# Die Madlanga-kommissie het gehoor die Polisiediens het die afgelope vyf jaar nie ‘n enkele volledige leefstyloudit uitgevoer nie. Die teen-korrupsie-deskundige, Albertus Schoeman, getuig die polisie het slegs staatgemaak op leefstyloorsigte en -ondersoeke. Hy sê oorsigte vergelyk verklaarde bates met inkomste, terwyl ondersoeke fokus op moontlike onverklaarde welvaart of onregmatige inkomste. Schoeman sê geen sake […]
# South Africans whose identity documents were blocked before November 2022 have until tomorrow, to visit a Department of Home Affairs office and verify their identity. Affected individuals must appear in person with documents including proof of birth, hospital or school records, and certified copies of their parents’ identity documents or death certificates. Failure to […]
# Die munisipale vakbond SAMWU eis dat die Nasionale Tesourie sy besluit omkeer om befondsing aan 69 munisipaliteite tydelik te weerhou. SAMWU se hoofsekretaris, Dumisane Magagula, sê dit sal reeds sukkelende owerhede nader aan ineenstorting bring, met verwoestende gevolge vir werkers, gemeenskappe en noodsaaklike openbare dienslewering. Hy sê munisipale werkers kan nie aanspreeklik gehou word vir […]
# The Madlanga commission has heard the Police Service has not conducted a single full lifestyle audit in the past five years. Anti-corruption expert Albertus Schoeman testified police relied only on lifestyle reviews and investigations. He explains reviews compare declared assets with income, while investigations probe possible unexplained wealth or illicit income. Schoeman says no […]
# Manufacturing industry bodies have urged the National Treasury to clarify comments suggesting manufacturing may not be South Africa’s main source of future job growth. Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa, the Manufacturing Circle and Polasa say manufacturing remains vital for industrial development, exports and economic resilience. They warn that mixed policy signals […]
# South Africa’s wind energy sector could increase its workforce by up to 400-percent by 2042 if planned renewable energy expansion continues. The world’s leading wind turbine manufacturer, Denmark’s Vestas, says industry employment could grow from three-thousand-750 to more than 20-thousand jobs. However, the company warns that policy certainty, a predictable procurement pipeline and expanded […]
# Gun Free South Africa is calling on government to strengthen efforts to curb the circulation of illegal firearms as the country marks Gun Destruction Day. Spokesperson Claire Taylor says last night’s mass shootings in Cape Town highlight the urgent need to tackle the circulation of illegal firearms. She says government must strengthen intelligence-led law […]
# South Africans whose identity documents were blocked before November 2022 have until tomorrow, to visit a Department of Home Affairs office and verify their identity. Affected individuals must appear in person with documents including proof of birth, hospital or school records, and certified copies of their parents’ identity documents or death certificates. Failure to […]
# Municipal workers’ union SAMWU demands that the National Treasury reverse its decision to temporarily withhold funding to 69 municipalities. General secretary Dumisane Magagula says this will push already struggling authorities closer to collapse, with devastating consequences for workers, communities, and the delivery of essential public services. He says municipal workers are not responsible for the […]
