# Die DA in Gauteng het LUR Lebogang Maile aangemoedig om te verseker dat slegs gekwalifiseerde en korrupsievrye kandidate aangestel word op die Gautengse Drankraad se kommissie van ondersoek na korrupsie. Vandag is die sperdatum vir aansoeke. Mike Moriarty van die DA sê die kommissie moes al lankal in werking gewees het terwyl sake-eienaars kla […]
# Die minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, het bevestig Suid-Afrika gaan die agtergrond van die nuut-aanstelde Amerikaanse ambassadeur, Brent Bozell, nagaan, en dat die land nie geraadpleeg is oor die keuse nie. President Donald Trump het die benoeming aangekondig van die regsgesinde media-kritikus te midde van groeiende spanning tussen die lande. Ntshavheni het ook […]
# Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, has confirmed that South Africa will review the credentials of newly appointed US ambassador Leo Brent Bozell and was not consulted on his selection. This follows president Donald Trump’s announcement of Bozell’s nomination, a right-wing media critic, amid growing tensions. Ntshavheni also rejected US concerns over the government’s […]
# The DA in Gauteng has urged MEC Lebogang Maile to ensure only qualified and corruption-free candidates are appointed to the Gauteng Liquor Board Commission of Inquiry. Today marks the deadline for applications. The DA’s Mike Moriarty says the commission, investigating alleged corruption, is long overdue, with complaints from business owners about delays in liquor […]
# Amerika se direkteur van Nasionale Intelligensie, Tulsi Gabbard, sê dit was ʼn fout om ʼn joernalis in te sluit by ʼn hoëvlakgesprek oor lugaanval-planne, maar herhaal geen geklassifiseerde inligting is gedeel nie. The Atlantic het nog boodskappe van die groepsgesprek gepubliseer waarby die tydskrif se hoofredakteur, Jeffrey Goldberg, per ongeluk gevoeg is. Die boodskappe […]
# Die DA in Tshwane sê die ANC-geleide regering se voorgestelde metrobegroting wil sy inkomste uit hoër eiendomsbelasting aanvul met ʼn nuwe waardasierol en ʼn nuwe belasting instel. Die nuwe belasting is in die vorm van ʼn heffing om die stad skoon te maak. Jacqui Uys van die DA sê dit gaan veral armer en […]
# Die MK-party se sekretaris-generaal, Floyd Shivambu, het gerugte van bilaterale samesprekings met die ANC oor die begroting ontken. Die ANC soek ondersteuning by opposisiepartye om seker te maak die begroting word volgende week in die Parlement aanvaar. Die meeste partye weier om die begroting goed te keur weens die voorgestelde BTW-verhoging van 0,5-persent. Shivambu […]
# US Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, says the inclusion of a journalist in a high-level chat about air strike plans was a mistake, but reiterated that no classified information was shared. The Atlantic has published more messages from the group chat, in which the magazine’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was inadvertently added. The messages […]
# The DA in Tshwane says the ANC-led government’s proposed metro budget aims to supplement its income from higher property tax due to a new valuations roll and introduce a new tax. The new tax is in the form of a city cleansing levy. The DA’s, Jacqui Uys, says this will harm especially poorer and […]
