# South African Federation of Trade Unions’ general secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, says the country’s G20 Presidency must champion the interests of the global South. South Africa’s presidency, which ends on the 30th of November, is under three themes: Solidarity, Equality, and Sustainability. Vavi says as part of the G20 presidency, South Africa should also rebuild […]
# The DA says it supports the Special Investigating Unit’s plans to apply to the Special Tribunal to have the National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s controversial head office lease set aside. The 18.6-million-rand five-year lease for the rental of 140 parking bays for staff in Cape Town was signed by the previous NSFAS CEO, Andile […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says after 31 years, there is still no end in sight to black economic empowerment, which it opposes. The party’s, Corne Mulder, says the ANC’s race-based policy has resulted in an unemployment rate of 32-percent. He says that after decades under ANC rule, it is evident that BEE only paves […]
# Eskom se hoof, Dan Marokane, sê hulle doelwit is steeds om die kragverskaffer se afhanklikheid van regeringsondersteuning te verminder deur die maatskappy na finansiële volhoubaarheid te lei. Die staatsinstelling is in die laaste jaar van ʼn driejaar-skuldverligtingsprogram waartydens die regering hom met ʼn skuldverligtingspakket van 254-miljard-rand ondersteun het. Marokane sê hulle is vasbeslote om […]
# Die minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean Macpherson, sê die Neem-ʼn-Munisipaliteit-Aan-projek is ʼn geleentheid om dienslewering in Suid-Afrika te verbeter. Die projek is in sy toetsfase by drie munisipaliteite. Dit baan die weg vir Infrastruktuur Suid-Afrika om saam met munisipaliteite te werk om vinnig in te gryp en te ondersteun met infrastruktuurprojekte. Macpherson […]
# Former Stellenbosch University student, Theuns du Toit, who was charged for urinating on another student’s belongings in 2022, is considering instituting a civil claim against the institution. The Stellenbosch Magistrate’s Court has found him not guilty of crimen injuria and malicious damage to property. Du Toit was expelled after a disciplinary hearing found him […]
# AfriForum has criticised minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa’s comments that smaller, failed municipalities should merge with larger municipalities. This comes as the minister has launched a major review of the 1998 White Paper on Local Government. The review will examine the funding model of municipalities and could lead to the […]
# Die minister van Sport, Kuns en Kultuur, Gayton McKenzie, het hulde gebring aan die akteur Presley Chweneyagae en hom beskryf as een van Suid-Afrika se kragtigste kreatiewe stemme. Die 40-jarige, wat in die Oscar-bekroonde Suid-Afrikaanse film, Tsotsi, gespeel het, is Dinsdagoggend oorlede. Presley is ook aan gehore bekend vir sy rol as Cobra in […]
# Eskom CEO Dan Marokane says their aim remains to ultimately reduce the power utility’s reliance on government support by driving the company toward financial sustainability. The state-owned entity is in the last year of a three-year debt relief programme, in which the government has assisted it with a 254-billion-rand debt relief package. Marokane says […]
