# Die waarnemende minister van Polisie, Firoz Cachalia, sê tussen Januarie 2024 en Junie vanjaar het wetstoepassingsagentskappe 162 georganiseerde misdaadsindikate geïdentifiseer. Altesaam 371 vermeende sindikaatleiers is vervolg, maar slegs 62 is skuldig bevind. Cachalia het in ʼn parlementêre antwoord onthul dat 12 polisiebeamptes in dieselfde tydperk ondersoek is omdat hulle volgens berigte met hierdie misdaadsindikate […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has endorsed the phase one report of the Eskom Restructuring Task Team, setting out the recommendations for establishing an independent Transmission System Operator separate from Eskom. The Electricity Regulation Act provides for the establishment of the TSO by no later than 31 December 2029. Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, says the report […]
# Acting minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia, says between January 2024 and June this year, law enforcement agencies identified 162 organised criminal syndicates. A total of 371 alleged syndicate leaders have been prosecuted, while only 62 have been convicted. In a parliamentary reply, Cachalia revealed that during the same period, 12 police officials were investigated […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika het die Federale Reserwe gekritiseer wat rentekoerse onveranderd gelaat het, en sê laer koerse sal die ekonomie verder versterk. Beleidmakers het met 9 teen 3 gestem dat rentekoerse tussen 3,5-persent en 3,75-persent bly. Die besluit kom te midde van toenemende onsekerheid oor die uitwerking wat die voortslepende konflik in […]
# US president Donald Trump has criticised the Federal Reserve for leaving interest rates unchanged, saying lower borrowing costs would further strengthen the economy. Policymakers voted 9-3 in favour of keeping interest rates on hold between 3.5-percent and 3.75-percent. The decision comes amid growing uncertainty over the impact of the ongoing conflict in the Middle […]
# Rugby: Wêreldrugby het die skedule vir 2027 se Sewesreeks en Wêreldkampioenskap bevestig na ‘n mylpaal-jaar waarin die Blitsbokke albei kompetisies gewen het. Die seisoen sal weereens in November in Dubai afskop voordat Kaapstad, Singapoer, Perth, Vancouver en New York aan die beurt kom, met die Wêreldkampioenskap daarna in Hongkong, Valladolid en Bordeaux. Suid-Afrika sal […]
# Rugby: World Rugby has confirmed the 2027 Sevens Series and World Championship schedule, following a landmark 2026 competition which saw the Blitzboks win both the Series and the World Championship. The season will once again kick off in Dubai in November this year, before visiting Cape Town, Singapore, Perth, Vancouver and New York, culminating in the World […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Plaaslike Regeringsvereniging sê Nasionale Tesourie se besluit om die oorblywende 7,1-miljard-rand in befondsing in Julie vry te stel, sal help om noodsaaklike munisipale dienste te beskerm en die behoefte aan verantwoordbaarheid versterk. Die Tesourie het erken gemeenskappe behoort nie onnodige blootgestel te word weens munisipale amptenare se bestuursmislukkings nie. SALGA se woordvoerder, […]
# The South African Local Government Association says National Treasury’s decision to release the remaining 7.1-billion-rand in withheld July equitable share transfers will help protect critical municipal services while reinforcing the need for accountability. Treasury acknowledged that communities should not be subjected to undue hardship due to municipal officials’ governance failures. SALGA’s spokesperson, Motalatale Modiba, […]
