# The minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube says her ministry is building a future where every learner gets the quality education they deserve. Gwarube says after she was appointed as minister of Basic Education, she stopped a 10-billion-rand tender that threatened school nutrition, eradicated 96-percent of identified pit toilets, and pushed foundational learning to new heights. The […]
# Government has condemned certain groups and communities blocking foreign nationals from accessing healthcare services at public facilities. Government acting spokesperson, Nomonde Mnukwa, says illegal immigration will never being condoned in the country. However, while the genuine frustrations of many citizens are understood, taking the law into one’s own hands is unacceptable and undermines the […]
# Die polisie- en gevangenisvakbond, POPCRU sê hulle verwerp ten sterkste die idee om geweld as ‘n instrument van regstelling by korrektiewe instellings te gebruik. Vakbondwoordvoerder, Richard Mamabolo, het gereageer op die minister van Korrektiewe Dienste, Pieter Groenewald, se beroep vir die herinstelling van lyfstraf in korrektiewe sentrums. Mamabolo sê die voorstel is nie net […]
# The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union says it rejects in the strongest terms the notion of using violence as a tool of correction at correctional facilities. POPCRU spokesperson, Richard Mamabolo says this after the minister of Correctional Services Pieter Groenewald called for the reintroduction of corporal punishment in the correctional centres. He says […]
# Die DA-leier John Steenhuisen sê die komende Nasionale Dialoog sal ‘n geweldige duur proses wees met baie pratery, maar sal niks doen om bekommerde Suid-Afrikaners te help nie. Hy sê ‘n ope brief deur oudpresident Thabo Mbeki het bevestig dat die dialoog se doel is om die ANC te bevoordeel. Mbeki en president Cyril […]
# DA leader John Steenhuisen says the forthcoming National Dialogue will be an enormously expensive process with a lot of talking but nothing else to address the concerns of South Africans. He says an open letter by former president Thabo Mbeki confirmed that the dialogue was meant to benefit the ANC. Mbeki and president Cyril Ramaphosa earlier […]
# Die Forum for South Africa het president Cyril Ramaphosa versoek om volledig ondersoek in te stel na die werksaamhede van die Suid-Afrikaanse Menseregtekommissie voordat dinge handuit ruk. Forumleier Tebogo Mashilompane sê vir jare het baie gemeenskappe regoor die land geen drinkwater gehad nie. Dit is ‘n skending van menseregte, maar daar is geen bestendige […]
# Die ministerie van Verdediging en Militêre Veterane het met kommer kennis geneem van ‘n “misleidende” sosialemediaplasing deur die DA, wat minister Angie Motshekga se naam beswadder. ‘n Woordvoerder van die ministerie, Onicca Kwakwa, sê dit verwys na toelaes wat verskuldig is aan lede van die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag wat as deel van die SAOG-sending […]
# The Ministry of Defence and Military Veterans has noted with concern what it calls a misleading social media post by the DA, dragging Minister Angie Motshekga’s name into disrepute. Ministry Spokesperson Onicca Kwakwa says this refers to allowances due to members of the South African National Defence Force deployed under the SADC Mission in […]
