# The Motor Industry Staff Association says South Africa’s doctor-to-population ratio is dangerously low, with just 0.3 doctors per one-thousand people, far below international standards. During a webinar on National Health Insurance governance, Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi urged labour unions to support the NHI, while Finance minister Enoch Godongwana confirmed only 800 of one-thousand-800 unemployed […]
# Die Organisasie teen Belastingmisbruik, OUTA, doen ‘n beroep op die minister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Nobuhle Nkabane, om etiese en gekwalifiseerde leiers aan te stel om die Sektorale Onderwys- en Opleidingsowerhede te lei. Dit volg nadat die nominasieproses heropen is as gevolg van kommer oor polities-verbonde individue wat op die kortlys geplaas is, […]
# Die Departement van Vroue, Jeug en Persone met Gestremdhede doen ‘n beroep op alle sektore van die samelewing om te verenig in die stryd teen tienerswangerskappe, aangesien byna 30-persent van tieners al swanger was. Hierdie syfer het wel in die afgelope aantal jare afgeneem, maar bly steeds kommerwekkend hoog, veral in landelike provinsies soos […]
# Action Society has declared war on crime with a bold new proposal to overhaul policing. The organisation has submitted the People’s Police Bill, a constitutional amendment that would give municipalities full policing powers. The organisation urges the public to support this plan as it goes to Parliament for more talks. Action Society’s Juanita du […]
# Die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, het aangekondig dat die vierde nasionale lotery- en sportweddenskaplisensie toegeken is aan Sizekhaya Holdings. Dit volg nadat die onderhandelinge met die Nasionale Loterykommissie suksesvol afgehandel is. Die departement soek regsadvies om teen ‘n onlangse uitspraak van die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria oor die saak te appelleer. […]
# Die regering versoek alle burgers om uiters versigtig te wees en brande in plakkershutte, wat dikwels lei tot ernstige beserings of lewensverlies, te voorkom. Brande in informele nedersettings word gereeld veroorsaak deur oop vlamme en die gebruik van elektrisiteitsverbindings wat oorlaai of onwettig is. Die regering se woordvoerder, Nonkululeko Mtshali, sê gemeenskappe word aangemoedig […]
# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse urges Higher Education and Training minister Nobuhle Nkabane to appoint ethical and qualified leaders to lead the Sector Education and Training Authorities. This after the nomination process has been reopened following concerns about politically connected individuals being shortlisted, including Mineral and Petroleum Resources minister Gwede Mantashe’s son, Buyambo Mantashe. […]
# Die Kaapse Forum vra die hof en die media om die rol te beklemtoon van dwelmmisbruik, veral tik, terwyl die vonnisverrigtinge van Kelly Smith en haar medebeskuldigdes voortgaan in die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof wat in Saldanhabaai sit. Hulle is skuldig bevind aan die ontvoering en mensehandel van Smith se jong dogter, Joslin. Voorsitter Heindrich Wyngaard […]
# Trade, Industry and Competition minister Parks Tau has announced that Sizekhaya Holdings has been awarded the fourth national lottery and sports pools licence. This follows the successful conclusion of negotiations with the National Lotteries Commission. The department is seeking legal advice to appeal a recent judgment by the High Court in Pretoria related to […]
