# The Public Servants Association says reports suggesting that the Department of Correctional Services cannot account for some parolees under its supervision warrant urgent clarification. According to reports, the country’s correctional system has lost track of nearly 28-thousand absconded parolees, including convicted murderers, rapists and armed robbers. PSA’s Claude Naicker says history has, on several […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Police has welcomed the suspension of an additional five senior police officers in connection with the controversial 360-million-rand Medicare24 tender. A total of 14 police officers have been arrested over this tender awarded to attempted murder-accused Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala’s company. Committee chairperson Ian Cameron says the suspensions are a necessary step towards […]
# Die Departement van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding sê die regering is verbind tot die naskoolse onderwys- en opleidingsektor se pogings om vaardighede na die mense te bring. Die regering wil toegang vir alle studente uitbrei, ʼn sake-vriendelike omgewing vir privaat beleggings in onderwys skep, en vernuwing bevorder om beter op behoeftes van die arbeidsmark […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare sê Suid-Afrika se migrasieprobleme hou verband met groter sosio-ekonomiese toestande op die Afrika-vasteland. Dit sluit in werkloosheid, armoede, konflik en beperkte ekonomiese geleenthede. Dit volg na toenemende kommer oor betogings teen immigrante en die uitwerking wat dit op verhoudings reg oor die vasteland het. Die vakbondwoordvoerder, Claude Naicker, sê besprekings […]
# Die DA sê hy verskerp sy stryd teen planne wat deur die minister van Vervoer, Barbara Creecy, oorweeg word om motoriste meer te laat betaal om die mislukte Padongelukkefonds te ondersteun. Die minister kyk na nuwe befondsingstrome vir die Fonds, met een moontlikheid om ‘n ekstra fooi by die jaarlikse hernuwings van lisensieskyfies te […]
# The DA says it is amping up its fight against plans being considered by minister of Transport, Barbara Creecy, to make motorists pay more to prop up the failing Road Accident Fund. The minister is exploring how to introduce new funding streams for RAF, with one option being to add an extra fee to […]
# Nog vyf senior polisiebeamptes is geskors oor die omstrede Medicare24-tender van 360-miljoen-rand wat met die georganiseerde misdaadverdagte Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala verbind word. Dit volg na die skorsing van nege ander polisiebeamptes Vrydag, wat lede was van die tender-evalueringskomitee wat die tender aan Matlala toegeken het. Die totale aantal geskorste beamptes staan nou op 14. […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die sperdatum vir ‘n verslag deur Eskom se herstrukturerings-taakspan tot einde Junie verleng. Die span moet kyk na die vestiging van Suid-Afrika se onafhanklike transmissie-stelseloperateur. Die werk fokus op die vestiging van ‘n volledig onafhanklike, staatsbeheerde operateur wat transmissiebates besit en beheer. Ramaphosa se woordvoerder, Vincent Magwenya, sê die werk […]
# The Public Servants Association says South Africa’s migration challenges are closely linked to broader socio-economic conditions across the African continent, including unemployment, poverty, conflict, and limited economic opportunities. This follows growing concern over anti-foreigner protests in the country and their impact on relations across the continent. PSA’s Claude Naicker says migration discussions must not […]
