# Minister of Higher Education, Buti Manamela, says the National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s missing-middle loan scheme requires urgent improvement, including simplifying the eligibility and application process. Over 53-thousand students applied for loans this year, but only three-thousand-102 have been assessed as eligible. Manamela says the increase in applications is encouraging, but the conversion of […]
# Die Nasionale Dobbelraad maan landsburgers om hul huishoudelike finansies te beskerm en versigtig te wees wanneer hulle dobbel. Volgens Ou Mutual se jongste spaar- en beleggingsmonitor dobbel 53-persent werkende Suid-Afrikaners terwyl 42-persent sê hulle dobbel dikwels om uitgawes of skuld te dek. Sportweddenskappe is die algemeenste dobbelgewoonte, gevolg deur slotmasjiene en die Lotto. Waarnemende […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu sê hulp is dringend nodig om skole toe te rus met hulpmiddels, insluitend onderwysers, om oorvol klaskamers en uitgeputte onderwysers te voorkom. Die minister van Basiese Onderwys, Siviwe Gwarube, het onlangs bekend gemaak daar is meer as 27-duisend vakante onderwysposte. Die Oos-Kaap het die meeste, naamlik vyf-duisend-730. Cosatu se woordvoerder, Nonzuzo […]
# The Public Servants Association is calling for an urgent and widened Public Protector investigation into reported executive salary increases at the National Library of South Africa. This follows allegations that senior remuneration adjustments and related governance processes may not have met the standards expected of a public institution. According to reports, the CEO’s salary […]
# Die DA doen ʼn beroep op die Suid-Afrikaanse Toerismeraad om die voortslepende saak waarby die geskorste uitvoerende hoof, Nombulelo Guliwe, betrokke is, vinnig af te handel. Guliwe het 2,3-miljoen-rand se salaris en voordele ontvang terwyl sy sedert Augustus verlede jaar tot op hede voorlopig geskors is. Haseena Ismail van die DA sê Guliwe kan […]
# The National Gambling Board urges citizens to safeguard their household finances and exercise caution when participating in gambling activities. According to Old Mutual’s latest Savings and Investment Monitor, 53-percent of working South Africans gamble, while 42-percent say they often gamble to help cover their expenses or debt. Sports betting is the most prevalent gambling […]
# Die minister van Vervoer, Barbara Creecy, sê Suid-Afrika moet doelgerig seker maak vroue is deel van ontwikkeling, opleidingsgeleenthede, werwingstrategieë en leierskapsmoontlikhede in die lugvaartsektor. Die land het meer as 33-duisend-500 gelisensieerde beroepspersone in lugvaart, en byna ses-duisend-800 is vroue. Creecy sê haar departement het in die 2025/2026-boekjaar 317 van 460 kontrakte ter waarde van […]
# Union federation Cosatu says there is an urgent need to capacitate schools with resources, including teachers, to combat the contributing factors that lead to acute overcrowded classrooms and teacher burnout. Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube, recently revealed over 27-thousand unfilled teaching posts. The Eastern Cape has the highest number of vacancies, with five-thousand-730. […]
# The DA is calling on the new South African Tourism Board to urgently bring the long-running matter involving suspended CEO Nombulelo Guliwe to a conclusion. Guliwe has pocketed 2.3-million-rand in salary and benefits since she was placed on precautionary suspension for alleged misconduct and irregular procurement, from August last year to date. The DA’s […]
