# COSATU in Gauteng has expressed concern over reports that the provincial treasury is negotiating to prevent the National Treasury from freezing 1.9-billion-rand in funding. The trade federation says billions meant for service delivery, including 1.4-billion-rand in conditional grants, remained unspent while communities face failing infrastructure, overcrowded hospitals and worsening poverty. The federation has criticised […]
# The South African Police Service has arrested two men in connection with firearms seen in a viral social media video showing women recklessly handling guns. Gauteng Crime Intelligence traced the suspects to Tembisa, where unlicensed firearms and a hijacked vehicle were recovered. Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says the suspects, aged 21 and 34, face […]
# The Judicial Service Commission has suspended Eastern Cape High Court Judge Belinda Hartle pending a Judicial Conduct Tribunal investigation into allegations of derogatory and racist remarks made to registry clerk Thozamile Semekazi. The JSC says Hartle may complete partly heard matters while a tribunal examines claims that she shouted expletives during an office incident […]
# Eskom sê dissiplinêre stappe en moontlike strafregtelike aanklagte sal gedoen word teen verskeie werknemers en verskaffers. Dit volg nadat ‘n ondersoek na onreëlmatige dieselverkrygingskontrakte ter waarde van 21-miljard-rand afgehandel is. Die ondersoek, is in Maart 2025 begin en het gefokus op kontrakte vir die voorsiening van diesel aan Eskom se oopsiklus-gasturbine-kragstasies, insluitend die strategies […]
# Die Amerikaanse minister van Buitelandse Sake, Marco Rubio, sê die Chinese president, Xi Jinping, stem volmondig saam met president Donald Trump oor Iran. Hy was deel van ‘n ontmoeting waartydens hulle Iran, Taiwan en handel bespreek het. Rubio het aan NBC gesê China is gekant teen die militarisering van die Seestraat van Hormoes en […]
# Die EFF het die Gautengse Hooggeregshof genader om die aanvaarding van die Stad Ekurhuleni se 2025/2026-aanpassingsbegroting, wat hy as onregmatig beskryf, te betwis. Die kwessie het ontstaan nadat die raad se speaker verklaar het die begroting is deur mondelinge stemming aanvaar, terwyl die grondwetlike vereiste is dat begrotings deur ʼn meerderheidstem van alle raadslede […]
# The EFF has approached the Gauteng High Court to challenge what it says is the unlawful adoption of the City of Ekurhuleni’s 2025/2026 Adjustment Budget. At the centre of this matter is the declaration by the Speaker of Council that the budget had been adopted through a voice vote, despite the constitutional requirement that […]
# US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, says Chinese president Xi Jinping is in total agreement with president Donald Trump over Iran. Rubio was part of a high-stakes meeting with the two leaders where topics including Iran, Taiwan, and trade were discussed. Rubio told NBC that China is against the militarisation of the Strait of […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die termyn van die Khampepe Kommissie van Ondersoek na die Waarheid- en Versoeningskommissie verleng. Die president het die kommissie verlede jaar saamgestel as deel van ‘n skikkingsooreenkoms in ‘n geding met gesinne van slagoffers uit die apartheidtyd. Hulle het agtereenvolgende administrasies uit die demokratiese tyd beskuldig van inmenging om ondersoeke […]
