# The DA has expressed concern at South Africa’s child hunger crisis, saying this is a national tragedy. In 2024 alone, 766 children under five-years-old died from malnutrition-related causes in public hospitals across the country. Since May this year, 45 children have died from malnutrition in the Eastern Cape alone. The DA’s Bridget Masango says […]
# Die Vereniging vir Staatsamptenare stem saam met die minister van die Staatsdiens en Administrasie, Mzamo Buthelezi, dat Suid-Afrika se staatsamptenare onderbetaal, oorwerk en afgestomp is. Die land het ongeveer 1,7-miljoen staatsamptenare. Claude Naicker van die vakbond sê die onlangse salarisverhoging van 5,5-persent vir staatsamptenare, hoewel dit bo inflasie is, vergoed nie voldoende vir jare […]
# AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit has accused the Department of Higher Education and Training of ignoring widespread corruption at the University of SA while acting swiftly at Cape Town College. The unit is representing Unisa’s acting Chief Financial Officer, doctor Reshma Mathura, who was suspended in April last year following allegations of corruption. The unit’s Barry […]
# Mzansi Jikelele, a collaborative group of distinguished local artists, will represent South Africa at the InterVision Music Contest in Russia on Saturday. The group, which will join participants from 22 other countries in this multicultural celebration, will perform an original composition titled Home. South Africa’s presence will be further strengthened by Ntsiki Mazwai, a renowned vocalist, […]
# Die nieregeringsorganisasie, Whistleblower House,sê die Madlanga-kommissie moet seker maak fluitjieblasers word beskerm. Die kommissie wat bewerings van misdadigheid, politieke inmengery en korrupsie in Suid-Afrika se regstelsel moet ondersoek, begin vandag. KwaZulu-Natal se polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, sal eerste getuig. Ben Theron van Whistleblower House het aan eNCA gesê indien fluitjieblasers beskerm word, sal straffeloosheid verminder […]
# The Public Servants Association says it agrees with minister of Public Service and Administration, Mzamo Buthelezi, that South Africa’s public servants are underpaid, overworked, and demoralised. The country has around 1.7 million public servants. PSA’s Claude Naicker says the recent 5.5-perecnt wage increase for public servants, though above inflation, does not adequately compensate for […]
# Die regering doen ‘n beroep op alle kwalifiserende studente om aansoek vir befondsing van die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente vir volgende jaar aansoek te doen. Die adjunkminister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Nomusa Dube Ncube, het gister die aansoekproses in Pretoria van stapel gestuur. Die regering se woordvoerder, Themba Mazibuko, sê die aansoekproses […]
# ActionSA het die Departement van Verdediging en Militêre Veterane gekritiseer oor reiskoste van meer as 20-miljoen-rand. Minister Angie Motshekga het in ʼn geskrewe antwoord op ʼn vraag in die Parlement ʼn uiteensetting gegee van hoe sy, haar twee adjunkte en ondersteuningspersoneel belastingbetalers se geld op 22 internasionale reise na Rusland, Angola, China, Saoedi-Arabië, Frankryk […]
# Non-governmental organisation, the Whistleblower House, says the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry must ensure the protection of whistleblowers. The commission, tasked with investigating allegations of criminality, political interference, and corruption in South Africa’s justice system, gets underway today. KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi will be the first witness to testify. Whistleblower House’s Ben Theron told […]
