# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Social Development and the National Council of Provinces’ select committee on Social Services appointed a joint sub-committee to review and process nominations for vacancies on the Central Drug Authority board. The portfolio committee’s chairperson, Bridget Masango, says the authority has been without a functional board following delays in the recruitment […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Kommunisteparty vra die regering om dringend op te tree om ses Suid-Afrikaners wat in Nepal vermis word, op te spoor en te red. Hulle is onder meer as een-duisend-500 buitelanders wat vermis word ná verwoestende kitsvloede naby die grens met Tibet. Byna 500 mense is dood. Die SAKP sê die oorstromings het […]
# Minister of Higher Education and Training Buti Manamela has urged the National Student Financial Aid Scheme board to urgently strengthen systems, controls and governance. He met with the board yesterday on the implementation of a court order, institutional continuity and the functioning of NSFAS in the period ahead. This as the scheme transitions from administration […]
# Die spesiale parlementêre komitee vir Veiligheid en Geregtigheid verwelkom Binnelandse Sake se vordering om visum-verwante agterstande op te los, maar beklemtoon hervormings is nodig om agterstande te voorkom. Die departement sê daar was op 28 Julie 21-duisend-847 hangende appèl-aansoeke, waarvan 13-duisend-148 agterstallig was. Die komitee se voorsitter, Jane Mananiso, sê hulle erken die ingewikkeldheid […]
# Eskom sê hy het die onafhanklike regs-assessering, diesel-aanpassing, en verifiëringsprosesse van sy ondersoek na dieselverkryging- en bergingskontrakte afgehandel. Die ondersoek was na kontrakte van ʼn geraamde 21-miljard-rand wat in 2024 toegeken is. Eskom se woordvoerder, Daphne Mokwena, sê die onafhanklike prosesse het geen bewyse gevind dat diesel waarvoor die kragverskaffer betaal het, weg is […]
# The South African Communist Party is calling on the government to take urgent steps towards locating and rescuing the six South African citizens who are missing in Nepal. They are among the over one-thousand foreigners who are still unaccounted for following the devastating flash floods near the Nepal-Tibet border. Nearly 500 people have died. […]
# Die Gesondheidsdepartement sê die onlangse onttrekking van Enalapril tien-milligram-tablette van Arya Pharma raak nie dieselfde produk wat in vyf-milligram verpak word nie. Laasgenoemde word tans aan openbare gesondheidsgeriewe verskaf vir behandeling teen hoë bloeddruk en hartversaking. Woordvoerder Foster Mohale sê die tablette is slegs as tydelike alternatief goedgekeur terwyl die gekontrakteerde verskaffer, Austell Pharmaceuticals, […]
# Eskom says it has completed the independent legal assessment, diesel reconciliation and verification processes arising from its investigation into diesel procurement and storage contracts. The investigation was on contracts, potentially worth 21-billion-rand, that were issued in 2024. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says the independent processes found no evidence that diesel paid for by the […]
# Parliament’s Select Committee on Security and Justice has welcomed the Department of Home Affairs’ progress in addressing visa-related backlogs, while emphasising that clearing overdue applications must be accompanied by reforms to prevent backlogs from recurring. The department reported 21-thousand-847 pending appeals as of July 28, of which 13-thousand-148 were overdue. Committee chairperson Jane Mananiso […]
