# Die Gedragsowerheid vir die Finansiële Sektor het ‘n ondersoek na die Openbare Beleggingskorporasie van stapel gestuur, dae nadat die uitvoerende hoof van die korporasie se raad, Patrick Dlamini, voorlopig geskors is ná bewerings van onbehoorlike optrede. Die korporasie is Afrika se grootste batebestuurder en hou toesig oor 3,6-duisend-miljard-rand se staatspensioen- en maatskaplike versekeringsfondse. Die […]
# The National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s appointment of former Daybreak Farms board chairperson Bojane Segooa as executive manager for corporate services has drawn criticism. The DA alleges the appointment rewards a leader linked to labour abuses, financial mismanagement, and animal cruelty at Daybreak. Segooa denies any wrongdoing, saying her 625-thousand-rand exit payout was for […]
# The Department of Health says science, not fear, is guiding South Africa’s preparations for a possible Ebola outbreak. Although no cases have been confirmed locally, authorities are strengthening surveillance and response measures as outbreaks continue in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says 12 private and 24 public hospitals have […]
# The death toll during the winter initiation season has risen to 43. Authorities say 58 illegal initiation schools have been shut down and 40 people were arrested as part of a nationwide crackdown. Government has urged parents and communities to ensure initiates attend only registered schools that comply with health and safety standards. Officials […]
# The Financial Sector Conduct Authority has launched an investigation into the Public Investment Corporation, days after the PIC board placed CEO Patrick Dlamini on precautionary suspension following allegations of impropriety. The PIC is Africa’s largest asset manager and oversees 3.6-trillion-rand in government pension and social insurance funds. The FSCA says it has become increasingly concerned by […]
# Cosatu joins its affiliate, the National Union of Mineworkers, as it condemns the decision of De Beers to halt production for two years at its Venetia Mine in Limpopo, and issue a Section 189A notice threatening the livelihoods of one-thousand-214 workers. Cosatu spokesperson, Zanele Sabela says the company has long been aware of the challenges […]
# Die Soil of Africa-beweging steun samewerking tussen die regering en tradisionele leiers om ʼn einde te bring aan voorkombare inlywing-sterftes, onwettige inlywingskole en misdadigheid wat met hierdie heilige, kulturele praktyk verband hou. Drie-en-veertig seuns is reeds tydens die winter-inlywingseisoen dood. Die beweging se woordvoerder, Luzuko Sofute, sê die tradisionele gebruik moet altyd die grondwetlike […]
# Forum for South Africa sê Suid-Afrikaners stel nie belang in koste-vergelykings by die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente nie, maar tasbare optrede. Die uitstaande skuldlas in die naskoolse onderwysstelsel staan op 59-miljard-rand, waarvan 29-miljard-rand dié van NSFAS-befondste studente is. FOSA se leier, Tebogo Mashilompane, sê die regering se optrede moet tot beter dienslewering, skoon […]
# The Soil of Africa Civic Movement says it supports stronger collaboration between government and traditional leaders to end preventable initiation deaths, illegal initiation schools, and criminal activities associated with this sacred cultural practice. Forty-three initiates lost their lives during this year’s winter initiation season. The movement’s spokesperson, Luzuko Sofute, says customary initiation must always […]
