# Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, says the fight against corruption is yielding significant financial recoveries. The National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit has recovered 8.3-billion-rand in unlawfully obtained gains. Of this, 3.68-billion-rand was paid to victims, and 4.6-billion-rand went to the Criminal Assets Recovery Account. The Special Investigating Unit has recovered assets […]
# Die Europese Unie verskerp die afdwinging van sanksies teen Rusland en oorweeg groter steun aan Oekraïne. Die EU het sedert 2022 reeds 21 stelle sankies teen Moskou ingestel, gemik op die finansiële, die energie- en die handelsektor. Die visepresident van die Europese Kommissie, Kaja Kallas, sê die EU-ministers van Buitelandse Sake oorweeg dit om […]
# The European Union is tightening the enforcement of sanctions against Russia, while further ramping up pressure on the country and increasing support for Ukraine. It has implemented 21 packages of restrictive measures against Moscow since 2022, targeting financial, energy, and trade sectors. European Commission vice president Kaja Kallas says EU Foreign Affairs ministers are […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu is bekommerd oor die inentingskrisis van kinders, wat die Gesondheidsdepartement tot openbare gesondheids-noodtoestand verklaar het. Die hoeveelheid kinders onder een wat nie ingeënt is nie, het gestyg van 12,1-persent in 2017 tot 36,3-persent vroeër vanjaar, wat een uit elke drie babas weerloos laat. Woordvoerder Matthew Parks sê dit keer die groot […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum vra president Cyril Ramaphosa om meer fondse beskikbaar te stel en die werksaamhede van die Madlanga-kommissie te verleng. Honderd-47-miljoen-rand is aanvanklik begroot, waarvan 123-miljoen-rand reeds bestee is terwyl bykomende befondsing gesoek word. Woordvoerder Dennis Bloem sê Ramaphosa kan nie vir Suid-Afrikaners vertel daar is nie geld nie terwyl 700-miljoen-rand beskikbaar […]
# Union federation Cosatu is concerned over South Africa’s child immunisation crisis, which the Health Department has declared a public health emergency. The proportion of infants under one year receiving no vaccines has tripled from 12.1-percent in 2017 to 36.3-percent earlier this year, leaving more than one in three babies completely unprotected. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum is calling on president Cyril Ramaphosa to make more funds available for the extension of the Madlanga commission. Of the 147-million-rand initially budgeted, 123-million-rand has already been spent, while additional funding is being sought. Spokesperson Dennis Bloem says Ramaphosa cannot tell South Africans there is no money when 700-million-rand was […]
# Die Foschini-groep het planne aangekondig om teen 2029 sowat 280 winkels reg oor Suid-Afrika, Brittanje en Australië te sluit na ‘n ernstige daling in wêreldwye kleinhandelbesteding. Die modereus, wat swaar getref is deur internasionale handelsmerk-verswakkings, waarsku dat sy verdienste per aandeel vir die volle jaar met tot 65-persent kan daal. Uitvoerende hoof Anthony Thunström […]
# The Foschini Group has announced plans to close about 280 stores across South Africa, the UK, and Australia by 2029 following a severe drop in global retail spending. The fashion giant, hit hard by international brand impairments, warns its full-year earnings per share could plunge by up to 65-percent. CEO Anthony Thunström says the […]
