# Build One South Africa has welcomed the commitment made by deputy president Paul Mashatile in looking to make the National Register for Sex Offenders public for school principals during the hiring process. Only 19-percent of teachers in the country have been vetted against the National Register for Sex Offenders, leaving over 80-percent of educators […]
# Union federation Saftu says it unequivocally rejects the expansion of Operation Vulindlela. It calls the project a neoliberal structural reform agenda that is accelerating the privatisation of South Africa’s public infrastructure through stealth and euphemism. The federation’s spokesperson, Newton Masuku says under Phase Two, launched by president Cyril Ramaphosa, it is witnessing an intensified […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa says the government of national unity is a conspiracy to facilitate the privatisation of public assets, and the weakening of environmental regulations, all in the name of unlocking growth. President Cyril Ramaphosa launched the second phase of Operation Vulindlela aiming to unlock more rapid and inclusive […]
# Education activist Hendrick Makaneta says budget cuts continue to jeopardise the Department of Higher Education and Training. The National Student Financial Aid Scheme has given considerably less financial support to private service providers for student accommodation in this academic year. Makaneta is urging government to prioritise sufficient funding for student accommodation to ensure that […]
# AfriForum says the silence of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment minister, Dion George, over Tenbosch Mining’s application to establish a coal mine near the Kruger National Park is concerning. Last month, the organisation requested that the department and the South African National Parks issue a public statement on their position regarding the application. AfriForum’s […]
# The City of Cape Town says it continues to support projects to increase the metro’s global connections by air and sea. Prime examples of this are the city-supported Air Access and Cruise Cape Town initiatives, which are both administered by Wesgro. Mayoral committee member for Economic Growth, James Vos, says new flights and cruise […]
# With May being Child Protection Month, government is calling on all South Africans to unite in safeguarding the dignity, safety, and innocence of every child. Reports state that more than half the children in the country continue to live below the poverty line. Violence, poverty and malnutrition, inequality, and inadequate access to essential services […]
# ActionSA says it will write to Communications and Digital Technologies minister, Solly Malatsi, calling for his urgent intervention into the State Information Technology Agency to stabilise its leadership and governance. The party’s Alan Beesley says the recent report by the Auditor-General to Parliament’s standing committee on Public Accounts paints a grim picture of SITA’s performance. He says […]
# University of Pretoria’s Department of Chemistry professor, Patricia Forbes, has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the internationally renowned research journal ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. The journal published by the American Chemical Society advances the interdisciplinary application of chemistry to natural materials and processes in Earth’s interior, surface and atmosphere, and space. Forbes says it […]
