# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola says South Africa’s own struggle is a testament to the United Nations Charter’s great promise and to the possibilities of a multilateral system. He hosted a celebration of the UN Charter at the Riverside Church in New York. Lamola says the current attacks on international law […]
# Die Departement van Basiese Onderwys se direkteur-generaal, Mathanzima Mweli, sê sy kommer oor die leefstyloudit-proses moenie beskou word as ʼn weiering om hom aan wettige ondersoeke te onderwerp nie. Hy sê hy is bekommerd oor die manier waarop die oudit uitgevoer word, insluitend die hantering van vertroulike en persoonlike inligting. Mweli sê leefstyloudits gebruik […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare het kommer uitgespreek oor berigte dat die Suid-Afrikaanse Agentskap vir Maatskaplike Sekerheid, SASSA, miljoene rande skuld vir die huur van kantore reg oor die land. Die agterstallige huurgeld sluit in 16,5-miljoen-rand vir die Rekordbestuur-sentrum waar sensitiewe organisatoriese rekords bewaar word. Die vakbondwoordvoerder, Claude Naicker, sê hierdie administratiewe versuim kan ernstige […]
# Die polisie het sy pogings verskerp om mense op te spoor wat die veiligheid en sekerheid van vroue, kinders en ander kwesbare persone bedreig. Dit volg op die onlangse moord op nege vroue in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. Polisiewoordvoerder Amanda van Wyk sê 17-duisend-270 verdagtes is tussen 14 en 20 September tydens Operasie Shanela Twee aangekeer […]
# Business Leadership South Africa sê die Wet op die Staatsdienskommissie wat verlede week bekragtig is, verteenwoordig ʼn aansienlike verandering aan die reëls wat die Staatsdiens beheer. Die wet verbreed die omvang van die kommissie se werk om munisipaliteite in te sluit, en laat dit toe om op te tree teen bestuursmislukkings wat lei tot […]
# Department of Basic Education Director-General Mathanzima Mweli says his concerns about the process of lifestyle audits should not be portrayed as a refusal to account or to submit to legitimate scrutiny. His concerns were about how his audit would be conducted, including the handling of confidential and personal information. Mweli says lifestyle audits involve […]
# Die waarnemende nasionale polisiekommissaris, Puleng Dimpane, verwelkom die inhegtenisneming van ʼn 59-jarige senior polisie-offisier op aanklagte van seksuele oortredings. Hy is gisteraand in Sandton aangekeer. Die offisier het na bewering tussen Julie en Augustus ‘n 16-jarige meisie seksueel voorberei en ʼn 18-jarige vrou verkrag. Nasionale polisiewoordvoerder Athlenda Mathe sê die stryd teen geslagsgeweld en […]
# The Public Servants Association has expressed concern at reports that the South African Social Security Agency owes millions of rands in outstanding rent for offices across the country. The unpaid rent includes 16.5-million-rand relating to the Records Management Centre, which is responsible for safeguarding sensitive organisational records. PSA’s Claude Naicker says these administrative failures […]
# Business Leadership South Africa says the signing of the Public Service Commission Act into law last week represents a significant overhaul of the rules governing the country’s civil service. The Act broadens the scope of the Public Service Commission’s work to include municipalities, allowing it to address the governance failures that lead to poor […]
