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NGOs under investigation for Money Laundering and Terror Financing @KASIBCNEWS The Department of Social Development has noted attributed statements in recent media reports that 50 SA NGOs are being probed for terror funding and money laundering. The Department would like to put it on record that there are No such NPOs . The Department convened a symposium with NPOs and other stakeholders to make the NPO community aware of South Africa’s obligations with regard to the implementation of anti-money laundering and the counter terror financing measures. The aim of the symposium was to strengthen consultation mechanisms between government and NPOs. It focused on deficiencies in SA’s measures to protect NPOs from exploitation to fund terrorist organisations as identified in the 2021 FATF Mutual Evaluation.  The FATF reiterated its findings relating to these deficiencies in its 2024 Mutual Evaluation Follow Up Report on South Africa (available on file:///content/dam/fatf-gafi/fur/South-Afr...

Just Energy Transition Plan (JETP) @KASIBCNEWS The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has noted the decision by US President Donald Trump to revoke international climate finance, including funds allocated to South Africa’s Just Energy Transition Plan (JETP). This is a blatant act of economic sabotage, proving once again that the United States uses financial aid as a tool to impose its will on sovereign nations. As the EFF, we have always stated that South Africa has been a willing experimental tool for transitions to alternative methods of energy generation, while being given incentives and exorbitant loans to abandon coal as our basesupply for energy generation.  The US-funding has always been designed to encourage South Africa to abandon coal, and has trapped us in loan agreements for this purpose, and now this withdrawal of financing is yet another means to exhibit strength by the US in response to South Africa’s principled stance against Apartheid Israel. It is no coincidence that...

R350 MILLION COVID-19 Pandemic Grant Fraudsters @KASIBCNEWS  The DA calls for the swift investigation and prosecution of 6,000 more State employees , found by the Special Investigations Unit to have unlawfully received the special Temporary Employment Relief grant during the COVID-19 Pandemic , while simultaneously receiving their government salary or remuneration. An amount of R350 million is believed to have been stolen from the people of South Africa by this callous fraud, committed by State employees . The SIU revealed to Parliament last week that over 6,000 state employees benefited from the TERS benefit, while also being paid by the state, through acts of fraud and corruption , which must be investigated and prosecuted. Investigations into all 6,000 cases must now be undertaken by the Public Service Commission . The DA has written to the Chairperson of the Commission , requesting him to launch this probe without delay. It must also be investigated as to whether officials a...

DA RESPONDS TO DONALD TRUMP AND ELON MUSK @KASIBCNEWS Withdrawal of US aid represents a critical moment for SA Madam Speaker,  This decision to withdraw US aid represents a critical moment for South Africa to reevaluate and strengthen our international partnerships.  It is a moment that calls for unity as we work together to overcome this healthcare crisis.   The Democratic Alliance has consistently advocated for a foreign policy that puts the wellbeing of South African citizens first, advances South Africa's long-term strategic interests, while fostering productive domestic and international relationships.   Over the past decades, this has not always been the case, and now we face the rapid dismantling of two decades of progress in healthcare – particularly in HIV/AIDS and TB . Along with the closure of the UN’s World Food Programme in Johannesburg and the withdrawal of aid to NGOs which provide services to refugees and asylum seekers, such as Scalabrini Cen...

JULIUS MALEMA  RESPONDS TO DONALD TRUMP AND ELON MUSK @KASIBCNEWS SPEAKING NOTES ON DECISION BY USA TO CUT FOREIGN AID TO SOUTH AFRICA AND MEDDLE IN DOMESTIC AFFAIRS 1. House Chairperson, on the 20th of September 2001, former President of the United States of America (USA), George Bush , declared what became known as the War on Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan, stating that, and I quote, “It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped, and defeated.”  2. What followed was a massive disinformation campaign to justify the 2003 invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan under the pretext of locating and destroying Weapons of Mass Destruction . Decades later, no such weapons were ever found.  3. This invasion was about minerals and oil reserves, not weapons of mass destruction. Iraq and Afghanistan have never recovered.  4. Cuba, Libya, Venezuela, and Chile are examples of nations that have suffered from US interventions because of their so...

PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA GAUTENG PROVINCIAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL @KASIBCNEWS Programme Director, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Mr Velenkosini Hlabisa, Premier of Gauteng, Mr Panyaza Lesufi, Ministers and Deputy Ministers, MECs, Executive Mayors, Officials, Ladies and Gentlemen, I want to thank all of you for availing yourself for this meeting. This is the fourth engagement that we are having as the National Executive with the leadership of a province. Our journey began with engagements with the provincial governments of Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga. We intend to visit and engage the leadership of all nine provinces. These engagements are crucial in strengthening intergovernmental cooperation, collaboration and consultation. They are important for ensuring better alignment of provincial priorities with the priorities of the Government of National Unity. We therefore welcome the commitment made by Premier Lesufi, during th...

VAAL ALCOHOL  COPS BACK IN COURT @KASIBCNEWS 11 Police officials, including 2 Commissioned Officers, namely: Colonel MI Gulashe , Lt Col PP Tshabalala , Const ET Malala , Const NH Radebe , Const DM Logenberg , Const GW Lekgowe , Const WN Mtshali , Const T Rabolila , Sgt VD Bosch , Const TPP Molefe and Sgt NY Mphasane , attached to Sedibeng District , Evaton SAPS , Meyerton SAPS and Gauteng Highway Patrol , appeared in the Veereniging Regional Court on charges of theft , extortion , defeating the administration of justice , malicious damage to property and corruption relating to an alleged incident where alcohol and money was stolen. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the  accused individuals approached the complainant,   accusing him of selling alcohol .  They subsequently searched his vehicle, yielding no results, after which the police escorted the complainant to his shop. The police searched the bottle store , resulting in the confiscation of R600,000 worth...