# Die DA doen ʼn beroep op die regering om ʼn Kuber-kommissaris aan te stel terwyl kunsmatige-intelligensie-gedrewe slenters en digitale bankbedrog toeneem. Volgens die Suid-Afrikaanse Bankrisiko-inligtingsentrum het die aantal digitale bankbedrogsake tussen 2023 en 2024 verdubbel, met finansiële verliese wat van een-miljard- tot 1,4-miljard-rand toegeneem het. Glynnis Breytenbach van die DA sê Suid-Afrikaners verdien veiliger […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Electricity and Energy has expressed concern regarding the allegations surrounding the governance crisis at the Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa. The company is without a functioning board after five board members resigned last week. The development comes after the board failed to get ministerial support to suspend the corporation’s CEO, […]
# Skywatchers in parts of the world, including South Africa, got to see a rare total lunar eclipse, commonly called a Blood Moon, on Sunday evening. This 82-minute spectacle, one of the longest in a decade, occurred when the Earth positioned itself precisely between the moon and the sun, casting its shadow on the moon’s […]
# The DA is calling on government to establish a Cyber Commissioner as artificial intelligence-driven scams and digital banking fraud are increasing. According to the South African Banking Risk Information Centre, the number of digital banking fraud cases doubled between 2023 and 2024, with financial losses increasing from one-billion-rand to 1.4-billion-rand. The DA’s Glynnis Breytenbach […]
# Motorsport: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen converted pole position into victory at the Italian Grand Prix, to claim his first win since May. McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri finished second and third respectively, with Charles Leclerc in fourth for Ferrari and Mercedes’ George Russell rounding out the top five. Norris has cut Piastri’s driver […]
# Die Campaign to Scrap the Labour Law Amendment Bills sê hulle verwerp die promulgering van die nuwe Kode van Goeie Praktyk oor Ontslag deur die minister van Indiensneming en Arbeid, Nomakhosazana Meth. Die woordvoerder van die Veldtog, Patrick Mlaba, sê die nuwe kode verskuif die magsbalans as grondslag ten gunste van werkgewers. Hy sê […]
# The Campaign to Scrap the Labour Law Amendment Bills says it rejects Employment and Labour minister, Nomakhosazana Meth’s promulgation of the new Code of Good Practice on Dismissal. The campaign’s spokesperson, Patrick Mlaba, says the new code fundamentally shifts the balance of power in favour of employers. He says the power and control of employers […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile sê wyle ambassadeur Mninwa Johannes Mahlangu was deurslaggewend in die bevrydingstryd om Suid-Afrika se demokrasie te ontwikkel en koester. Mashatile het die lofrede gelewer tydens die spesiale amptelike begrafnis vir Mahlangu in Middelburg, Mpumalanga. Mahlangu is op 24 Augustus op 72-jarige ouderdom in die hospitaal oorlede na ‘n kort siekbed. Mashatile […]
# Die DA sê hy is daartoe verbind om die oorsaak van onwettige grondgrype aan te spreek, nie net die simptome nie. Die party sê hy het wysigings aan die Wet op die Voorkoming van Onwettige Uitsettings in die Parlement voorgestel wat die aanhitsing en organisering van grondgrype vervolgbaar sal maak. Luyolo Mphithi van die […]
