# The South African Local Government Association has expressed concern over the NERSA-Eskom settlement, which will see electricity tariffs rise by 8.76-percent in 2026/27 and 8.83-percent in 2027/28, costing consumers an additional 54-billion-rand. SALGA warns these increases deepen household poverty, strain municipal finances, and risk service delivery. In a statement, Salga President Bheke Stofile called […]
# A federal judge has blocked a Trump administration effort to speed deportations of migrants detained in the interior of the United States, slamming it as a violation of due process. Judge Jia Cobb said, unlike migrants detained at or near the border, the administration is now targeting people who have long since entered the […]
# ‘n Amerikaanse appèlhof het beslis dat die meeste van president Donald Trump se tariewe onwettig is, wat ‘n moontlike regskonfrontasie kan veroorsaak en sy buitelandse beleidsagenda omver kan werp. In ‘n 7-4-beslissing het die Federale Amerikaanse Appèlhof Trump se argument verwerp dat die tariewe toegelaat word kragtens ‘n noodwet op ekonomiese magte en verklaar […]
# Die MK-party sê die Stad Kaapstad se besluit om ‘n groot transformator-tender aan Hitachi Energy toe te ken, is uiters kommerwekkend. Die party het kommer uitgespreek oor die nakoming van verkrygingswette, billikheid met betrekking tot swart ekonomiese bemagtiging, en behoorlike omsigtigheid, gegewe Hitachi se vorige wangedrag. Die party se woordvoerder, Nhlamulo Ndhlela, sê parlementêre […]
# The MK Party says the City of Cape Town’s decision to award a major power transformer tender to Hitachi Energy is deeply troubling. The party has raised concerns about compliance with procurement laws, fairness in broad-based black economic empowerment, and due diligence, given Hitachi’s past misconduct. MK spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela says parliamentary questions have […]
# A US appeals court has ruled that most tariffs issued by US President Donald Trump are illegal, setting up a potential legal showdown that could upend his foreign policy agenda. In a 7-4 decision, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected Trump’s argument that the tariffs were permitted under an emergency […]
# Die DA sê die voormalige uitvoerende hoof van die Johannesburg Property Company, Helen Botes, moet steeds aanspreeklik gehou word, al het die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag besluit om haar nie te vervolg nie. Die party sê die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid se bevindings oor korrupsie is geïgnoreer en het in ‘n skrywe aan die Parlement ‘n volledige ondersoek […]
# The South African National Parks has confirmed that the second phase of the reopening of Silvermine Gate 1 and most trails in the Silvermine area will commence from 1 September, 2025. This follows the reopening of Silvermine Gate 2 and parts of Tokai in July, after fires damaged two-thousand-800 hectares earlier this year. Upper […]
# Rugby: The Women’s World Cup resumes in England today, with Canada taking on Wales at the start of the second round. Scotland faces Fiji, the hostesses play Samoa and USA will come up against Australia. The Springbok Women play Italy tomorrow after their convincing victory over Brazil in their first match, while Ireland and […]
