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14/02/2025

DA urges comments on last day of submissions for State Enterprises Bill

The Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Friday that it will not support the centralised model proposed in the National State Enterprises Bill, which it says seeks to entrust control of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) to an “unwieldy holding company”. The party urged South Africans to make their voic...

14/02/2025

Civilian death toll exceeds 80 after east Congo militia attack, says UN mission

More than 80 civilians were killed in a late night attack by the armed group CODECO on a cluster of villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo earlier this week, UN peacekeeping mission MONUSCO said on Thursday. The new death toll far exceeds a previous estimate of at least 51 people killed, w...

14/02/2025

Police arrest 2 more suspects over Steinhoff fraud

South African police arrested two more suspects in relation to alleged fraud at Steinhoff that led to the near-collapse of the global retailer in 2017. The two suspects aged between 63 and 67 handed themselves over Friday morning and will appear before the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Cour...

14/02/2025

MKP’s Zuma-Sambudla directs second public apology to Floyd Shivambu

uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) MP Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla has apologised again, this time directly to the party’s secretary-general Floyd Shivambu, saying it was never her intention to undermine the party’s principles of unity, respect and discipline. This after she took to X earlier this week to p...

14/02/2025

Defence Committee supports SANDF role in peacebuilding, as remains of soldiers come home

The co-chairpersons of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence Malusi Gigaba and Phiroane Phala stated that the deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) as a diplomatic tool for peacebuilding on the continent will continue with support from the committee. The co-chairpersons we...

14/02/2025

European Parliament seeks freeze on aid to Rwanda over Congo conflict

The European Parliament urged the European Union on Thursday to freeze direct budget support for Rwanda until it breaks links with Tutsi-led M23 rebels and allows humanitarian access to areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo where they advanced. The parliament also called for the suspension of a....

14/02/2025

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13/02/2025

Forced removals will never again be allowed, Ramaphosa insists as Trump’s order places spotlight on land rights

President Cyril Ramaphosa insists that South Africans know the pain of forced removals and will, thus, never again allow land to be confiscated – a position that he said was enshrined in the Constitution’s prohibition against the arbitrary deprivation of property. Replying after two days of deba...

13/02/2025

AfriForum condemns ‘offensive, inflammatory’ statements targeting organisation

Lobby group AfriForum has hit out against what it termed “offensive and inflammatory” statements directed at the organisation, specifically pointing to statements by government officials such as Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya and politicians such as African National Congress (ANC) nati...

13/02/2025

Parly committee demands accountability from defence dept on finances

Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans chairperson Dakota Legoete is asking for full accountability from the Department of Military Veterans (DMV) with regard to the its budget, saying the current state of affairs is untenable. The DMV appeared before the committee to present its 2024/...

13/02/2025

National Treasury Regulation 16 public-private partnership regulatory framework amended

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has amended the National Treasury Regulation 16 (NTR 16), in terms of Section 76 of the Public Finance Management Act, which rationalises the approvals for smaller projects and provides a clear delineation of institutional roles and responsibilities in terms of the....

13/02/2025

Humanitarian catastrophe looms in east Congo as rebels push south, official says

The advance of Rwanda-backed M23 rebels into Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province threatens to trigger a humanitarian catastrophe in an area already housing thousands of displaced people, the provincial governor said. The Tutsi-led rebels have been inching south since they seized easte...

13/02/2025

Rwanda central bank holds policy rate for second meeting running

Rwanda's central bank kept its key interest rate at 6.5%, the second "hold" decision in a row as it said inflation was expected to remain within its target range. Annual inflation rose to 7.4% in January, approaching the top of the central bank's 3%-8% target range.

13/02/2025

Govt has higher burden to justify land expropriation with new Act – Land reform expert

Attorneys director for land reform Bulelwa Mabasa explains why the process to expropriate under the new Act is in fact extremely laborious and time consuming.

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13/02/2025

Soon to be launched grid-funding instrument can be private participation template for all SoEs – Ramokgopa

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says the private sector participation framework being developed for the transmission sector will be unveiled within five weeks, while announcing that it will also offer a template for other infrastructure-focused State-owned enterprises (SoEs)...

13/02/2025

African leaders to push for slavery reparations despite resistance

African leaders meeting in Ethiopia this weekend are to launch a new push for slavery and colonial reparations, but can expect to be stonewalled by former colonial powers, most of which have ruled out making amends for historical wrongs. While the issue of reparations has gained momentum worldwide,....