# Die voorspraakgroepe AfriForum en March and March het ooreengekom om regsake van gemeenskaplike belang gesamentlik aan te pak en mekaar te ondersteun oor kwessies rondom die oppergesag van die reg, die stryd teen misdaad en onwettige migrasie. Die leierskap van die twee groepe het gister vergader. AfriForum se uitvoerende hoof, Kallie Kriel, sê hulle […]
# Minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela, has welcomed the Public Protector’s findings on systemic inefficiencies at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme. A damning report by Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka found that 40-thousand eligible students were left unfunded, despite a three-billion-rand allocation between 2024 and 2027 aimed at supporting the missing middle. The […]
# Die parlementêre Ampsklagkomitee gaan vandag verder beraadslaag oor die konsep-opdrag wat sy werk sal bepaal. Die komitee se voorsitter, Makashule Gana, sê die Parlement se Regsdienste-kantoor het die opdrag vereenvoudig en seker gemaak die taalgebruik in die dokument is eenvormig. Hy sê hulle sal enige insette van lede oorweeg voor die dokument afgehandel word. […]
# Lobby groups AfriForum and the March and March movement have agreed to pursue legal matters of mutual interest jointly, and to support each other on issues relating to the rule of law, the fight against crime, and illegal migration. The leadership of the two lobby groups met yesterday. AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel says they […]
# Die Openbare Beskermer, Kholeka Gcaleka, het die minister van Hoër Onderwys, Buti Manamela, tot 1 November tyd gegee om ʼn reddingsplan voor te lê vir die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente. ʼn Ondersoek deur die Openbare Beskermer het onthul sowat 40-duisend studente by 76 hoëronderwys-instellings is onbehoorlik befonds teen ʼn koste van 5,1-miljard-rand. Dit […]
# Parliament’s Impeachment Committee is set to deliberate further today on the draft terms of reference that will guide its work. Committee chairperson Makashule Gana says Parliament’s Legal Services Office has been working on cleaning up the terms of reference and ensuring consistent use of language throughout the document. He says they will consider any […]
# Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka has ordered Higher Education minister Buti Manamela to submit an implementation plan by November first, for remedial action at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme. An investigation by the Public Protector found approximately 40-thousand students across 76 higher education institutions were improperly funded at an estimated cost of 5.1-billion-rand. This […]
# Electricity and Energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says the new Electricity Pricing Policy will strengthen protections for poor and vulnerable consumers while making electricity bills more transparent. The minister says municipal and Eskom bills will be unbundled, showing consumers exactly how charges are calculated. Bills will itemise electricity generation, transmission and distribution costs, ancillary services […]
# DebtBusters says South African consumers remain under serious financial pressure, with people applying for debt counselling needing 64-percent of their take-home pay to service debt. Its latest index shows that consumers earning more than 50-thousand-rand a month need 103-percent of their income to cover debt repayments. The average applicant now has 8.7 credit agreements, […]
