# The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities is urging all sectors of society to unite in the fight against teenage pregnancy, as nearly 30-percent of teenagers have been pregnant. While this figure has decreased in recent years, it remains worryingly high, especially in rural provinces like Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and the Eastern Cape. […]
# The Road Accident Fund’s CEO, Collins Letsoalo, has been placed on special leave with immediate effect. He is accused of being involved in a controversial 79-million-rand lease deal for RAF offices in Johannesburg, Gauteng. The RAF board says the move is a precautionary step and not a sign of wrongdoing while the Special Investigating […]
# Die Openbare Beskermer het ‘n ondersoek van stapel gestuur na tenders van miljoene rand wat toegeken is aan ‘n onderneming wat voorheen behoort het aan Tshwane se onderburgemeester en streekvoorsitter van die ANC, Eugene Modise. News24 berig die DA het die ondersoek aangevra en beweer dat hy steeds voordeel trek uit Triotic Protection Services, […]
# Die DA sê die nuwe Wetsontwerp op Minerale Hulpbronne wat verlede week vir openbare kommentaar bekendgestel is, sal die reeds wankelrige saak vir buitelandse belegging in Suid-Afrikaanse mynbou beëindig. Woordvoerder James Lorimer sê dit maak voorsiening vir die vinnige omverwerping van die beginsel van “eens bemagtig, altyd bemagtig”, wat die weg baan vir die […]
# AfriForum is demanding urgent action from NERSA against municipalities defaulting on Eskom debt relief terms. In a formal letter, the civil rights group urges the revocation of licences from non-compliant councils, allowing private entities to manage electricity distribution. AfriForum highlights that 60 of 71 municipalities in the programme have breached conditions without consequences. They […]
# COSATU het akteur Presley Chweneyagae geprys vir sy impak wat hy deur die kunste op jeugontwikkeling en gemeenskapsopheffing gehad het. Die kunstenaar is gister op 40-jarige ouderdom oorlede weens natuurlike oorsake. Woordvoerder van Cosatu, Nonzuzo Dlamini, het sy nalatenskap geloof, van die Oscar-bekroonde film Tsotsi tot sy rol as Cobra in The River. Sy […]
# Die nywerheidsvakbond GIWUSA eis dat Nasionale Gesondheidsversekering en ‘n genasionaliseerde gesondheidsorgstelsel onder werkers- en gemeenskapsbeheer onmiddellik ingestel word. GIWUSA se president, Mametlwe Sebei, sê die algemene huishoudelike opnameverslag toon slegs 15,5-persent van die bevolking het ‘n mediese fonds. Hy sê dit beteken daar bly 84,5-persent oor wat swaar kry weens ‘n openbare gesondheidstelsel wat […]
# The Public Protector has launched an investigation into multimillion-rand tenders awarded to a company formerly owned by Tshwane’s deputy mayor and ANC regional chairperson, Eugene Modise. According to News24, the DA requested the probe, alleging Modise still benefits from Triotic Protection Services, which secured contracts worth 119-million-rand from ANC-led municipalities. Modise denies any […]
# The DA says the new Mineral Resources Bill which was unveiled for public comment last week, will effectively end the already tottering case for foreign investment in South African mining. The DA’s James Lorimer says the bill allows for the rapid overturning of the principle of “once empowered, always empowered”, opening the door to […]
