# The Portfolio Committee on Health will call the Department of Health to respond to issues raised during virtual public hearings on the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery System Control Bill. Chairperson Sibongiseni Dhlomo confirmed diverse views emerged, with supporters praising the bill for closing regulatory loopholes and protecting public health. Meanwhile, critics argued it […]
# Cosatu het die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria geloof omdat hy aansoeke deur die Nasionale Werkgewersvereniging van Suid-Afrika en Sakeliga teen die Wet op Gelyke Indiensneming verwerp het. Matthew Parks van Cosatu sê dit bevestig die minister van Indiensneming en Arbeid, Nomakhosazana Meth, se gesag om sektorale teikens te stel, wat billike geleenthede vir alle werkers […]
# Cosatu has praised the High Court in Pretoria for dismissing challenges by the National Employers’ Association of South Africa and Sakeliga against the Employment Equity Act. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks said this confirms Employment and Employment minister Nomakhosazana Meth’s authority to set sectoral targets, ensuring fair opportunities for all workers, regardless of race, gender, or […]
# Eskom verwelkom die vonnisoplegging van ‘n verskaffer Jessie Phindile Kubheka deur die Middelburg Gespesialiseerde Handelsmisdaadhof in Mpumalanga. Kubheka is tot 12 jaar vir bedrog en vier jaar vir geldwassery gevonnis, albei vonnisse opgeskort vir vyf jaar. Hy is ook gelas om meer as twee-miljoen-rand terug te betaal. Die 2020 Tutuka-kragstasiesaak het buitensporige fakture vir […]
# Statistieke Suid-Afrika het ‘n skerp toename in sakelikwidasies aangemeld met ‘n toename van 16,5-persent in Julie vergeleke met dieselfde maand verlede jaar. Van die 155 likwidasies wat aangemeld is, is 72 maatskappye, 83 vir beslote korporasies, insluitend 14 verpligte en 141 vrywillige sluitings. Onica Mushwana van Statistieke Suid-Afrika sê likwidasies het oor die eerste […]
# Eskom has welcomed the sentencing of supplier Jessie Phindile Kubheka by the Middelburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Mpumalanga. Kubheka received 12 years for fraud and four years for money laundering, both suspended for five years. He was also ordered to repay over two-million rand. The 2020 Tutuka Power Station case involved inflated invoices […]
# Statistics South Africa reports a sharp rise in business liquidations, with July seeing a 16.5-percent increase compared to the same month last year. Of the 155 liquidations recorded, 72 were companies and 83 were close corporations, including 14 compulsory and 141 voluntary closures. Stats SA’s Onica Mushwana says over the first seven months of […]
# Die vakbondfederasie Saftu eis die kansellasie van Eskom se swaar skuldlas deur korporatiewe belastingverligting te herlei, onwettige finansiële vloeie te beperk en openbare besteding te verander. Saftu se woordvoerder, Asive Dyani, sê in plaas van betekenisvolle belegging in openbare infrastruktuur en ‘n regverdige energie-oorgang, gaan die regering voort om verbruikers te belas om Eskom […]
# Die Parlement wag op ‘n antwoord van die minister van Kommunikasie en Digitale Tegnologieë, Solly Malatsi, oor die vertraagde Wetsontwerp op die SABC. Die voorsitter van die portefeuljekomitee, Khusela Sangoni-Diko, beskou Malatsi se vroeëre plan om dit terug te trek as ongrondwetlik. Sy waarsku dat die openbare uitsaaier sal sukkel om ná Desember te […]
