# Human Settlements minister, Thembi Simelane, has acknowledged that housing delivery remains below target, revealing that only 23-thousand-and-27 housing units were delivered against a target of 37-thousand-779 during the previous financial year. She tabled a 26.972-billion-rand budget allocation for the 2026/2027 financial year. Simelane says the department will take decisive action against underperforming contractors and officials […]
# US president Donald Trump has suggested that there is still hope for a deal with Iran, but warned that Tehran’s efforts to outlast him won’t work. According to a report, the memorandum of understanding being negotiated calls for American military forces to withdraw from Tehran’s vicinity and the lifting of the blockade of Iranian […]
# Eskom says three young South African scientists will represent the country at the International Mathematics, Science and Engineering Fair in Turkey next month. They will present projects on rocket science, climate impacts on fish, and advanced mathematical modelling. The delegation includes learners from the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, and the Free State. Their research […]
# Eskom sê drie jong Suid-Afrikaanse wetenskaplikes sal die land volgende maand by die Internasionale Wiskunde-, Wetenskap- en Ingenieurstentoonstelling in Turkye verteenwoordig. Hulle sal projekte oor vuurpylwetenskap, die uitwerking van klimaat op visse en gevorderde wiskundige modellering aanbied. Die afvaardiging sluit leerders van die Wes-Kaap, Oos-Kaap en die Vrystaat in. Hul navorsing wissel van die […]
# Die munisipale vakbond Samwu sê bestuur en arbeidsverhoudinge in die Nelson Mandelabaai-munisipaliteit in die Oos-Kaap versleg, wat werkers in onveilige toestande sonder behoorlike toerusting of ondersteuning laat. Volgens die vakbond word dienslewering ontwrig deur voortdurende leierskaponbestendigheid, gevandaliseerde fasiliteite en vertragings in dissiplinêre sake, en skend die regte van werkers. Die streeksekretaris van Samwu, Siphokazi […]
# The municipal union Samwu says governance and labour relations in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in the Eastern Cape are deteriorating, leaving workers in unsafe conditions without proper equipment or support. According to the union, ongoing leadership instability, vandalised facilities, and delays in disciplinary cases are disrupting service delivery and violating workers’ rights. Samwu’s […]
# Die Nasionale Raad van Provinsies het die Wetsontwerp op die Verdeling van Inkomste aanvaar. Hierdie wetgewing bepaal hoe inkomste wat nasionaal ingevorder word vir die 2026/2027-boekjaar onder nasionale, provinsiale en plaaslike regering verdeel word. Die wetsontwerp is verlede maand in die Nasionale Vergadering aanvaar en na die Nasionale Raad van Provinsies se Gekose Komitee […]
# Die minister van Basiese Onderwys, Siviwe Gwarube, sê die departement sal ʼn onafhanklike, eksterne, forensiese ondersoek instel na die nasionale katalogus-proses vir die grondslagfase. Dit volg na ʼn News24-verslag dat Lighthouse Publishers, wat geregistreer is slegs drie dae nadat die opdrag vir die grondslagfase se nasionale katalogus gegee is, die meeste goedkeurings ontvang het […]
# Die minister van Gesondheid, Aaron Motsoaledi, sê daar is ʼn uitvoerige omkeerplan om voortslepende probleme by die Charlotte Maxeke-hospitaal aan te spreek. ʼn Brand het in April 2021 by die hospitaal uitgebreek en belangrike dele van die hoofgebou se struktuur en veelvlakkige parkeergebied vernietig. ʼn Ondersoek deur die Openbare Beskermer het bevind sistemiese mislukkings, […]
