# KwaZulu-Natal Transport and Human Settlements MEC, Siboniso Duma, has expressed concern that 30 contractors, who were awarded road tenders, are failing to complete projects on time. The tenders are worth 4.6-billion-rand. Two of the contractors have abandoned projects altogether. Duma says his department plans to meet with the Construction Industry Development Board, adding that […]
# Deputy minister in the Presidency, Kenny Morolong, has launched the Economic Development Fund Report of the Media Development and Diversity Agency. The fund was established in 2017 as part of consent agreements with the Competition Commission, following its investigation into anti-competitive practices within the media and advertising sectors. The MDDA was appointed by the […]
# The Freedom Front Plus has welcomed the High Court in Pretoria’s ruling that the signing of the National Health Insurance Act into law may be taken under review. The ruling comes as a result of legal action brought by the Board of Health Funders and the South African Private Practitioners Forum, which questioned the […]
# ActionSA says it will launch its bold initiative to rewrite South Africa’s economic transformation agenda towards real and lasting redress today. Leader Herman Mashaba will lead the launch at the Apartheid Museum in Ormonde, south of Johannesburg. The party’s spokesperson, Matthew George, says 31 years into democracy, but the promise of meaningful change remains […]
# A researcher at the University of the Western Cape, Heike Hartnick, has interrogated the legal parameters of people being dismissed for misconduct outside of an employer’s premises and working hours. She says employers in South Africa should establish comprehensive and clearly articulated social media policies. Hartnick says says these policies should define acceptable and unacceptable conduct, […]
# The South African Municipal Workers’ Union in Ekurhuleni has condemned the city’s decision to issue pre-dismissal notices to over 300 Metro Police workers. This follows their participation in an illegal strike and blockade of critical highways in March this year. SAMWU’s Tshephang Langa says this draconian action represents not only a gross injustice but also […]
# BOSA is calling on Parliament’s Committee on Basic Education to summon minister Siviwe Gwarube to provide a comprehensive breakdown of the 330-billion-rand national education budget. BOSA wants to know how much is paid to teachers, administrators, and education officials across the country. BOSA’s spokesperson, Roger Solomons says instead of providing a full and transparent […]
# The DA in Gauteng says psychiatric patients at the Weskoppies Hospital are suffering from yet another power cut this year. This is after City of Tshwane officials disconnected the hospital’s electricity due to an outstanding debt of one-million-rand. The disconnection was part of the metro’s ongoing Tshwane Ya Tima campaign, aimed at addressing the […]
# The ANC in Parliament says the DA’s Employment Equity Amendment Act court challenge is a direct attack on the progress South Africa has made towards building a more just and equitable society. The High Court in Pretoria is today hearing the DA’s challenge of the Act, which it argues discriminates unfairly and unconstitutionally. ANC […]
