# Former Chief Justice Raymond Zondo says South Africa’s fight against corruption remains far from over, despite progress since the State Capture Commission. Speaking at the 15th Commonwealth Regional Conference for Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa, Zondo stressed that accountability and enforcement must be strengthened. He urged institutions to act decisively on the commission’s findings, […]
# The Department of Employment and Labour has called for the dismissal of the DA’s legal challenge against the Employment Equity Amendment Act. The High Court in Pretoria has reserved judgment in the matter for at least three months. The DA claims the law introduces rigid race quotas and is unconstitutional. However, the department’s Thobeka […]
# Trade union Solidarity says administrative chaos at the South African Council for Educators is putting teachers’ careers at risk. According to the union, hundreds of teachers have been forced to queue outside SACE offices in Gauteng to fix registration errors, often at their own cost and using personal leave. Solidarity’s Johnell Prinsloo says teachers’ […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse LUR vir Kultuursake en Sport, Ricardo Mackenzie, het Afrikaans Amptelik 100 van stapel gestuur wat ’n jaarlange viering is van Afrikaans, wat ‘n eeu gelede ’n amptelike taal geword het. Die seremonie het by die Kasteel in Kaapstad plaasgevind. Mackenzie sê die viering eer die taal se wortels in gemeenskappe wat deur […]
# Suid-Afrika maak gereed vir ‘n tekort aan aardgas volgende jaar, ondanks aflandige ontdekkings tussen 2019 en ’20. Die Petroleum-agentskap se waarnemende uitvoerende hoof, Bongani Sayidini, berig die Brulpadda- en die Luiperd-velde aflandig van die Suid-Kaapse kus het nie kommersieel lewensvatbare hoeveelhede opgelewer nie. Die voorsitter van die raadgewende raad van Wits se Sakeskool, Priscillah […]
# The Western Cape MEC for Cultural Affairs and Sport, Ricardo Mackenzie, has launched Afrikaans Amptelik 100, a year-long celebration marking a century since Afrikaans became an official language. The ceremony took place at the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town. Mackenzie says the celebration honours the language’s roots in communities shaped by slavery and […]
# The Department of Health is virtually hosting the third G20 Health Working Group meeting this week. The two-day event, running from today, focuses on strengthening the global health and care workforce. The G20 nations represent over 70-percent of the world’s health workers. The department’s Foster Mohale says the talks aim to help countries achieve […]
# Die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente het vanjaar reeds 1,3-miljard-rand aan privaat diensverskaffers vir studentebehuising uitbetaal teenoor die totaal van 2,9-miljard-rand wat in 2024 betaal is. Die waarnemende uitvoerende hoof, Waseem Carrim, verwys na verbeterde bevestigings-prosesse en ’n beweging na die akkreditering van meer diensverskaffers. Carrim het bevestig dat daar steeds uitdagings is, insluitend […]
# Die voormalige hoofregter, Raymond Zondo, het twyfel uitgespreek oor die Parlement se instel van teenkorrupsie-maatreëls ná die aanbevelings van die staatskapingskommissie. Zondo het tydens die 15de Statebond-streekkonferensie vir hoofde van teenkorrupsie-agentskappe in Afrika gevra of die Parlement hervormings ingestel het om toekomstige korrupsie te voorkom. Hy het die behoefte aan sterker toesig- en verantwoordingsmeganismes […]
