# Union federation Cosatu has welcomed Postbank’s investment of more than 500-million-rand over the past three years in technology and infrastructure. Postbank customers who have been using a post office branch to access their accounts will now use new and expanded banking channels. This includes accessing deposit and withdrawal services through Standard Bank and retailers. […]
# The Institute of Race Relations says South Africa’s weak Public Service is holding back economic growth and needs urgent reform. The organisation argues that political interference and cadre deployment have undermined the state’s ability to deliver services since 1994, reducing efficiency and damaging the economy. The institute’s Terence Corrigan says a reformed Public Service […]
# Die Instituut vir Rasseverhoudinge sê Suid-Afrika se swak Staatsdiens belemmer ekonomiese groei en benodig dringende hervorming. Die organisasie voer aan politieke inmenging en kaderontplooiing het sedert 1994 die staat se vermoë ondermyn om dienste te lewer, doeltreffendheid verminder en die ekonomie geskaad. Terence Corrigan van die instituut sê ‘n hervormde Staatsdiens is noodsaaklik om […]
# Kaapstad se burgemeester, Geordin Hill-Lewis, verwelkom die hernude verbintenis tot spoorweg-afwenteling in die konsep Nasionale Spoormeesterplan wat die minister van vervoer, Barbara Creecy, vir openbare kommentaar vrygestel het. Die plan skets ‘n ambisieuse visie van twee-duisend-miljard-rand om Suid-Afrika se onderpresterende spoorwegsektor teen 2050 as die ruggraat van die logistieke en vervoerstelsel te herposisioneer. Hill-Lewis sê […]
# Die ANC sê die minister van Kommunikasie en Digitale Tegnologieë, Solly Malatsi, moet in die Parlement rekenskap gee oor die nasionale konsepbeleid oor kunsmatige intelligensie. Malatasi het die beleid onttrek nadat ontdek is ses bronne wat aangehaal word, bestaan nie. Interne ondersoeke het daarna bevestig dat aanhalings wat met kunsmatige intelligensie geskep is in […]
# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has welcomed the renewed rail devolution commitments in the draft National Rail Masterplan released for public comment by Transport minister Barbara Creecy. The plan outlines an ambitious two-trillion-rand vision for repositioning South Africa’s underperforming rail sector as the backbone of the country’s logistics and transport system by 2050. Hill-Lewis says […]
# Parlementslede in die Verenigde Koninkryk het ʼn mosie verwerp dat ʼn parlementêre ondersoek ingestel word om te bepaal of eerste minister Keir Starmer die Laerhuis mislei het oor Peter Mandelson se aanstelling as ambassadeur in Amerika. Die Huis het met 335 teen 223 teen ʼn mosie onder leiding van die Konserwatiewe Party gestem. Mandelson […]
# The ANC says minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, must appear before Parliament to account for the draft National Artificial Intelligence Policy. The minister withdrew the policy after it was discovered that six sources referenced in the document did not exist. Internal investigations subsequently confirmed that AI-generated citations were inserted into the […]
# UK members of Parliament have rejected a motion calling for prime minister, Keir Starmer to face a parliamentary inquiry into whether he misled the House of Commons over Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador. The House voted 335 to 223 against a Conservative-led motion that sought to trigger the inquiry. Mandelson is alleged to […]
