# About 200 members of the anti-illegal immigration group March and March have marched near the venue of the Southern African Development Community 46th summit in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The protesters are calling for stronger action against illegal immigration and planned to hand over a memorandum to SADC leaders. Police maintained a strong presence around the […]
# Die SPAR-groep het aangekondig sy onafhanklike nie-uitvoerende voorsitter, Mike Bosman, en ondervoorsitter Shirley Zinn het met onmiddellike ingang uit die raad bedank. Bosman was sedert Desember 2022 die voorsitter en Zinn het in 2023 aangesluit. ‘n Onafhanklike nie-uitvoerende direkteur en voorsitter van die Risikokomitee, Lwazi Koyana, is aangestel as tussentydse voorsitter. SPAR sê sy […]
# The DA has asked president Cyril Ramaphosa to authorise a Special Investigating Unit probe into the collapse of Daybreak Foods. DA deputy spokesperson on Appropriations, Andrew Bateman says the investigation should examine alleged irregular expenditure, inflated legal and marketing costs, halted forensic investigations and possible improper benefits. The collapse reportedly places the Public Investment […]
# At least six people have died and five were injured in a stampede-like incident at the Ashok Dham temple in Bihar, India. Police say a falling electricity pole may have sparked panic among thousands of worshippers during the Hindu holy month of Shravan. India has seen several deadly crowd disasters at religious gatherings. In […]
# Die African Farmers’ Association of South Africa is bekommerd oor die regering se ondersteuning vir swart boere wat deur die grondhervormingsproses bevoordeel is. Die voorsitter van Afasa se grondhervormingskomitee, Piet Mothepu, sê sekere boere het nog nie titelaktes ontvang nie, wat hulle verhinder om hul grond as sekerheid vir banklenings te gebruik. Van die […]
# African mobility company Moove has become one of the most valuable private tech enterprises worth about 34-billion-rand. The Nigeria-founded company provides vehicle financing and financial services to mobility entrepreneurs. Its new four-billion-rand funding round has more than doubled its valuation from about 12.5-billion-rand in 2024. Endeavor South Africa, an NGO who facilitates private enterprise […]
# South African National Parks, in partnership with the Railton Foundation, launched a Greening and Food Security Programme in Swellendam, Western Cape. The programme aims to improve food security and create sustainable livelihoods through community food production, skills development, and local economic opportunities. SANParks provided a greenhouse, irrigation infrastructure, gardening tools and other equipment. SANParks’ […]
# Political economist Patrick Bond says the Constitutional Court ruling blocking Shell and Impact Africa from conducting offshore seismic testing along the Wild Coast goes beyond stopping an oil and gas project. The court handed down the ruling on 15 August, overturning a 2024 Supreme Court of Appeal judgment. Bond says the decision recognises environmental, […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag en die polisie van Limpopo het oorgrens-misdaadoperasies naby die Zimbabwiese grens verskerp. Operasies wat tussen Donderdag en gister uitgevoer is, het daartoe gelei dat sewe vermoedelik gesteelde voertuie teruggevind en beslag gelê is op onwettige sigarette van meer as 800-duisend-rand. Polisiewoordvoerder Malesela Ledwaba sê die optredes het gefokus op die […]
