The DA has written to the minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela, demanding that he fire Construction Education and Training Authority administrator, Oupa Nkoane. He unilaterally determined and approved his own three-million-rand salary package, without the department or the minister’s authorisation. The DA’s Karabo Khakhau says an administrator should be an honest public […]
# Union federation Cosatu says it notes the below inflation adjustment by public transport operator Putco for passenger fares. The company will be increasing bus fares by an average of ten-percent from the first of June, citing soaring diesel prices and mounting operational pressures. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says it is important that government retain the […]
# Tshwane City Manager, Johann Mettler, says the metro needs about 20-billion-rand to deal with the overall water infrastructure backlogs. He appeared before the South African Human Rights Commission’s investigative inquiry at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg yesterday. The commission is probing the water crisis that has gripped Gauteng for several years. Mettler stated that rapid population […]
# The MK Party is calling on government to urgently intervene following the detention by Israeli forces of six South Africans who were on board the Global Sumud Flotilla. They were part of a group of around 100 activists who attempted to sail from Turkey to Gaza, to break the crippling Israeli blockade on the coastal territory and […]
# The South African Chapter of the Anti-Apartheid Movement for Palestine has strongly condemned the illegal Israeli attacks on boats that form part of the Global Sumud Flotilla. Six South Africans were detained on Monday by Israeli forces after the Global Sumud Flotilla was intercepted in international waters while attempting to break the Gaza blockade […]
# The Forum for South Africa is calling on Small Business Development minister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams to publish a full list of beneficiaries of the Spaza Shop Fund and provide a detailed impact assessment of the 79.6-million-rand spent. Ndabeni-Abrahams has announced that government has allocated the money in financial support to spaza shop owners across the […]
# ActionSA says it rejects the Health Department’s attempt to downplay the significance of the Constitutional Court’s landmark ruling declaring Sections 36 to 40 of the National Health Act unconstitutional and invalid. Spokesperson Kgosi Letlape says the department claims the judgment is unrelated to the National Health Insurance. He says the department itself argued the scheme […]
# Nehawu says the Constitutional Court’s ruling on the National Health Insurance Act represents another blow to the struggle for adequate and accessible healthcare. Sections 36 to 40, which relate to a state programme designed to control where healthcare practitioners could operate, were ruled unconstitutional. Nehawu’s Lwazi Nkolonzi says the ruling bolsters the coalition of big […]
# The City of Cape Town says the Scottsdene Wastewater Treatment Works’ recently constructed treated effluent pump station is set to bolster the metro’s water saving efforts by six million litres a day. The plant has previously benefited from capacity upgrades in 2010 and 2020 to service a growing population. Mayoral committee member for Water […]
