# The ATM has welcomed the swift action of the police’s national intervention unit in identifying Zola Bishop Yolelo and five other individuals alleged to be involved in extortion and intimidation activities in Mthatha, in the Eastern Cape. Six armed suspected extortionists were killed in a shootout with police on the R61 road between Mthatha and […]
# The ANC Study Group on Appropriations has welcomed the proposal of the Public Sector Pension and Related Payments Bill, which comes before the national assembly plenary today. The ANC’s Nonceba Gcaleka-Mazibuko says they are satisfied by the provisions of the Bill that will improve the administration of public sector related pension, post-retirement medical and other benefits to deserving […]
# City Power and Eskom have settled their debt dispute after mediation by the South African National Energy Development Institute. Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa and Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero confirmed Eskom will receive 3.2-billion-rand over four-years, with 830-million-rand written off. A court had ordered the City to pay over one-billion-rand with interest, but City Power […]
# The DA says it is proud to recognise a victory by Agriculture minister John Steenhuisen, which will stop the price of bread from going up. The party says the minister has identified and terminated an inherited arrangement where a supplier had been authorised to conduct quality inspections of breads and grains at retailers across […]
# Die Departement van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding sê minister Nobuhle Nkabane het formeel met advokaat Terry Motau in gesprek getree. Dit volg nadat Motau haar bewerings verwerp het dat hy die voorsitter was van ‘n onafhanklike paneel met die taak om voorsitters vir Suid-Afrika se Sektorale Onderwys- en Opleidingsowerhede aan te beveel. Die departement […]
# Cosatu says the engagements of the National Union of Mineworkers’ national congress will continue to resist unsafe working conditions in the mining sector. The union is hosting its 18th National Elective Congress in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni from today until Thursday. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Zanele Sabela says last year the mining sector alone shed more than 13-thousand jobs:
# AfriForum beplan om lasbriewe te bekom om beslag te lê op oudpresident Jacob Zuma se bates weens sy versuim om meer as 500-duisend-rand se regskostes te betaal. Die kostes hou verband met sy onregmatige mediese parooluitspraak in 2021. Slegs een betaling is ontvang, ondanks bevele van die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria, die Appèlhof en die […]
# AfriForum plans to obtain warrants to seize assets from former president Jacob Zuma after he failed to pay over 500-thousand-rand in legal costs. The costs relate to his unlawful medical parole ruling in 2021. Despite orders from the High Court in Pretoria, the Supreme Court of Appeal, and the Constitutional Court, only one payment […]
# The Department of Higher Education and Training says minister Nobuhle Nkabane has formally engaged with advocate Terry Motau. This comes after Motau rejected her claims that he chaired an independent panel tasked with recommending chairpersons for South Africa’s Sector Education and Training Authorities. The department’s spokesperson, Camagwini Mavovana, says Nkabane has apologised to Motau […]