# The Institute of Race Relations says it has sent a letter of demand to Employment and Labour minister Nomakhosazana Meth requesting her to withdraw the latest 4.2-percent national minimum wage hike, as it is invalid. Spokesperson Gabriel Crouse says the National Minimum Wage Act requires that all ministerial regulations under the act must first be […]
# The Expropriation Act is expected to create opportunities for youth to participate in the economy. Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga announced government’s plan to tackle youth unemployment in five years. Speaking at the inaugural Empower Youth Indaba in Johannesburg, she said government will use its G20 Presidency to position […]
# Die MK het die voormalige Mpumalanga-leier Mary Phadi se lidmaatskap beëindig. Sy het glo op die rooi tapyt van die Provinsiale Rede in Mpumalanga die brief gekry wat haar uitskop. Die party noem wangedrag as die rede, wat insluit dat sy die party hof toe gesleep het sonder om interne remedies uit te put. […]
# Die minister van Wetenskap en Innovering, Blade Nzimande, is bekommerd or die min leerders wat wiskunde en wetenskap neem. Hy kritiseer opvoeders wat leerders vir wiskundige geletterdheid inskryf om slaagsyfers te beskerm. Nzimande het op die lekgotla van die Basiese Onderwyssektor in Boksburg die behoefte onderstreep om die vrees vir hierdie vakke te oorkom, […]
# Die DA sê hy het ‘n klagte by die Parlement se Etiekkomitee ingedien teen die minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, omdat sy sy Parlementslede verhinder het om ‘n toesigbesoek aan die Direktoraat vir Konvensionele Wapenbeheer te doen. Die besoek is aangevra weens die gesamentlike staande komitee vir Verdediging se kommer dat permitaansoeke nie […]
# The MK Party has terminated the membership of former Mpumalanga leader Mary Phadi. Reports say she received her termination letter on the red carpet of the Mpumalanga State of the Province Address. The party cited misconduct, including taking the party to court without exhausting internal remedies. MK Party convener Busisiwe Mkhwebane says Phadi is […]
# Minister of Science and Innovation Blade Nzimande has expressed concern over the low number of students pursuing mathematics and science. He criticised educators who enroll students in math literacy to protect pass rates. Speaking at the Basic Education Sector Lekgotla in Boksburg, he highlighted the need to overcome the fear of these subjects, particularly […]
# The DA says it has submitted a complaint with Parliament’s Ethics committee against minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, for blocking its members of Parliament from conducting an oversight visit to the Directorate for Conventional Arms Control. The visit was necessitated in response to concerns raised in the joint standing committee on Defence of permit […]
# Duitsland se KFW Ontwikkelingsbank het ʼn konsessielening van 2,8-miljard-rand aan die Stad Kaapstad toegestaan om sy elektrisiteitsinfrastruktuur te versterk en hernubare energie te integreer. Die lening se voorwaardes is nog nie bekend nie, maar die lening word beskryf as gunstig en ooreenkomstig Suid-Afrika se billike energieoordrag. Die stad se burgemeester, Geordin Hill-Lewis, sê sonder […]
