# Die onderwysaktivis, Hendrick Makaneta, verwelkom Suid-Afrika en Finland se ooreenkoms om samewerking in onderwys en vaardigheidsontwikkeling te versterk. Finland se minister van Onderwys, Anders Adlercreutz, het die week ʼn ampsbesoek aan Suid-Afrika gebring. Hy en die minister van Basiese Onderwys, Siviwe Gwarube, het gedeelde prioriteite en geleenthede vir groter samewerking tussen die twee lande […]
# Eskom sê sy verskaffer-tugproses het daartoe gelei dat 101 verskaffers, insluitend geïmpliseerde direkteure en eienaars, tot tien jaar lank verbied word om sake met Eskom te doen. Die verbod hou verband met sake van 2015 tot 31 Maart vanjaar. Eskom se woordvoerder Daphne Mokwena sê bedrog, korrupsie, onregmatige verkryging en verskaffers se wangedrag ondermyn […]
# Business Leadership South Africa says the country needs to move beyond business as usual and lift growth above three-percent for large-scale job creation. This as 8.5 million people are without work, and roughly 300-thousand net new work-seekers enter the labour force every year. BLSA chairperson Adrian Gore says the business sector believes South Africa has […]
# Eskom says its supplier disciplinary process has resulted in the restriction of 101 suppliers, including implicated directors and owners, from doing business with the power utility for up to ten years. These restrictions relate to cases from 2015 until 31 March this year. Eskom spokesperson, Daphne Mokwena, says fraud, corruption, procurement irregularities and supplier […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu is bekommerd oor wat hy beskou as die opkoms van verregse eiereg-, ras- en stamgroepe wat ʼn bedreiging inhou vir Suid-Afrika se swaarverworwe demokrasie. AfriForum en die March and March-beweging het ʼn gesamentlike werksgroep aangekondig vir kwessies soos gemeenskapsveiligheid, regsake, onderwys en veldtogte teen misdaad en onwettige immigrasie. Cosatu se woordvoerder, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het kommer uitgespreek oor die voortgesette krisis by die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente. Die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria het verlede week die aanstelling van professor Hlengani Mathebula opgeskort en die skema se oorblywende raadslede heraangestel. Dit het gevolg nadat die minister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Buti Manamela, in Mei die […]
# Education activist Hendrick Makaneta has welcomed South Africa and Finland’s commitment to strengthening cooperation in education and skills development. This week, Finnish minister of Education Anders Adlercreutz conducted an official visit to South Africa, where he met with Basic Education minister Siviwe Gwarube to discuss shared priorities and opportunities for deeper collaboration between the […]
# Eco-justice group the Green Connection has urged Parliament to withdraw the proposed Gas Bill, warning it could lock South Africa deeper into oil and gas dependence while weakening oversight. The legislation, once promulgated, would replace the Gas Act, with a new framework covering areas including liquefied natural gas, gas infrastructure, investment, licensing and enforcement. […]
# Union federation Cosatu is concerned about the rise of far-right vigilante, racial and tribal groupings that pose a serious threat to South Africa’s hard-won non-racial democracy. AfriForum and the March and March movement announced a collaborative working group to cooperate on community safety, legal issues, education, and anti-crime initiatives. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says this strange […]
