# The public has until May 7th to comment on the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s draft document for a proposed 100-billion-rand Transformation Fund. The fund will support firms that are majority owned and controlled by black people as defined in the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act. The National Empowerment Fund’s acting CEO, Mziwabantu […]
# The 45th Southern Africa Telecommunications Association Annual Conference is set to get underway at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg today. Hosted by Openserve, the conference’s theme is, ICT Connectivity and Service Delivery for the Benefit of All: Transforming Our Society Through Broadband and ICT Development. The Southern Africa Telecommunication Association’s secretary general, Jacob […]
# ‘n Ekonoom aan die Noordwes-Universiteit se Sakeskool, professor Raymond Parsons, sê klem moet opnuut geplaas word op die bespoediging van noodsaaklike strukturele hervormings. Die Internasionale Monetêre Fonds het sy vooruitskouing vir Suid-Afrika se bruto binnelandse produk vir 2025 afwaarts aangepas van 1,5-persent tot slegs een-persent. Die IMF voorspel ook dat die land se groeikoers […]
# Learners with Autism in under-resourced South African schools are benefiting from iSchoolAfrica’s Disability Inclusion iPad Learning Programme. Launched at Via Nova School in Pretoria, the initiative seeks to provide learners with adaptive tools that support communication, learning, and social development. Built-in iPad features and curated apps have helped learners overcome barriers without the need […]
# Cosatu beskuldig die vakbondfederasie SAFTU daarvan dat hy vals nuus oor die konsepwysigings aan arbeidswetgewing versprei. Cosatu se woordvoerder, Matthew Parks, sê Saftu beweer dat werkers se swaar verworwe regte wat in die Grondwet vervat en gewaarborg word, ná sekere geheime samesprekings by Nedlac laat vaar is, maar dit is onwaar. Parks sê hoewel […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare sê hy is bekommerd dat ses landdroste wat tans geskors is sedert September 2018 steeds hul salarisse van gesamentlik 31-miljoen-rand ontvang. Volgens berigte is een van die landdroste reeds in September 2018 geskors, en nog een sedert Julie 2020. Claude Naiker van die VSA sê die klagtes teen die landdroste […]
# Cosatu has accused the South African Federation of Trade Unions of peddling fake news on the draft labour laws amendments. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks, says Saftu’s claims that workers’ hard-won rights, guaranteed by the Constitution and set in law, have been abandoned through some secret talks at Nedlac are false. He says while they […]
# The Public Servants Association says it is concerned that six magistrates, currently on suspension, have collectively earned 31-million-rand in salaries from September 2018 to date. According to the reports, one magistrate has been on suspension since September 2018, and another since July 2020. PSA’s, Claude Naiker, says some of the allegations facing the suspended […]
# Die EFF het dit verwelkom dat die parlementêre staande komitee oor bewilligings die aanvaarding van die verslag oor die Wetsontwerp oor die Verdeling van Inkomste uitgestel het. Dit volg ná die party se voorstelle oor wysigings aan die wetsontwerp. Die EFF sê die belangrikste voorstel is om die toekenning aan plaaslike regering van 9,5-persent […]
