# Deputy minister of Higher Education and Training, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, says institutions need to be more proactive in responding to skills shortages and changing economic needs, rather than waiting for directives from government. The department’s 2026/2027 Annual Performance Plan is anchored in a reform mandate flowing from president Cyril Ramaphosa’s declaration of a National Skills […]
# Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says municipal debt remains one of the biggest threats to Eskom’s financial sustainability. On the 31st of March this year, municipal debt stood at 111.6-billion-rand, and increased to approximately 119-billion-rand by June. This comes as Eskom has recorded a second successive year of profitability, recording a profit […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the focus on modernising and transforming South Africa’s energy system is to ensure energy security and provide cheap and clean electricity for all citizens. In his weekly newsletter, he says the country must move away from its century-old reliance on a single utility provider if it hopes to secure an […]
# The Institute of Race Relations says women voters could be key in determining the outcome of the local government elections on 4 November. Its latest poll shows the ANC still has stronger support among women, with 37-percent backing the party compared to 26-percent for the DA. The poll also indicates that 82-percent of women […]
# Die Instituut vir Rasseverhoudinge sê vroue kiesers kan die sleutel wees wat die uitslag van die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing op 4 November kan bepaal. Die jongste peiling toon die ANC het steeds sterker steun onder vroue, met 37-persent wat die party ondersteun in vergelyking met 26-persent vir die DA. Die peiling dui ook daarop dat […]
# Madlanga commission spokesperson Jeremy Michaels says suspended deputy Crime Intelligence head Feroz Khan has been subpoenaed to appear before the commission today, and the subpoena remains in force. This comes amid reports that Khan has been readmitted to hospital after being shot and wounded in Johannesburg in June. Michaels told the media the commission […]
# Former Parliament speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s corruption case has been postponed to 7 September for judgment on her application to be discharged. The High Court in Pretoria heard arguments from her legal team and the state, which opposed the application. The Investigating Directorate Against Corruption spokesperson, Henry Mamothame, says Mapisa-Nqakula faces 12 corruption and one […]
# Die #NotFitForPurpose-veldtog het ‘n grondwetlike uitdaging teen die Wet op die Nasionale Raad oor Geslagsgeweld en Vrouemoord van stapel gestuur. Die veldtog glo die wet gee nie die raad genoeg onafhanklikheid, gesag, hulpbronne en aanspreeklikheid om GBVF effektief te beveg nie. Kayan Leung van die veldtog het aan die media gesê die hofsaak is […]
# Die Madlanga-kommissie, wat misdaad, korrupsie en politieke inmenging in die strafregstelsel ondersoek, sal van Donderdag verdaag tot 11 September. Openbare verhore sal hierdie week op Woensdag eindig en op 14 September hervat. Die sewe werksdae is nodig om twee kommissarisse toe te laat om vorige verpligtinge na te kom. Jeremy Michaels van die kommissie […]
