# The South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee’s reduction of interest rates by another 25 basis points is the right decision given the low inflation and sluggish gross domestic product growth. This is according to North West University Business School economist, professor Raymond Parsons. He says the lower borrowing costs are positive at a […]
# Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has condemned the killing of prosecutor, Tracy Brown, who was attached to the New Brighton Magistrate’s Court in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape. She was gunned down outside her home on Thursday afternoon. The motive is unknown, and no one has been arrested. The ministry’s spokesperson, Terrence Manase, […]
# Die Grensbestuursowerheid se kommissaris, Michael Masiapato, sê geen nuwe wette wat met Suid-Afrikaners se beweging oor die landsgrense verband hou, is ingestel nie. Dit volg nadat ʼn boodskap wyd versprei is waarin beweer word ʼn nuwe wet vereis dat alle persone wat in Suid-Afrika gebore is, die land slegs met ʼn Suid-Afrikaanse paspoort mag […]
# The DA welcomes the Pretoria High Court ruling setting aside the City of Tshwane’s cleansing levy and declaring it unlawful and invalid. AfriForum brought the urgent application to set aside the metro’s decision to impose the new mandatory monthly levy of 194-rand-37-cents on about 260-thousand households and businesses. The DA’s Jacqui Uys says this ruling […]
# The City of Tshwane’s mayoral committee member for Community and Social Development Services, Palesa Modise, says the Expanded Public Works Programme Lottery Sessions will continue. The first session was held two months ago. The second session will take place today, followed by the third on the 28th of this month. Modise’s spokesperson, Sthembiso Skosana, says these […]
# KwaZulu-Natal premier, Thamsanqa Ntuli, has commended the political killings task team and Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, for their relentless efforts in tackling crime and safeguarding communities. This follows a series of major arrests in the murder cases of ANC Youth League secretary general, Sindiso Magaqa, DA councillor Nhlayenza Mdlovu, and KwaDukuza Municipal official Nokulunga […]
# The Border Management Authority commissioner, Michael Masiapato, says no new laws have been implemented relating to the entry or exit of South African citizens. This comes after a widely circulated message claiming that a new law requires all persons born in South Africa to enter and exit the country solely using a South African […]
# Parliament’s Ethics Committee has fined deputy president Paul Mashatile ten-thousand-rand for failing to disclose a diamond gift received by his wife from diamond investment scam businessman Louis Liebenberg, in the confidential section of his financial interests register. The complaint was formally received on 5 March. The committee determined that the valuable item should have […]
# Die DA sê Suid-Afrika ondervind ‘n dubbele ekonomiese slag met dreigende tariefverhogings sowel as beperkte toegang tot Taiwan se halfgeleier-elektroniese skyfies. Die party beskuldig die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, omdat hy Taiwan se sending na Suid-Afrika afgradeer het, en waarsku dat sleutelnywerhede soos motorvervaarding, wat swaar op hierdie skyfies staatmaak, […]
