# EFF member of parliament Sihle Lonzi has welcomed the withdrawal of controversial SETA board appointments. Lonzi was removed from a parliamentary meeting after questioning the appointment of Gwede Mantashe’s son, Buyambo Mantashe, to a SETA board. Lonzi stated that the withdrawal is a positive step. He emphasised that the EFF will closely monitor future […]
# The DA has called for urgent intervention after another underground drug lab was discovered at Rooikoppen in Standerton, Mpumalanga. This comes four weeks after a similar lab with equipment worth 28-million-rand was uncovered. The DA’s Angel Khanyile says this signals a growing drug network threatening youth and community safety. She urges the SAPS to […]
# The DA has slammed the Correctional Services Department following revelations of multiple dangerous inmates escaping custody, including convicted murderer Xolani du Preez. The DA’s Nicholas Gotsell says the escapes expose a deep systemic failure and leadership collapse. Gotsell is calling for urgent parliamentary oversight after minister Pieter Groenewald admitted he was unaware of the […]
# ‘n Senior ekonoom van FNB, Thanda Sithole, sê mynbouproduksie het in Maart weer met 2,8-persent, jaar-op-jaar gedaal, ná ’n daling van 9,7-persent jaar-op-jaar, en ‘n daling van 9,6-persent in Februarie. Hy sê dit dui vyf opeenvolgende maande van jaarlikse afname. Sithole sê seisoenaal-aangepaste mynbouproduksie het maand-tot-maand met 3,5-persent gestyg, wat ’n herstel aandui, ná […]
# Die DA het die onttrekking van verskeie ANC-kaders, insluitend individue uit KwaZulu-Natal sowel as Buyambo Mantashe, die seun van die ANC se nasionale voorsitter Gwede Mantashe, van die rade van verskeie Sektor Onderwys en Opleidingsowerhede verwelkom. Woordvoerder van die DA, Karabo Khakhau, sê hulle is verheug dat die minister van Hoër Onderwys, Nobuhle Nkabane, […]
# The civil rights organisation AfriForum says it has started legal action against the City of Tshwane to obtain clarification on the implementation of this Metro’s proposed environmental or city cleaning levy. It says the metro plans to implement this monthly levy, amounting to approximately 200-per-month, from 1 July of this year. AfriForum’s Deidré Steffens […]
# The South African Human Rights Commission has welcomed an unconditional public apology issued by former DA member of Parliament, Renaldo Gouws, over a 2010 video containing racist language against Black citizens. The commission’s Wisani Baloyi says the matter was resolved through the commission’s alternative dispute resolution process, with Gouws acknowledging the harm caused and […]
# FNB senior economist Thanda Sithole says mining production declined again in March by 2.8-percent year-on-year after falling by 9.7-percent year-on-year, previously -9.6-percent in February. He says this marked five successive months of annual decline. Sithole says seasonally adjusted mining output expanded by 3.5-percent month-on-month, reflecting a rebound from a 4.1-percent monthly decline, better than the previously recorded fall of 4.4-percent:
# Die Departement van Gesondheid in Mpumalanga gaan ’n provinsiale MIV/Vigs-strategie bekend as die “Closing the Gap”-veldtogtoer van stapel stuur. Dis gemik op 1,1-miljoen inwoners wat met MIV/Vigs leef maar nie behandeling ontvang nie om bewustheid te bevorder en toegang tot antiretrovirale behandeling uit te brei, met die doel om wydverspreide virale onderdrukking te bereik. […]
