# Die ouditeur-generaal, Tsakani Maluleke, waarsku dat swak beplanning, swak verkryging en ʼn gebrek aan aanspreeklikheid die lewering van infrastruktuur kniehalter terwyl waterverliese mislukte stelsels ontbloot. Volgens die 2024/2025 saamgestelde algemene verslag oor die nasionale en provinsiale oudit-uitkomste, was daar 109 vertragings by 152 infrastruktuurprojekte wat geoudit is. Die projekte kos saam 47,39-miljard-rand. Maluleke sê […]
# Die Nasionale Tesourie se direkteur-generaal, Duncan Pieterse, sê geopolitieke spanning maak dit vir Suid-Afrika moeiliker om fiskale teikens te bereik en terselfdertyd noodsaaklike maatskaplike besteding te beskerm. Die fiskale strategie se doel is om die verhouding tussen skuld en bruto binnelandse produk in die 2025/2026-boekjaar te bestendig en dan te verminder. Pieterse sê ten […]
# The Cape Independence Advocacy Group has welcomed Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis’s decision to formally declare an intergovernmental dispute with acting minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia. This is over the mayor wanting Cape Town’s Metro Police and Law Enforcement officers to have legal authority to investigate crimes and build prosecution-ready dockets. The Cape Independence […]
# Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke has warned that weak planning, poor procurement and lack of accountability are crippling infrastructure delivery, with water losses exposing failing systems. The 2024-2025 consolidated general report on the national and provincial audit outcomes revealed that of 152 infrastructure projects that were audited, 109 experienced delays. The projects have a combined estimated […]
# National Treasury director-general Duncan Pieterse says geopolitical tensions have made it more challenging to deliver on South Africa’s fiscal targets, while ensuring that critical social spending is protected. The fiscal strategy has been anchored by stabilising the debt-to-gross domestic product ratio in the 2025/2026 fiscal year and then reducing it. Pieterse says despite the […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika sê die Straat van Hormoes sal binnekort heropen, want anders sal hy geen keuse hê as ʼn verwoestende nuwe aanval op Iran nie. Teheran ontken dat hy regstreeks met Washington onderhandel, en hou vol dat hy saam met Oman aan ʼn ooreenkoms werk om die Straat te heropen. Die […]
# Rugby: Springbok-afrigter Rassie Erasmus sê Saterdag se eenmalige toets teen Argentinië is die perfekte geleentheid vir verskeie terugkerende spelers om hul wedstrydvaardighede te slyp. Siya Kolisi, Eben Etzebeth, Lood de Jager en Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu begin teen Los Pumas nadat beserings hulle die begin van die seisoen laat misloop het. Erasmus sê die kragmeting met […]
# US president Donald Trump says the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened very soon, or he will have no other choice but to launch a harsh new attack on Iran. Tehran has denied it is holding direct discussions with Washington; instead, it has emphasised that it is working with Oman on an arrangement to […]
# Rugby: Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus says Saturday’s one-off Test against Argentina will offer the perfect opportunity for several returning players to rediscover their match sharpness. Siya Kolisi, Eben Etzebeth, Lood de Jager and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu will start against Los Pumas after having all missed the Boks’ opening three Tests of the season due to […]
