# KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli has expressed concern over the nearly seven-million-rand spent on ongoing corruption investigations in the Departments of Transport and Public Works. Ntuli has sought the Special Investigating Unit’s assistance to probe other corruption allegations in various departments. He announced plans to suspend Transport Head Of Department, Siboniso Mbhele, over a 672-million-rand […]
# Eskom’s Generation Recovery Plan has pushed the month-to-date Energy Availability Factor to 70.45-percent, surpassing its 70-percent target. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says this has improved plant reliability with reduced unplanned outages. The power utility reports 140 consecutive days without load-shedding, with just 26 hours recorded since April. Mokwena says diesel reliance has dropped sharply, […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê die MK-LP, Mzwanele Manyi, se voorgestelde grondwetlike wysiging oor grond lei slegs die aandag afleiding af van die werklike bedreiging, die voorgenome Wetsontwerp op Billike Toegang tot Grond. Manyi vra dat alle grond aan die regering moet behoort en vir grondeise om terug te dateer tot 1652. Wynand Boshoff van […]
# COSATU verwelkom die Konstitusionele Hof se uitspraak wat ‘n groter keuse en gelykheid in kraam- en ouerskapverlof toestaan. Die hof het die Parlement gelas om die Wette op Basiese Diensvoorwaardes en Werkloosheidsversekering te wysig om gelyke dekking vir ouers te verseker. COSATU se woordvoerder, Matthew Parks, sê die uitspraak bekragtig billikheid en buigsaamheid en […]
# The Congress of South African Trade Unions has welcomed the Constitutional Court’s ruling affirming greater choice and equality in maternity and parental leave. The court directed Parliament to amend the Basic Conditions of Employment and Unemployment Insurance Acts to ensure equal cover for parents. COSATU spokesperson Matthew Parks says the judgment validates fairness and […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says MK Party member of Parliament, Mzwanele Manyi’s proposed constitutional amendment on land is a distraction from the real threat, the upcoming Equitable Access to Land Bill. Manyi wants all land to belong to the government and for land claims to go back to 1652. The FF Plus’s Wynand Boshoff […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het politieke faksies in munisipaliteite versoek om binnegevegte te staak en bestendige bestuur en dienslewering voorop te stel. Die minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Velenkosini Hlabisa, het in die hoofrede wat hy namens Ramaphosa by die Plaaslike Regerings Indaba in Midrand, Gauteng, gelewer het beklemtoon vertroue word deur verantwoordbaarheid, […]
# Die DA sê hy sal die drie-persent Swartbemagtigingheffing op ongenoteerde besighede wat die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, voorstel, teenstaan. Die party waarsku die heffing sal ‘n las op ondernemings wees, klein besighede benadeel en werkskepping lam lê. Toby Chance van die DA vra vir werklike bemagtiging deur werkskepping en entrepreneurskap, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on political factions within municipalities to cease infighting and prioritise stable governance and service delivery. Delivering the keynote address on behalf of Ramaphosa at the Local Government Indaba in Midrand, Gauteng, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister, Velenkosini Hlabisa, emphasised that trust is earned through accountability, efficient infrastructure, and […]
