ramaphosa het verlede jaar geslagsgeweld as ‘n nasionale ramp geklassifiseer. Hy het ook lede aangestel vir die nuwe Nasionale Raad oor Geslagsgeweld en Vrouemoord. Die waarnemende president van die […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing in November bied vroue die geleentheid om te besluit wie hulle moet verteenwoordig. Vroue maak die meerderheid van Suid-Afrika se bevolking uit. Die VF Plus sê die land se daaglikse werklikheid word gekenmerk deur misdaad, swak dienslewering, onveilige skole en water- en elektrisiteitsprobleme. Hy sê politiek vereis sterk, […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says the November local government elections afford women the opportunity to decide who should represent them. Women make up the majority of South Africa’s population. The FF Plus says the country’s everyday reality is marred by crime, poor service delivery, unsafe schools, and water and electricity problems. It says politics […]
# The ANC Women’s League has called for discretionary funding to be made available for the implementation of the declaration of gender-based violence and femicide as a disaster. President Cyril Ramaphosa classified GBVF as a national disaster last year. He has also appointed members to the new National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide. ANCWL […]
