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The players will have Thursday off to rest before adding the finishing touches to their game at Friday’s captains’ run. The match will mark Du Preez’s first start in the green and gold since 2018 and his first appearance for the Boks in almost two years, something he was thrilled about, even though it is …
Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) has decided to launch a full committee inquiry into allegations of maladministration, financial mismanagement, wasteful and reckless expenditure, and related financial misconduct at the Road Accident Fund (RAF). Approached for comment on Scopa’s decision, RAF head of corporate communications McIntosh Polela said the RAF was not part of …
The protest follows the alleged rape of a trainee by an instructor at the Tshwane Training College
Mzansi’s world-number-one Springboks kick off their season on Saturday, 28 June, with a ‘warm-up’ clash against the Baa Baas. Kick off on Saturday is at 5.10 pm at DHL Stadium in Cape Town. ALSO READ: Springboks vs Barbarians: Road closures, park-and-ride options for Saturday On Tuesday, 24 June, the team’s coach, Rassie Erasmus, announced a …
JOHANNESBURG – The Pretoria High Court has halted the funeral of Zambia’s former president Edgar Lungu, following the Zambian government’s legal challenge. Lungu’s family had planned to bury him in South Africa, but Zambia insists he should receive a state funeral at home. eNCA’s Marcelle Gordon discusses government’s position with Zambia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs …
At the end of last month, we knew that South Africa would have an excellent soybean harvest in terms of volumes. However, we had doubts about the quality in some areas due to the excessively wet weather conditions that persisted through to the end of April. We remain concerned about the quality of the crop …
The Chairperson of the Select Committee on Economic Development and Trade, Ms Sonja Boshoff, has called on the Department of Employment and Labour to give careful thought to what it aims to achieve through the review of South Africa's labour legislation.
The department informed the committee that it intends to review and amend approximately six pieces of labour legislation – a process that has already commenced at Cabinet level. On Wednesday, the department presented its strategic plan and annual performance plan to the committee.
Ms Boshoff emphasised that the review of labour legislation must take into account the country's stagnant economy and soaring unemployment rate. “Any review or future amendment to labour legislation must be practical and responsive to the realities faced by small players in the economy. Legislation must serve as an enabler for job creation and economic growth,” she said.
“In today's South Africa, we should be preoccupied with reducing red tape and moving away from race-based policy positions. This is not to suggest that the economic empowerment of the previously disadvantaged should be abandoned, but rather that we must rethink our priorities and focus on the broader population – not just the politically connected.”
Ms Boshoff added that the legislative review process must unlock economic participation, particularly for emerging and marginalised market players. “As a committee, we will not tire in advocating for conditions that make it easier to do business and that create opportunities for deserving and competent individuals. It is truly ironic that labour legislation, which should be designed to protect and promote employment, is in some cases the very reason job creation is being stifled. We still owe it to South Africans to empower both job seekers and potential employers alike,” Ms Boshoff said.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Republic of South Africa: The Parliament.
The president’s assurances come on the heels of recent developments in the ICT sector. Last month communications and digital technologies minister Solly Malatsi issued a policy directive relaxing BBBEE requirements, potentially paving the way for Starlink to enter the market. The move followed Ramaphosa’s US visit where the South African delegation, engaging US President Donald …
The US has approved lenacapavir as a twice-yearly injection to prevent HIV, but the game-changer drug remains out of reach for South Africans, who carry the world’s highest burden of HIV. MedicalBrief writes that the drug is awaiting regulatory approval in South Africa but will be unaffordable for the vast majority of its citizens as …
The assassination of top Hawks official Lieutenant Colonel Frans Mathipa seemed destined, until this week, to remain a cold case – another high-profile murder that is politically simply too hot to handle. This underscores the magnitude of the breakthrough in the case, led by Hawks investigators, that has culminated this week in a prosecution process …
Part two: If Marco Rubio came here “we could show him the evidence” of deaths, says villager
South Africa has rightly earned praise across the world for taking a principled stance against Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza. But we cannot claim the mantle of global moral leadership while continuing to do business as usual with an apartheid regime now engaged in open genocide. Our ongoing export of coal to Israel — an …
The Western Cape Government has welcomed the agreement reached by the Cape Amalgamated Taxi Association (CATA) and the Cape Organisation for the Democratic Taxi Association (CODETA) to resolve conflict and operational challenges on the Mfuleni–Somerset and Khayelitsha–Somerset routes. This development marks a positive and necessary step towards ensuring stability, operational clarity, and most importantly, the …
