# Renowned Cape Town advocate Norman Arendse has been appointed as evidence leader for Parliament’s ad-hoc committee investigating allegations by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Arendse will be assisted by two senior counsels, with hearings set to start between 16 and 22 September. Committee chairperson, Soviet Lekganyane, says Mkhwanazi will only be able to testify […]
# Die minister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, waarsku dat munisipale skuld aan Eskom tot meer as 100-miljard-rand gestyg het. Hy sê onwettige verbindings vererger die krisis. Die minister sê die regering is besig om ‘n verspreidingsagentskap-ooreenkoms te finaliseer, wat die opgradering van infrastruktuur insluit en inkomstestrome sal verseker. Hy sê die ooreenkoms sal […]
# Die minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, sê die kabinet het twee wetsontwerpe vir die Parlement goedgekeur. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Regterlike Opleidingsinstituut-wetsontwerp sal die instituut wat regters oplei, herstruktureer, insluitend die aanstelling van ’n dekaan en die uitspel van die direkteur se rol, om die howe te versterk en regverdiger te maak. Die Besigheidlisensiëringwetsontwerp sal […]
# Prominent insolvency attorney Bouwer van Niekerk has been shot dead at the Smit Sewgoolam law firm offices in Saxonwold, Johannesburg. Van Niekerk gained recognition for his involvement in high-profile business rescue cases of Gupta-linked companies. Van Niekerk represented the business rescue practitioners in their legal battles against Gupta-linked entities and was involved in the […]
# Electricity and Energy minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has warned that municipal debt to Eskom has ballooned to over 100-billion-rand, with illegal connections compounding the problem. Ramokgopa says the government is finalising a Distribution Agency Agreement to embed infrastructure upgrades, protecting revenue streams, amongst others. The minister said that the Distribution Agency Agreement will soon be […]
# Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the cabinet has approved two bills for Parliament. The South African Judicial Education Institute Bill will restructure the institute that trains judges, including the appointment of a dean and clarification of the director’s role, to strengthen and make courts fairer. The Business Licensing Bill will modernise business […]
# Die Amerikaanse president Donald Trump gaan vandag ‘n uitvoerende bevel onderteken wat die Departement van Verdediging se naam na die Departement van Oorlog sal verander. Dit was die naam van die departement in die 1940’s. Volgens dokumente wat deur die BBC gesien is, is die doel daarvan om “krag en vasberadenheid uit te beeld”. […]
# US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order today that directs the Department of Defense to be known as the Department of War. This would restore a name the agency last held in the 1940s. According to documents seen by the BBC, the aim is to “project strength and resolve”. The new name […]
# ‘n Man is vanoggend kort voor 10-uur by die Athlone-landdroshof in Kaapstad doodgeskiet. Die slagoffer is geskiet toe hy uit die gebou gestap het. Die polisie is op die toneel en het met die ondersoek begin. Die motief is nog nie bekend nie. Die hof is intussen vir die res van die dag gesluit. […]
