# Die Nasionale Skuilingbeweging van Suid-Afrika verwelkom president Cyril Ramaphosa se aanstelling van sy lid, Zubeda Dangor, op Suid-Afrika se eerste statutêre Nasionale Raad vir Geslagsgeweld en Vrouemoord. Woordvoerder Joy Lange sê die raad is belangrik om die land se reaksie op geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord te versterk. Sy vertrou die raad sal samewerking tussen rolspelers […]
# Veertien mense is dood en minstens 22 beseer in Russiese aanvalle op die Oekraïnse hoofstad, Kiëf, en omliggende gebiede. Moskou se Ministerie van Verdediging sê sy Weermag het ‘n grootskaalse aanval met grondgeleide wapens en langafstand-aanvalshommeltuie uitgevoer. Volgens die ministerie is vervoer-, logistieke en verspreidingsaanlegte geteiken. Rusland beweer die aanlegte word gebruik vir die […]
# Transport minister Barbara Creecy and Deputy minister Mkhuleko Hlengwa welcome the Department of Transport’s second consecutive clean audit for the 2025/26 financial year. They say the outcome reflects the department’s continued commitment to good governance, accountability and sound financial management. Spokesperosn Collen Msibi says in the 2024/25 financial year, the department achieved a clean […]
# The FF Plus has raised concerns over the City of Cape Town’s proposed municipal planning By-law amendments, saying it undermine transparency and meaningful public participation. The party’s Pieter Janse van Vuuren says the changes place an unfair burden on residents to monitor planning decisions and could limit the role of community organisations in objecting […]
# CapeNature honoured firefighters and field rangers who battled one of the Western Cape’s toughest wildfire seasons during an appreciation event in Velddrif yesterday. CEO Ashley Naidoo says crews responded to 107 wildfire incidents that burned more than 215-thousand-900 hectares, helping to protect communities, infrastructure, and biodiversity. Western Cape MEC for Local Government, Environmental Affairs, […]
# The Public Servants Association calls for the immediate suspension of the Information Regulator’s return-to-office directive, saying employees are being forced back to the Woodmead offices despite an unresolved prohibition notice issued by the Department of Employment and Labour. The union’s Claude Naicker says the regulator is disregarding workplace safety laws and failing to honour […]
# National Treasury Director-General Duncan Pieterse says institutional investors are showing strong confidence in the government’s infrastructure funding programme. Speaking at an Absa conference, Pieterse said the latest infrastructure bond auction attracted bids of 17.8-billion-rand, against five-billion-rand on offer, with 4.4-billion-rand allocated. He says the bonds will finance projects under the Budget Facility for Infrastructure. […]
# The National Shelter Movement of South Africa welcomes president Cyril Ramaphosa’s appointment of it’s member, Zubeda Dangor, to the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide. The organisation’s Joy Lange says the council marks an important step towards strengthening the country’s response to gender-based violence and femicide. She expresses confidence that the council will […]
# South African Revenue Service Commissioner Johnstone Makhubu says procurement should be judged by its contribution to economic growth, resilience and competitiveness, rather than simply securing the lowest price. Addressing the conference of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply Southern Africa in Johannesburg, Makhubu urged procurement professionals to become drivers of infrastructure delivery, investment […]