The Western Cape Government’s Provincial Regulatory Entity (PRE) will process new applications for operating licences for metered and e-hailing taxi services in Cape Town. This follows confirmation from the City of Cape Town, as the planning authority, that there is a need for additional operators. After recently updating its metered and e-hailing taxi demand model, …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Johannesburg condemns every single party that voted to keep the Executive Mayor of Johannesburg, Cllr Dada Morero in office today. While parties in council chose positions over principles today, the DA can proudly say that it brought forward a motion to dismiss the man presiding over Johannesburg’s decay. …
25 June 2025 – The South African Football Association (SAFA) has announced that the 2024/2025 ABC Motsepe League National Playoffs have been moved to Pretoria. The event was scheduled to be played in Ekurhuleni at the Tsakane Stadium from Tuesday, 1 July to Sunday, 6 July 2025 and has now been moved to the nation’s
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Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the decisive action taken by Minister of Home Affairs Dr Leon Schreiber to transform the department’s identity verification service into a world-class infrastructure. 50% failure rate and 40,000 hours of downtime demand action. For years, the Department of Home Affairs has provided access to its national identity database …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) has sent an urgent written request to the Chairperson of SCOPA, Songezo Zibi, to ensure that an investigation in the committee into the Road Accident Fund covers all of the outrageous financial mismanagement identified over the past months and years. It must be comprehensive and thorough, not surface-level. SCOPA’s …
Dear Editor The DA Abroad notes with concern that the Registration of South Africans Abroad (ROSA) portal, managed by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), is currently offline. This outage comes at a time of heightened global instability, with escalating conflicts and crises across multiple regions. It is precisely during such periods that …
An open letter from the DA: Dear Mr. President, The past weeks have revealed a series of lies to Parliament by Minister Nobuhle Nkabane. She has used a strategy of lying to Parliament to try and cover up her tracks, after she made a brazen ANC cadre deployment appointment to the boards of the Sectoral …
Defence Minister Angie Motshekga. Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Mothsekga has told Parliament that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), although facing challenges, is able to protect South Africa’s territorial integrity and deploy on external peace missions – something experts do not entirely agree with. Answering questions in Parliament’s National Council of Provinces …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) will write to the Co-Chairpersons of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence to request urgent clarity on the three-month deadline that Defence Minister Angie Motshekga committed to for presenting a concrete plan to reprioritise Defence spending and arrest the SANDF’s collapse. The DA will continue to exercise its oversight …
The National Assembly, during its hybrid plenary sitting yesterday, approved the Public Sector Pension and Related Payments Bill.
The Bill, introduced by the Minister of Finance as part of the 2025 Budget, proposes that public sector-related pension, post-retirement medical and other benefits in terms of statutory and collective agreement obligations become direct charges against the National Revenue Fund (NRF).
This means the Bill will make it easier for the government to pay pensions and medical benefits to retired public servants, such as former presidents, Members of Parliament, military veterans, and other government employees. Instead of using the National Treasury's budget, these payments will now be made directly from the NRF – the central account for government funds.
The current payment system makes it difficult for National Treasury to pay the benefits, as there are administrative requirements to track which department each retired claimant worked in, causing delays and complications. The new Bill will fix this by simplifying how and where the payments come from.
In line with the requirements of the Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act, the Standing Committee on Appropriations held public hearings and submissions were received from key stakeholders, including the Financial and Fiscal Commission, which supported the Bill's intent but raised concerns regarding fiscal transparency and the clear delineation of responsibilities between the government, the Government Employees Pension Fund and public servants.
The Parliamentary Budget Office agreed with the Bill and said Parliament should always have a chance to approve any changes. The Congress of South African Trade Unions fully supported the Bill, saying it protects pensions and respects worker agreements.
While the Standing Committee supports the Bill, it raised its concern with a clause that says if Parliament does not approve or reject changes to the list of benefits within three months, those changes will automatically become law. The committee does not agree with this and asked the Minister of Finance to remove that clause in the next round of changes.
The committee further recommended that the Minister of Finance report back to Parliament in writing on the concerns raised and that the committee should be kept informed and involved in all future decisions about these pensions.
The NA adopted the Bill and it will now be sent to the National Council of Provinces for concurrence.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Republic of South Africa: The Parliament.
Tuesday , 24 June 2025. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) notes, with serious concern, the announcement by the National Treasury that South Africa has signed a loan agreement to the amount of US$1.5 billion with the World Bank for so-called infrastructure modernisation and development. The EFF reiterates its long-held position that institutions such as […]