# The Forum for South Africa says the National Student Financial Aid Scheme must be disbanded and replaced with a new, transparent, accountable, and professionally managed student funding model. The Public Protector’s report into NSFAS found deficiencies in governance, administration and funding coordination. Forum leader, Tebogo Mashilompane, says South Africa cannot continue to inject billions […]
# Civic organisation Soil of Africa is calling for a comprehensive reform of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme. An investigation by the Public Protector has found more than 40-thousand students were improperly funded at a cost of approximately 5.1-billion-rand. The students were spread across 76 higher education institutions. The organisation’s spokesperson, Luzuko Sofute, says the […]
# ActionSA sê die ANC se bewerings teen Tshwane se burgemeester, Nasiphi Moya, is ‘n politieke veldtog om die party se beeld te skaad voor die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing. Die ANC beskuldig haar van korrupsie en wanbestuur van munisipale dienste, onder meer weens ‘n kontrakteur se werk aan haar privaat woning. Moya ontken dit. ActionSA se […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad sê hy wil sterk openbare-privaat vennootskappe smee vir meer bekostigbare behuising. Die aktiewe grondvrystellingspyplyn of projekverpakkingsfase sluit tans grond met meer as 14-duisend bekostigbare eenhede in. Dit is nagenoeg 26-miljard-rand in privaat sektor-ontwikkelingskapitaal. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Menslike Nedersettings, Carl Pophaim, sê die metro het in die afgelope twee jaar alleen grond […]
# Die Midvaal Plaaslike Munisipaliteit sê die voltooide Savanna City-substasie sal beskikbare elektrisiteit vermeerder en verspreiding verbeter. Die bou van die projek van 49-miljoen-rand sluit in die ontwikkeling van belangrike elektriese infrastruktuur in ooreenstemming met Eskom se standaarde en spesifikasies. Burgemeester Peter Teixeira sê die projek het bygedra by tot die plaaslike ekonomie en minstens […]
# Rugby: Die All Blacks se verdedigingsafrigter, Tana Umaga, sê hulle kan nie bekostig om oorweldig te word deur die Springbokke se reuse-pak voorspelers en van hul agterlyn-bedreiging vergeet nie. Die eerste toets vind Saterdag op Ellispark plaas. Umaga is nou vir ses wedstryde in die rol en staan gemiddeld 23 punte per wedstryd af. […]
# Die GOOD-party in die Wes-Kaap verwelkom die inhegtenisneming van vier verdagtes wat verbind word met ʼn afpersing-bende wat meer as 50 Somaliese en Ethiopiese sake-eienaars in Kayamandi en die groter Stellenbosch-area teiken. Die vier bestaan uit drie familielede van Nyanga, ʼn pa en twee seuns waarvan een ʼn polisiekonstabel is, en ʼn Somaliese sakeman […]
# ActionSA has described the ANC’s allegations against Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya as a political campaign to taint the party’s image ahead of the local government elections. The ANC has accused Moya of corruption and mismanaging municipal services, including unduly benefiting from a Tshwane contractor conducting work at her private residence. Moya has denied the […]
# The City of Cape Town says it is aiming to forge strong public-private partnerships for more affordable housing. Land parcels with a yield of over 14-thousand affordable units are currently in the active land release pipeline or project packaging stage. This is worth an estimated 26-billion-rand in private sector development capital. Mayoral committee member […]
