# Business Leadership SA says the government must aggressively pursue alternative trade partnerships through BRICS and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement. This follows the expiry of the US preferential trade framework, the African Growth and Opportunity Act, on September 30th. However, Trade, Industry, and Competition minister Parks Tau has expressed confidence that a renewal […]
# Die parlementêre staande komitee oor Openbare Rekeninge begin vandag met sy ondersoek na die Padongelukkefonds se finansiële sake. Die voorsitter, Songezo Zibi, sê die ondersoek sal onbetaalde eise, verkwistende uitgawes, korrupsiebewerings en onreëlmatige verkryging ondersoek. Die ondersoek volg ná maande van onbetroubare of verlore inligting. Zibi het bevestig die ondersoek sal tot middel volgende […]
# Rugby: Die Stormers sal vir die afsienbare toekoms sonder hulle Springbok-vaskopstut, Neethling Fouché, moet klaarkom nadat hy sy arm gebreek het in Vrydag se Verenigde Rugbykampioenskaps-wedstryd teen Ospreys in Kaapstad. Nog ‘n Bokstut, Frans Malherbe, sukkel met ‘n rugbesering. Afrigter John Dobson sê die goeie nuus is dat die Bok-agterspelers Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Damian de […]
# Die minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Velenkosini Hlabisa, het belowe om ontslae te raak van spookwerkers by die Ditsobotla Plaaslike Munisipaliteit in Noordwes. Hlabisa sê diegene wat op bedrieglike wyse salarisse ontvang, sal vervolg word. Hy sê die span wat ontplooi is, het ‘n duidelike mandaat ontvang om Ditsobotla reg te ruk […]
# Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has vowed to root out ghost workers at the Ditsobotla Local Municipality, North West province. Hlabisa says those fraudulently drawing salaries will be prosecuted. He says the team deployed has a clear mandate to fix Ditsobotla and end the practice once and for all, warning that […]
# Rugby: The Stormers will be without Springbok tighthead Neethling Fouché for the foreseeable future after he broke his arm in Friday’s United Rugby Championship match against Ospreys in Cape Town. Another Bok prop, Frans Malherbe, is still recovering from a troublesome back injury. Coach John Dobson says the good news is that their Bok […]
# Parliament’s standing committee on Public Accounts will begin its inquiry into the Road Accident Fund’s financial affairs today. Chairperson Songezo Zibi says the probe will examine unpaid claims, wasteful expenditure, corruption allegations, and irregular procurement. The inquiry follows months of unreliable or missing RAF information. He confirmed the inquiry will run until mid-November, with […]
# Die Franse president, Emmanuel Macron, het ‘n nuwe regering aangewys, byna ‘n maand na die aanstelling van premier Sebastien Lecornu. Die belangrikste aanstellings sluit in Bruno Le Maire as die nuwe minister van Verdediging te midde van ‘n uiters sensitiewe tyd van spanning met Rusland oor Oekraïne. ‘n Noue bondgenoot van Macron, Roland Lescure, […]
# French president Emmanuel Macron has named a new government, nearly a month after the appointment of prime minister Sebastien Lecornu. The big appointments include Bruno Le Maire, who is the new Defence minister, at a deeply sensitive time of tension with Russia over Ukraine. Roland Lescure, a close ally of Macron, is the new […]
