# Employment and Labour minister, Nomakhosazana Meth, has announced the implementation of a signed agreement between the South African Post Office and the Unemployment Insurance Fund. The agreement is aimed at preserving nearly six-thousand jobs and supporting the revitalisation of the state-owned entity. The ministry’s spokesperson, Thobeka Magcai, says through the Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme, […]
# The civil rights organisation AfriForum says it has started legal action against the City of Tshwane to obtain clarification on the implementation of this Metro’s proposed environmental or city cleaning levy. It says the metro plans to implement this monthly levy, amounting to approximately 200-per-month, from 1 July of this year. AfriForum’s Deidré Steffens […]
# FNB senior economist Thanda Sithole says mining production declined again in March by 2.8-percent year-on-year after falling by 9.7-percent year-on-year, previously -9.6-percent in February. He says this marked five successive months of annual decline. Sithole says seasonally adjusted mining output expanded by 3.5-percent month-on-month, reflecting a rebound from a 4.1-percent monthly decline, better than the previously recorded fall of 4.4-percent:
# The DA has welcomed the withdrawal of several ANC cadres, including individuals from KwaZulu-Natal as well as Buyambo Mantashe, the son of ANC National Chairperson Gwede Mantashe, from the boards of various Sector Education and Training Authorities. The DA’s spokesperson, Karabo Khakhau says they are pleased that Higher Education minister Nobuhle Nkabane has finally come to her senses and recognised […]
# ActionSA has expressed frustration at president Cyril Ramaphosa’s continued indecisiveness regarding the suspension of Johannesburg Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Andrew Chauke. ActionSA’s spokesperson, Matthew George, says despite receiving a formal request from the National Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Shamila Batohi, as far back as August 2023, the president has yet to act decisively:
# Union federation Saftu has welcomed the decision by the minister of Higher Education and Training, Nobuhle Nkabane, to withdraw the appointments of board chairpersons at the Sector Education and Training Authorities. The original appointees included minister Gwede Mantashe’s son, Buyambo Mantashe; former KwaZulu-Natal premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube; and ANC Johannesburg deputy regional secretary Loyiso Masuku. Saftu’s […]
# The DA is calling on Water and Sanitation minister, Pemmy Majodina, to urgently task the Auditor General to investigate critical financial and environmental concerns surrounding the Lesotho Highlands Water Project Phase 2. Construction has again been halted due to a contractor polluting nearby rivers and the Katse Dam, contaminating crucial drinking water supplies with acidic wastewater. The […]
# The MK Party strongly condemns Higher Education and Training minister Nobuhle Pamela Nkabane’s initial decision to appoint a board of Sector Education and Training Authority members heavily aligned with the ANC. It says it is disingenuous that she revoked the appointments only when faced with huge backlash, rather than acknowledging the inherent ethical failings […]
# The University of the Witwatersrand’s Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit and the Synthetic Organic Chemistry Unit have received one of six international innovation awards under the GIZ SAVax programme. The award is for pioneering a biodegradable, Africa-sourced ingredient that could transform the future of vaccine production. Their project, Local large-scale production of ionisable lipids, has […]
