# Suid-Afrika kan nie die stryd teen korrupsie wen sonder ‘n sterk onafhanklike regbank nie. Die voormalige hoofregter Raymond Zondo het by die Suid-Afrikaanse Raad van Kerke se Teen-korrupsiekonferensie in Johannesburg ‘n beroep gedoen vir groter onafhanklikheid vir die regbank, institusionele beheer oor begrotings en sterker verteenwoordiging van regters op die Regterlike Dienskommissie. Hy waarsku […]
# The South African Revenue Service has imposed provisional anti‑dumping duties on top‑loading washing machines after a complaint from Defy Appliances. The International Trade Administration Commission found significant dumping into the Southern African Customs Union market. Duties range from eight-percent to 13-percent on Chinese imports and up to 67.1-percent on Thailand units. SARS says the […]
# The DA calls on Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero to permanently remove mayoral committee member for Transport, Kenny Kunene. The party says Kunene’s links to suspected murderers and his conduct have brought the city’s executive into disrepute. The DA’s Belinda Kayser-Echeozonjoku insists that only Kunene’s full removal will protect the integrity of the Johannesburg executive, […]
# Netball: The Baby Proteas eye a top-three finish at the Under-21 Youth World Cup in Gibraltar, Spain, from 19 to 25 September. The 15-player squad includes captain Phophi Nematangari, Jade Atkins, and Renezia Andrews. With an unbeaten Africa qualifier run and a series win over Jamaica, South Africa faces Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Malawi […]
# South Africa’s fight against corruption cannot succeed without a strong, independent judiciary. Speaking at the South African Council of Churches Anti-Corruption Conference in Johannesburg, former chief justice Raymond Zondo called for greater judicial independence, institutional control over budgets, and stronger representation of judges on the Judicial Service Commission. He warned that the current structure […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitees oor die Polisie en Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling het ‘n konsepverslag aanvaar oor die versoek om bewerings deur die KwaZulu-Natalse polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, te ondersoek. Die verslag beveel aan dat die Nasionale Vergadering ‘n ad hoc-komitee stig om na die bewerings te kyk. Mkhwanazi het bewerings gemaak van korrupsie, politieke inmenging […]
# Transnet sê sy onmiddellike prioriteit is om gefokusde aksies in te stel om sy operasionele en finansiële prestasie te verbeter. S&P Global het die staatsonderneming se kredietgradering afgegradeer weens ‘n jaarlikse kontantverbruik van 13,5-miljard-rand en die versuim om volumeteikens te bereik. Transnet sê hy het egter aansienlike vordering gemaak met hervormings, waarop sy strategie […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committees on Police and Justice and Constitutional Development have adopted a draft report on the request to investigate allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. The report recommends that the National Assembly establish an ad hoc committee to consider the allegations. Mkhwanazi has made allegations of corruption, political interference, and malfeasance, […]
# Transnet states that its immediate priority is to actively implement targeted interventions to enhance its operational and financial performance. S&P Global recently downgraded the state-owned entity’s credit rating due to an annual cash burn of 13.5-billion-rand and the failure to meet volume targets. Transnet states that it has, however, made considerable progress in implementing […]