# Die pas aangestelde direkteur-generaal vir Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Simphiwe Hamilton, sê hulle is bewus van moontlike korrupsie in die voorgestelde Hervormingsfonds van 100-miljard-rand. Die regering sê hy dink die fonds sal help om die doeltreffendheid van breedgebaseerde swart ekonomiese bemagtiging se besteding te verbeter. Hamilton sê die struktuur rondom die fonds sal enige […]
# Boks: Suid-Afrika se Kevin Lerena het sy Wêreldboksraad-superligswaargewigtitel behou deur Serhiy Radchenko van Oekraïne in die derde van 12 rondes in die SunBet Arena in Pretoria te klop. Dit is die eerste WBR-wêreldtitelgeveg in Suid-Afrika. Die superligswaargewig-afdeling is tussen die kruisgewig- en swaargewigafdelings om kleiner swaargewigboksers te akkommodeer. Lerena sê hy is verheug oor […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se Noodverligtingskoördineerder, Tom Fletcher, het Israel se besluit om humanitêre hulp te staak as ʼn wrede, kollektiewe straf teen die Palestynse bevolking beskryf. Geen kos, water of mediese voorraad word sedert 2 Maart toegelaat om die Gaza-strook binne te gaan nie. Dit kom terwyl Israelse magte voortgaan om die gebied te bombardeer […]
# Die GOOD Party sê die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag moet die sake wat deur die Waarheids- en Versoeningskommissie aanbeveel is met dringendheid vervolg, aangesien hy dit steeds kan doen. President Cyril Ramaphosa gaan ‘n regterlike kommissie van ondersoek aanstel om te bepaal of iemand probeer om die ondersoek of vervolging van misdade te dwarsboom wat die […]
# Die minister van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling, Mmamoloko Kubayi, het die sinnelose moord op ʼn 30-jarige Oos-Kaapse aanklaer, Elona Sombulula, veroordeel. Sy is vroeër die week in Ngcobo doodgeskiet. Kubayi se woordvoerder, Terrence Manase, sê die minister staan saam met die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag en alle aanklaers wat dikwels onder moeilike omstandighede voortgaan om die […]
# Newly appointed Trade, Industry and Competition director-general, Simphiwe Hamilton, says they are acutely aware of the potential for corruption in the proposed 100-billion-rand Transformation Fund. The government believes the fund will help improve the effectiveness of broad-based black economic empowerment spending. Hamilton says the structuring around the fund will mitigate against any possibility of […]
# Boxing: South Africa’s Kevin Lerena has retained his World Boxing Council Bridgerweight title by beating Ukraine’s Serhiy Radchenko in the third of 12 rounds at the SunBet Arena in Pretoria. This is the first time a WBC world title has been defended on South African soil. The bridgerweight class is between the cruiserweight and […]
# The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, has condemned Israel’s decision to halt humanitarian assistance as a cruel collective punishment of the Palestinian population. No food, water or medical supplies have been allowed to enter the Gaza Strip since March 2nd. This prolonged humanitarian blockade comes as Israeli forces continue bombarding the territory, killing […]
# Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has condemned the senseless murder of young prosecutor in the Eastern Cape, Elona Sombulula. The 30-year-old was gunned down earlier this week in Ngcobo. Kubayi’s spokesperson, Terrence Manase, says the minister stands in solidarity with the National Prosecuting Authority and all prosecutors, who continue to serve […]
