Transport Minister Barbara Creecy Transport Minister Barbara Creecy mentioned 122 automobiles had been discontinued for defects that rendered them unroadworthy, whereas 1 147 automobiles had been impounded primarily for allow violations. “This progress provides us hope as we begin the Easter peak journey interval,” Creecy mentioned on Saturday. “The success was made potential by intensified…
Ilhan Omar, the Somali-American US Consultant has been considered one of Donald Trump’s most frequent targets for invective. Photograph: @ilhanmn (Instagram) Simply earlier than Christmas, US President Donald Trump launched one more xenophobic and dehumanising assault on Somali immigrants in Minnesota, dismissing them as undesirable “rubbish” and insisting that Somali gangs have been “taking on”…
Buoyed by practically R890 billion in funding pledges introduced on the sixth South Africa Funding Convention (SAIC), President Cyril Ramaphosa has raised the nation’s funding goal to R3 trillion. Talking on the shut of this yr’s convention, Ramaphosa struck a bullish word, saying the dimensions of commitments from enterprise and authorities confirmed that South Africa’s…
Diplomates, NWU officers and executives from DIRCO gathered to mark the twenty ninth Worldwide Day of the Indian Ocean Rim Affiliation (IORA). The North-West College (NWU) positioned increased schooling as a driver of world co-operation as leaders from authorities, academia and the diplomatic neighborhood gathered to mark the twenty ninth Worldwide Day of the Indian…
Well being Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has met the South African Medical Affiliation (Sama) — one of many organisations taking him to courtroom concerning the Nationwide Well being Insurance coverage (NHI) Act — to speak about “issues we now have in frequent”. Motsoaledi spoke to Bhekisisa for the March episode of its TV present, Well being…
The African Nationwide Congress (ANC) within the Japanese Cape has indefinitely postponed its long-awaited provincial convention, deepening uncertainty in one of many occasion’s most politically vital areas. The delay comes amid unresolved organisational challenges. Whereas no new date has been set, insiders say disputes over department legitimacy, delegate accreditation, and inside appeals processes have as…
In ballot place: Geordin Hill-Lewis annoucing his candidacy to be the following Federal Chief of the Democratic Alliance. Picture: DA Senior leaders within the Democratic Alliance (DA) are scrambling to safe inside positions forward of subsequent month’s federal congress amid rising fears {that a} management shift may see them faraway from key roles in each…
AfriForum CEO, Kallie Kriel. Picture: @kalliekriel Afrikaner foyer group AfriForum mentioned the unwillingness of the Nationwide Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to prosecute ANC secretary basic Fikile Mbalula for his R680 000 Dubai journey in 2016 was irrational and a political obstruction, damaging the nation’s status. AfriForum printed a file on Wednesday accusing Mbalula of alleged cash…
Deputy President Paul Mashatile. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G) Police officer Sergeant Fannie Nkosi, also referred to as Witness F, instructed the Madlanga fee that businessperson and alleged chief of the Large 5 Cartel Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala had talked about a gathering with Deputy President Paul Mashatile. Nkosi stated Matlala had been on the lookout for his bank…
Financial Freedom Fighters (EFF) chief Julius Malema has struck a notably softer tone in the direction of former president Jacob Zuma, describing him as a “variety previous man” after Zuma visited his household dwelling in Seshego, Polokwane, following a bereavement. “We’re not ashamed of his go to,” he informed celebration supporters on the EFF’s voter…