# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens sê hy bly vasberade in sy toewyding om onwettige mynnetwerke uit te roei en die veiligheid en welstand van gemeenskappe te verseker. Verlede week is 215 verdagtes landwyd tydens Operasie Vala Umgodi vasgetrek. Die polisiewoordvoerder, Vincent Mukhathi, sê die verdagtes se oortredings sluit in die onwettige besit van plofstof, gouddraende materiaal en ongelisensieerde […]
# Coaltech South Africa CEO Avhurengwi Nengovhela says Africa should harness its coal resources instead of relying on Western loans to tackle the energy crisis. Making his case for coal in the Just Energy Transition debate at the Continental Energy and Infrastructure Forum at Sun City, North West, Nengovhela argued that Africa has abundant coal […]
# The DA in the Free State has revealed a staffing mishap in Gamagara municipality, where 21 people were appointed in 14 advertised general worker posts, resulting in nearly one-million-rand in fruitless expenditure. Following a CCMA ruling, the DA’s Henriette du Plessis says the DA is calling for disciplinary action, legal resolution, and an independent […]
# The Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa will spotlight the Luxembourg Rail Protocol at the 2025 Southern African Railways Association Rail Conference. The protocol provides a harmonised legal framework for railway financing, reducing lender risk and lowering financing costs. ECIC Head of Marketing Ismail Carr says the corporation will offer up to a […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, bied vandag in Pretoria die tiende jaarlikse Gertrude Shope-dialoogforum aan. Die ANC-staatmaker is in Mei oorlede, drie maande voor haar honderdste verjaarsdag. Lamola se departement sê die forum is gestig as ruimte vir vroue om ondervinding, kennis en die beste maniere om vrede te maak […]
# The South African Police Service says it remains steadfast in its commitment to eradicating illegal mining networks and safeguarding the security and well-being of communities. A total of 215 suspects were arrested during Operation Vala Umgodi across the country last week. Police spokesperson, Vincent Mukhathi, says the suspects were arrested for offences including the unlawful possession of […]
# Die onderwyser-vakbond Sadou het die aanstelling van Penelope Vinjevold as voorsitter van die Nasionale Onderwys- en Opleidingsraad verwerp. Die raad sal optree as belangrike raadgewer in beleidsrigtings in skoolopleiding. Sadou se woordvoerder, Nomusa Cembi, sê Vinjevold se aanstelling wys op ‘n ontstellende bevestiging van die heerssugtige belange wat die geskiedkundig-bevoordeelde koloniale en Westers-gerigte onderwysmodelle […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, is set to host the 10th Gertrude Shope Annual Dialogue Forum in Pretoria today. ANC stalwart Shope passed away in May this year, three months before she was to turn 100 years old. Dirco says the forum was established as a space for women to share […]
# Teacher union Sadtu says it rejects the appointment of Penelope Vinjevold as the National Education and Training Council chairperson. The council will serve as a key advisory body on school education policy matters. Sadtu’s spokesperson, Nomusa Cembi, says Vinjevold’s appointment signals an alarming reaffirmation of the supremacist interests that have historically privileged colonial and Western-centric […]
