# Die vakverbond Saftu sê hy verwerp die regering se besluit om ʼn Ontwikkelingsbeleid-lening van 24,78-miljard-rand van die Wêreldbank te aanvaar. Die lening is veronderstel om vertragings met infrastruktuurprojekte te verlig wat bygedra het tot ʼn dekade van swak ekonomiese groei. Saftu se hoofsekretaris, Zwelinzima Vavi, sê die lening is deel van ʼn groter program […]
# Die toesighoudende regter in die kantoor van die Onafhanklike Direktoraat Teen Korrupsie sê hy het formele klagtes ontvang teen die hoof van die direktoraat teen korrupsie, Andrea Johnson. Sy staar ernstige beskuldigings in die gesig, onder meer dat sy die inhoud van ‘n stragregtelike aanklag uitgelek het aan ‘n beskuldigde, die senior Misdaadintelligensie-beampte, Feroz […]
# The civic movement Soil of Africa has welcomed minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson’s decision to initiate a comprehensive investigation into the six-thousand-238 state-owned residential properties. The properties are allocated to various user departments and occupied by government officials across the country, with most of them situated in KwaZulu-Natal. Soil of Africa […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says it rejects the government’s decision to accept a 24.78-billion-rand Development Policy loan from the World Bank. The loan is aimed at easing infrastructure bottlenecks that have contributed to a decade of meagre economic growth. Saftu’s General-Secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, says this loan forms part of a broader […]
# Die voormalige statistikus-generaal, doktor Pali Lehohla, sê Suid-Afrika het ekonomies geweldig onderpresteer. Hy het gister die hoofrede gelewer by die Suid-Afrikaanse Verkiesingskommissie se leierskapseminaar in Centurion. Lehohla sê ongelyke toegang tot hulpbronne en geleenthede het steeds ʼn uitwerking op die manier waarop burgers met die politieke bestel omgaan. Hy sê die land se ekonomiese […]
# Die parlementêre Ampsklagkomitee vergader vandag virtueel om ʼn getuienisleier te kies. Vyf senior advokate is benoem: Zinzile Matebese, Kate Hofmeyr, Vuyani Ngalwana, Ismail Jamie en Pule Seleka. Hofmeyr en Seleka was ook getuienisleiers by die Zondo-ondersoekkommissie. Die komitee sal ook die konsep-opdrag bespreek. Die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof sal Vrydag uitspraak lewer oor president Cyril Ramaphosa […]
# The office of the Independent Directorate Against Corruption Oversight Judge says it has received formal complaints against the anti-corruption directorate boss Andrea Johnson. She is facing serious accusations, including that she leaked the contents of a criminal complaint directly to senior Crime Intelligence officer Feroz Khan, the very individual named in the complaint. The IDAC’s […]
# Former Statistician-General doctor Pali Lehohla says South Africa has massively underperformed economically. He delivered the keynote address at the Electoral Commission of South Africa’s thought leadership seminar in Centurion yesterday. Lehohla emphasised that unequal access to resources and opportunities continues to influence how citizens engage with the political system. He added that the country’s […]
# Die minister van Basiese Onderwys, Siviwe Gwarube, sê die departement onderhandel met provinsies en die Nasionale Tesourie oor die uitwerking van fiskale druk op befondste poste en onderrigvermoë. Teen die einde van Januarie vanjaar was 17-duisend-450 van die 389-duisend-286 toegekende poste nie gevul nie. Gwarube sê onderwysposte wat deur goedgekeurde provinsiale instellings toegeken is, […]
