# Gauteng Police Commissioner, Tommy Mthombeni, has warned that South Africans who harbour or employ illegal immigrants could face fines of ten-thousand-rand per person, and possible criminal charges. This comes as law enforcement agencies ramp up preparations ahead of nationwide anti-illegal immigration protests next Tuesday. Mthombeni says operational plans are in place to maintain law and […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, says South Africa pursues an independent foreign policy firmly anchored in the principle of non-alignment, and will not be dictated by external pressure. He was responding to comments made by the US ambassador to Pretoria, Leo Brent Bozell, who claimed that deputy president Paul Mashatile’s visit […]
# The Western Cape economy has grown by 0.6-percent between January and March, outperforming the national average of 0.5-percent. The growth was driven by strong performance in sectors such as finance, agriculture, and tourism, with increased exports of apples and grapes and a rise in international arrivals to Cape Town. Agriculture, Economic Development and Tourism […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Correctional Services says prison overcrowding remains a serious challenge, with foreign national inmates making up about 12-percent of sentenced prisoners. Committee chairperson Anthea Ramolobeng told the media delays in deportation processes are adding pressure to already strained facilities and resources. Ramolobeng welcomed a prisoner transfer agreement between South Africa and […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse ekonomie het met 0,6-persent tussen Januarie en Maart gegroei, wat die nasionale gemiddeld van 0,5-persent oortref. Die groei word gedryf deur ‘n sterk vertoning in sektore soos finansies, landbou en toerisme, met verhoogde uitvoere van appels en druiwe en ‘n toename in internasionale aankomste in Kaapstad. Die LUR vir Landbou, Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling […]
# Die Parlementêre Portefeuljekomitee oor Korrektiewe Dienste sê die oorbevolking van korrektiewe instellings bly ‘n ernstige uitdaging, met buitelandse gevangenes wat sowat 12-persent van gevonnisde gevangenes uitmaak. Die komiteevoorsitter, Anthea Ramolobeng het aan die media gesê vertragings in deportasieprosesse plaas druk op fasiliteite en hulpbronne wat reeds onder druk is. Ramolobeng het ‘n gevangene-oordragooreenkoms tussen […]
# Statebondspele: Suid-Afrika se Sportkonfederasie en Olimpiese Komitee het ʼn sterk span atlete aangekondig om die land by die Statebondspele in Glasgow te verteenwoordig. Die atlete sal meeding in atletiek, swem, boks, gimnastiek, para-atletiek, netbal, judo, rolbal, gewigoptel, fietsry en rolstoel-basketbal. Atlete soos Chad Le Clos, Akani Simbine, Caitlin Rooskrantz, Bridget Calitz, Erin Gallagher, en […]
# Die Internasionale Atoomenergie-agentskap sal binnekort inspeksies in Iran uitvoer ná ʼn tussentydse vredesooreenkoms tussen Amerika en Teheran. Dit is ten spyte van teenstrydige verklarings van Iran en Washington. Iran se ministerie van Buitelandse Sake hou vol toegang tot sy beskadigde kernfasiliteite en kernmateriaal kan slegs binne die raamwerk van ʼn finale ooreenkoms hanteer word. […]
# Die ouditeur-generaal, Tsakani Maluleke, veroordeel die verslegtende finansiële toestand, ineenstorting van dienslewering, vervalle infrastruktuur en uiters swak gevolgebestuur in Gautengse munisipaliteite. Uit die provinsie se elf munisipaliteite het slegs Midvaal en Wes-Rand skoon oudits ontvang. Johannesburg se oudit het in die 2024/2025-boekjaar verswak van ʼn ongekwalifiseerde ouditmening tot ʼn gekwalifiseerde ouditmening. Dit volg nadat […]
