# State prosecutor Joel Cesar has rejected EFF leader Julius Malema’s lawyer’s request of a non-custodial sentence, saying he is a parliamentarian lawmaker who chose to break the law. During sentencing arguments in the KuGompo City Magistrate’s Court in the Eastern Cape, Cesar said Malema’s actions send a dangerous message to young supporters. He urged […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has outlined a plan to strengthen municipalities as economic operating systems to drive local growth and investment. Speaking at an investment conference in Boksburg, Gauteng, he says municipalities must become active enablers of economic activity through improved infrastructure, faster approvals, and better coordination. Ramaphosa emphasised reducing red tape, boosting local entrepreneurship, […]
# South African Local Government Association calls for municipalities to be placed at the centre of local economic development, arguing that developmental local government must move beyond service delivery to become engines of production and growth. Speaking at a summit, president of SALGA, Bheki Stofile, stresses that local economic development should include infrastructure, agriculture, manufacturing, […]
# EBC Financial Group warns South Africa’s three-rand-a-litre fuel levy cut will bring only brief relief, as rising global oil prices and a weaker rand continue to drive inflation. This is due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Analyst David Precious says diesel costs, tied to Brent crude and dollar pricing, remain the […]
# Die geskorste adjunkhoof van die Ekurhuleni-metropolisie, Julius Mkhwanazi, word beskuldig van beweerde misleiding van die Madlanga-kommissie. Getuienisleier Mahlape Sello het teenstrydighede in sy geboorterekords uitgelig tydens ondervraging. Die fokus is op ‘n uitstelversoek wat verband hou met sy ma se dood. Mkhwanazi het voor die kommissie getuig hy is grootgemaak deur sy stiefma, wat […]
# Onderhandelingspanne van Amerika en Iran keer moontlik hierdie week terug na Islamabad in Pakistan om gesprekke oor die beëindiging van die oorlog te hervat. Onderhandelings het verlede naweek platgeval, waarna Washington ‘n blokkade op Iranse hawens ingestel het. Dit het woede van Teheran ontlok, maar tekens dat diplomatieke betrokkenheid kan hervat, het gehelp om […]
# AfriForum hoop die straf weerspieël die erns van die oortredings wanneer die EFF-leier, Julius Malema, se vonnisoplegging môre in die Landdroshof in Oos-Londen in die Oos-Kaap begin. Hy is kragtens die Wet op Vuurwapenbeheer skuldig bevind aan die afvuur van ‘n vuurwapen in die openbaar en die onwettige besit daarvan tydens ‘n EFF-saamtrek in […]
# Negotiating teams from the US and Iran could return to Islamabad in Pakistan this week to resume talks to end the war. Negotiations collapsed last weekend, prompting Washington to impose a blockade on Iranian ports. This drew angry rhetoric from Tehran, while signs that diplomatic engagement might continue helped calm oil markets. A source […]
# Tennis: Die Barcelona-ope in Spanje ondervind talle hoëprofiel-onttrekkings. Die wêreld-nommer-twaalf, Casper Ruud van Noorweë, en die Kanadees Félix Auger-Aliassime het voor hulle eerste wedstryde onttreek weens uitputting, terwyl die Fransman Ugo Humbert en die plaaslike speler Alejandro Davidovich Fokina ook nie meer gaan speel nie. Die agste-gekeurde Brit Jack Draper moes gister tydens sy […]
