# The 2025 Responsible Gambling Summit in Johannesburg is focusing on South Africa’s growing online betting crisis and weak regulation. Delegates will debate new standards and technologies to protect vulnerable communities. South Africa Responsible Gambling Forum director Sibongile Simelane-Quntana says the summit will highlight how to curb illegal gambling as some South Africans are not […]
# The Rural Health Advocacy Project says Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s focus on state efficiency in the medium-term budget lacks detail on protecting vulnerable citizens. While welcoming efforts to cut waste and improve growth, the group’s Russell Rensburg warns of funding gaps in HIV and TB programmes, saying 800-million-rand allocated falls short of the needs. […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê infrastruktuur gee mense die grondslag om te floreer. Hy het gepraat op die tweede Nasionale Bouberaad in Boksburg, Gauteng. Ramaphosa sê gehalte-infrastruktuur verhoog produktiwiteit, verlaag lewenskoste en vuur belegging aan. Hy voer aan die boubedryf kan gemeenskappe hervorm deur werk te skep en dienste te verbeter. Ramaphosa voeg by dat […]
# Die Forum for South Africa sê die regering moet meer doen om spookwerkers en betaling-onreëlmatighede in alle nasionale en provinsiale departemente te bekamp. Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, het in sy mediumtermyn-begrotings-beleidsverklaring gesê ongeveer nege-duisend hoërisiko-gevalle is vir verdere ondersoek verwys. Die forum se leier, Tebogo Mashilompane, sê die kernprobleem met spookwerkers is […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says infrastructure gives people the foundation to thrive. He was speaking at the second National Construction Summit in Boksburg, Gauteng. Ramaphosa says quality infrastructure boosts productivity, lowers living costs, and drives investment. He notes that construction can transform communities by creating jobs and improving services. Ramaphosa adds South Africa’s construction sector […]
# Die vakbond Nehawu sê die Nasionale Tesourie gebruik die Geteikende en Verantwoordelike Besparingsplan om die Staatsdiens verder af te breek. Woordvoerder Lwazi Nkolonzi sê daar is ‘n groot aantal vakatures reg oor die Staatsdiens wat die vermoë ondermyn om voldoende dienste te lewer. Hy sê die vakbond kan nie toelaat dat die Tesourie nog […]
# Die leier van die EFF, Julius Malema, sê Solidariteit en AfriForum moet vervolg word vir bedrywighede wat die land se soewereiniteit ondermyn het. Die drukgroepe het ‘n sigbare, strategiese rol gespeel om Amerikaanse sienings van Suid-Afrika se grondonteienings-beleid, gesprekke oor minderheidsregte en Afrikaner-voorspraak te vorm. Malema sê Suid-Afrika moet nooit in gedrang gebring word […]
# Union Nehawu says National Treasury is using the Targeted and Responsible Savings initiative to further dismantle the Public Service. Spokesperson Lwazi Nkolonzi says across the Public Service, there are a vast number of vacancies which undermine the capacity to provide adequate services. He says they cannot permit Treasury to invent yet another misleading acronym […]
# The Forum For South Africa says government needs to do more to curb ghost workers and payment irregularities across all national and provincial departments. In the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement, Finance minister Enoch Godongwana said about nine-thousand high-risk cases had been flagged for further verification. The forum’s leader, Tebogo Mashilompane, says the core issue […]
