# The SABC’s group executive for News and Current Affairs, Deidré Uren, says the public broadcaster remains committed to informing and educating citizens ahead of the November 4 local government elections. She says they have a mandate to provide fair and equitable coverage in all 12 official languages. Uren says despite financial pressures, the SABC […]
# The Public Servants Association of South Africa says the placing of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme under administration reflects a profound failure of governance and oversight. Minister of Higher Education, Buti Manamela, made the decision following persistent governance, financial, and operational failures. PSA’s Claude Naicker says they have consistently raised concerns about the […]
# Die vakverbond, Saftu, is verontwaardig oor die jongste brandstofprys-styging wat miljoene werkers en arm huishoudings in ʼn groter krisis dompel. Petrol het gister met drie-rand-27-sent per liter gestyg en diesel met vyf-rand-27-sent. ‘n Saftu-woordvoerder Asive Dyani sê die regering moet die algemene brandstofheffing op petrol en diesel afskaf en ʼn tydelike ingryping instel om […]
# Union federation SAFTU has expressed outrage at the latest fuel price increases, plunging millions of workers and poor households deeper into crisis. Petrol prices have increased by three-rand-27-cents per litre while diesel has gone up by five-rand-27-cents. SAFTU’s spokesperson, Asive Dyani, says government must remove the general fuel levy on petrol and diesel, and […]
# Die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie en die Afrika-sentrums vir Siektebeheer en Voorkoming monitor 82 passasiers en ses bemanningslede wat op 25 April op ʼn Airlink-vlug van die eiland Sint Helena na Johannesburg gereis het. Dit volg nadat ʼn 69-jarige Nederlandse vrou wat ʼn passasier op die vlug was, kort na haar aankoms aan die hantavirus dood is. […]
# The World Health Organisation and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention are monitoring 82 passengers and six crew members who travelled on an Airlink flight from the Atlantic island of St. Helena to Johannesburg on April 25th. This comes after a 69-year-old Dutch woman, who was a passenger on the flight, died […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare sê die voortslepende brandstof-prysstygings dryf die koste van vervoer en noodsaaklike goedere vinnig hemelhoog en plaas druk op huishoudings se inkomste. Lae-inkomste-huishoudings bestee tussen 40- en 50-persent van hul inkomste aan vervoer, wat ver bo die beleidskerf van tien-persent is. Die vakbond se woordvoerder, Claude Naicker, sê dringende verligtingsmaatreëls is […]
# Die DA vra die minister van Verdediging en Militêre Veterane, Angie Motshekga, om ondersoek in te stel na die Suid-Afrikaanse Leërstigting. Twee senior amptenare, Errol Ramphele en Maria Barros, is ná ʼn ondersoek deur die Finansiële Sektor Gedragsowerheid belet en met meer as 44-miljoen-rand beboet omdat hulle ongemagtigde betalings aan hulself gemaak het. Chris […]
# The Public Servants Association says ongoing fuel-price increases are rapidly driving up the cost of transport and essential goods, placing pressure on strained household incomes. Low-income households in peripheral areas spend between 40 and 50-percent of their income on transport, which is far above the ten-percent policy benchmark. PSA’s Claude Naicker says urgent relief […]
