# Public Service Commission chairperson Somadoda Fikeni has warned that recommendations from the Madlanga Commission could face resistance after the inquiry concludes. Testifying before the commission, Fikeni said resistance may involve legal hurdles, resource constraints, administrative processes or institutional dependencies, rather than outright refusal. He says the success of a commission should be measured by […]
# The National Student Financial Aid Scheme has officially opened the 2027 academic year applications. More than five-thousand applications were received within hours. University applications close on 31 October, while TVET college applications close on 30 September. Speaking in Johannesburg, Higher Education and Training minister Buti Manamela confirmed NSFAS strengthened data verification, automated document checks […]
# ActionSA in Gauteng se koukusleier, Funzi Ngobeni, het besware by NERSA ingedien teen Eskom se voorgestelde elektrisiteitstariewe vir 2027/28. Eskom vra ‘n gemiddelde verhoging van 8,83-persent vir regstreekse kliënte, terwyl munisipale grootmaataankope met 8,84-persent sal styg. Ngobeni sê huishoudings wat minder krag gebruik, kan groter verhogings verwag weens hoër vaste heffings. ActionSA bevraagteken ook […]
# Nursing Organisation Denosa calls for stronger police visibility in Gauteng following the discovery of several women’s bodies in Ekurhuleni over the past two months. The organisation says the killings are causing fear among nurses, many of whom travel early in the morning and late in the day using public transport. Denosa’s Lebogang Phasha demands […]
# Die voorsitter van die Staatsdienskommissie, professor Somadoda Fikeni, sê baie regeringsprosesse word gedryf deur nakoming eerder as deur die waarde wat dit beoog om te lewer. Fikeni het voor die Madlanga-kommissie gesê finansiële openbaarmakings word dikwels slegs as ‘n nakomingsoefening beskou. Hy sê die openbaarmaking van bates moet fokus op deursigtigheid en aanspreeklikheid, in […]
# Die verpleegkunde-organisasie DENOSA doen ‘n beroep op groter sigbaarheid van die polisie in Gauteng ná die ontdekking van verskeie vroue liggame in Ekurhuleni in die afgelope twee maande. Die organisasie sê die moorde veroorsaak vrees onder verpleegkundiges, van wie talle vroeg in die oggend en laat in die dag van openbare vervoer gebruik maak. […]
# ActionSA Gauteng caucus leader Funzi Ngobeni has submitted objections to NERSA over Eskom’s proposed 2027/28 electricity tariffs. Eskom is seeking an average 8.83-percent increase for direct customers, while municipal bulk purchases would rise by 8.84-percent. Ngobeni says lower-usage households could face bigger effective increases because of higher fixed charges. In addition, ActionSA is also […]
# Die president van die Afrika Mayibuye Movement, Floyd Shivambu, sê tegniese voldoening moet nie kiesers ontneem of vrye en regverdige verkiesings ondermyn nie. In ‘n ope brief aan die Verkiesingskommissie sê Shivambu twee-duisend-274 voornemende kandidate van 45 politieke partye was op die Aanlynkandidaatnominasiestelsel vasgelê, maar was nie finaal voorgelê nie. Hy sê geaffekteerde kandidate […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies in Suid-Afrika sê hy is diep besorg oor die onlangse moorde op verskeie vroue in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. Die VN het gevra vir ‘n spoedige en deeglike ondersoek en vra die skuldiges moet aanspreeklik gehou word. Daar word ook gevra vir strenger maatreëls om geweld te voorkom, vroue te beskerm en toegang […]
