# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Agentskap vir Sosiale Sekerheid het kommer uitgespreek oor onwettige maandelikse aftrekkings van begunstigdes se maatskaplike toelaes deur versekering- en begrafnismaatskappye. Slegs een toegestaande-aftrekking word per maand toegelaat, en begrafnispolis-aftrekkings word nie op kinder- en gestremdheidstoelaes toegelaat nie. ‘n Woordvoerder vir SAASA, Andile Tshona, sê die agentskap kan nie aftrekkings goedkeur sonder die […]
# Die Gautengse LUR vir Paaie en Vervoer, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, sê versplintering in e-taxi-leierskap belemmer vordering met die oplossing van bedryfsgeskille. Tlabela het voor Maponya Winkelsentrum gepraat ná die dood van ‘n e-taxi-bestuurder en gesê die departement beplan om die sektor te formaliseer om deurlopende betrokkenheid te verseker en onwettige bedrywighede aan te pak. Sy […]
# Golf: Mexican Luis Carrera will be chasing a third title on the Sunshine Tour when he tees off in the Vodacom Origins of Golf at the Parys Golf and Country Estate in the Free State today. South Africa’s Jean Hugo returns as the favourite, having won a record 12 Vodacom Origins of Golf titles. […]
# Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi has filed papers in the Gauteng High Court seeking a stay on all pending National Health Insurance cases. This is until the Constitutional Court hears president Cyril Ramaphosa’s appeal over disclosing information that led to his decision to sign the NHI Bill into law, and matters of jurisdiction have been resolved. […]
# More than four-thousand-600 survivors endured abuses used as weapons of war, torture, terrorism and political repression in 2024, marking a 25-percent increase from the previous year. This is according to the annual Report of the United Nations Secretary-General on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence. The report covers 21 countries, with women and girls making up 92-percent of […]
# The Presidency says the South Africa National Defence Force chief, General Rudzani Maphwanya’s trip to Iran, was not sanctioned. During a meeting in Tehran, Maphwanya and Iran’s army commander, Major General Amir Hatami, reportedly commended their countries’ shared goal of combating global arrogance and aggressive colonial approaches. Maphwanya also denounced Israel’s bombing of Palestinians while […]
# The South African Social Security Agency has expressed concern over unlawful deductions from social grant beneficiaries by insurance and funeral companies. Only one consented deduction per month is allowed, and child and disability grants are not eligible for funeral policy deductions. SASSA spokesperson Andile Tshona says the agency does not authorise any deductions without […]
# Gauteng Roads and Transport MEC Kedibone Diale-Tlabela says fragmented e-hailing leadership hampers progress in resolving industry disputes. Speaking outside Maponya Mall following the death of an e-hailing driver, Tlabela says the department plan to formalise the sector to ensure consistent engagement and address illegal operations. She emphasised that the department will mediate between taxi […]
# Tennis: Die sewemalige Grand Slam-kampioen, Venus Williams, is ʼn promotorskeuse by die Amerikaanse Ope. Die 45-jarige Amerikaner het verlede maand by die Washington Ope haar eerste wedstryd in 16 maande gespeel. Vyf ander Amerikaners het ook loslootjies ontvang vir die vroue-enkelspel se hooftrekking, asook Caroline Garcia van Frankryk en die Australiër, Talia Gibson. Intussen […]
