# Die minister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Buti Manamela, gaan die Arbeidshof-uitspraak oor die uitvoerende hoof van die Nasionale Vaardigheidsfonds ten volle aanvaar. Die hof het ʼn tussentydse interdik uitgereik wat sy opdrag om die pos weer te adverteer, ophef aangesien die werwingsproses afgehandel en ʼn kandidaat aanbeveel is. Woordvoerder Matshepo Seedat sê Manamela […]
# Die Parlement se Staande Komitee oor Begrotings waarsku verhoogde elektrisiteitskoste kan die finansiële druk vererger wat huishoudings ervaar te midde van stygende inflasie, volgehoue hoë lewenskoste en ‘n trae ekonomie. Eskom stel van 1 April 2027 af ‘n verhoging van 8,83-persent vir sy direkte kliënte voor, en ‘n verhoging van 8,84-persent vir munisipaliteite wat […]
# Die Workers and Socialist Party het die nuwe COSATU-leierskap aangemoedig om sy 2022-besluit uit te voer en politieke bande met die ANC te verbreek. Afgevaardigdes by COSATU se 15de nasionale kongres in Kempton Park, Gauteng, het gister gestem vir die vakbondfederasie se ses senior leiers, met die uitslae wat vandag verwag word. Mametlwe Sebei […]
# Voedselsekerheid in Suid-Afrika het in 2025 verswak, met 12-persent huishoudings en 14,7-persent individue wat honger gely het. Dit is volgens die Shoprite-groep se 2026 Suid-Afrikaanse Voedselsekerheid-aanwyser. Die land se algehele voedselsekerheidsyfer het verlede jaar tot 52,6 gedaal teenoor 56,5 in 2024. Die rede is voedsel-inflasie wat die beskikbaarheid van kos verminder het, terwyl toegang […]
# Minister of Higher Education and Training Buti Manamela will fully comply with the Labour Court’s ruling on the National Skills Fund’s CEO position. The court has issued an interim interdict stopping his directives to re-advertise the position, as the recruitment process has been concluded and a candidate recommended. Spokesperson Matshepo Seedat says Manamela remains […]
# Parliament’s Standing Committee on Appropriations warns that increased electricity costs could deepen the financial pressures experienced by households amid rising inflation, persistently high living costs and a stagnant economy. Eskom has proposed an 8.83-percent increase for its direct customers and an 8.84-percent increase for municipalities purchasing electricity from the power utility, effective from the […]
# Die polisie het die afgelope week 16-duisend-380 verdagtes aangekeer tydens ‘n landwye Operasie Shanela-optrede. Die verdagtes is vir verskeie misdade aangekeer. Dit sluit in twee-duisend-165 verdagtes wat weens geweldsmisdaad gesoek is. Hulle is in verskeie provinsies suksesvol nagespoor en in hegtenis geneem. Polisiewoordvoerder Vincent Mukhathi sê wat geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord betref, is 169 verdagtes […]
# The Workers and Socialist Party has urged the new leadership of COSATU to implement its 2022 resolution to sever political ties with the ANC. Delegates attending COSATU’s 15th National Congress in Kempton Park, Gauteng, voted for the union federation’s six top leadership positions yesterday, with the results expected to be announced today. The Workers and […]
# Food security in South Africa deteriorated in 2025, with 12-percent of households reporting hunger while 14.7-percent of individuals experienced hunger. This is according to the South African Food Security Index 2026 commissioned by the Shoprite Group. The country’s overall food security score fell to 52.6 last year from 56.5 in 2024. This is because food […]
