# Build One South Africa says government is spending billions on technical and vocational education and training colleges without reliably knowing how many students graduate or drop out. BOSA leader Mmusi Maimane says Higher Education minister Buti Manamela admitted the department lacks sufficiently reliable national data on programme completion and dropout rates. He says the […]
# The Presidency has rebuked Eskom chairperson Mteto Nyati for publicly questioning plans to restructure the power utility. He has warned transferring transmission assets could affect lending agreements, accounting and bondholders. Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says government is committed to ensuring Eskom does not emerge financially weaker from the unbundling process. He says Eskom’s concerns […]
# Die SABC benodig 120-miljoen-rand om regverdige en omvattende dekking van November se plaaslike regeringsverkiesing te verseker. Die voorsitter van die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Kommunikasie en Digitale Tegnologieë, Khusela Sangoni-Diko, sê geld is nodig vir redaksionele bedrywighede, tegnologie, uitslagdata en digitale dienste. Sy waarsku die openbare uitsaaier is op die rand van ineenstorting en […]
# Union federation SAFTU says thousands of abandoned, derelict and inadequately secured mines have become death traps, environmental hazards and breeding grounds for organised criminal syndicates. A rockfall at a mine at Nkaneng near Rustenburg in North West killed 14 illegal miners yesterday, most of them from Lesotho. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani says this tragedy once […]
# The SABC needs 120-million-rand to provide fair and comprehensive coverage of November’s local government elections. The chairperson of Parliament’s portfolio committee on Communications and Digital Technologies, Khusela Sangoni-Diko, says the funding is needed for editorial operations, technology, results data and digital services. She warns the public broadcaster is on the brink of collapse and […]
# The Border Management Authority says the recent mass repatriations have not deterred foreign nationals from trying to re-enter South Africa. A total of 89-thousand-936 people had been repatriated through the country’s ports of entry by August 7, at a cost of almost 293-million-rand. The BMA has intercepted four-thousand-229 individuals who have tried to enter […]
# The Mining Affected Communities United in Action says organised illegal mining, violence, trafficking and the illicit trade in minerals require an effective State response. Cabinet has decided to advance the General Mining Laws Amendment Bill, which government says is intended to strengthen the legislative response to illicit mining. MACUA’s Christopher Rutledge says it is […]
# Die mynwerkersvakbond N-U-M se nasionale uitvoerende komitee gaan Eskom se herstrukturering in die hof uitdaag en sê hy sal tot by die Konstitusionele Hof gaan. President Cyril Ramaphosa het verlede maand ʼn plan ondersteun vir die vestiging van ʼn onafhanklike transmissiestelsel-operateur. Dit sal Eskom se eeu-oue alleenheerskappy beëindig en privaat vervaardigers en handelaars toelaat […]
# Die EFF sê Statistiek Suid-Afrika se jongste Kwartaallikse Arbeidsmagopname is ‘n veroordeling van die regering se huidige ekonomiese beleidsrigting en ‘n aanduiding van ‘n duidelike behoefte aan nuwe leierskap. Suid-Afrika se amptelike werkloosheidsyfer het in die tweede kwartaal van die jaar tot 33,6-persent gestyg, ‘n toename van 0,9 persentasiepunte teenoor die 32,7-persent in die […]
