# The Public Servants Association says it is concerned at reports that the Government Employees Medical Scheme has warned that the scheme’s solvency could fall below the legally prescribed threshold. This is amidst proposed fee adjustments. PSA’s Claude Naicker says any attempt, directly or implied, to shift responsibility onto public servants for a self-inflicted crisis […]
# The Gauteng Health Department says forensic pathology centres in Pretoria, Diepkloof, and Hillbrow have resumed operations, after employee protest action disrupted services earlier this week. The strike left many families unable to collect the bodies of their loved ones, causing delays to burial arrangements. The department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says they are committed to […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê die land is op die rand van ineenstorting na meer as drie dekades van regering onder die ANC. Die party het sy registrasieveldtog vir November se plaaslike regeringverkiesing in Centurion bekend gestel. Die VF Plus se leier, Corné Mulder, sê onbevoegdheid en korrupsie het staatsinstellings weggevreet en munisipaliteite laat ineenstort. […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says the country is on the brink of ruin after more than three decades of ANC rule. The party officially launched its registration campaign in Centurion ahead of the local government elections in November. FF Plus leader Corné Mulder says incompetence and corruption have eroded state institutions and caused municipalities to […]
# Die Afrika-sentrums vir Siektebeheer en -Voorkoming verwelkom Suid-Afrika se belofte van 41,2-miljoen-rand aan die Afrika-epidemiefonds ter ondersteuning van die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo en Uganda se stryd teen die Ebola-uitbrekings. Meer as 600 vermeende gevalle en 139 sterftes is tot dusver in die twee lande aangeteken. Die sentrums sê Suid-Afrika se leierskap weerspieël die […]
# The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has welcomed South Africa’s 41.2-million-rand pledge to the Africa Epidemics Fund to support the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda’s response to the Ebola outbreak. Over 600 suspected cases were reported in the two countries so far, with 139 deaths. Africa CDC says South Africa’s leadership […]
# Die vakbond GIWUSA vra die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank se Monetêre Beleidskomitee om volgende week die rentekoers te verlaag, al toon Statistiek Suid-Afrika se jongste inflasiesyfers dit het verlede maand van 3,1- tot vier-persent verhoog. GIWUSA se president, Mametlwe Sebei, sê brandstofprys-skokke het die energie-deel van inflasie baie hoër laat styg en daarom is prysbeheer nodig:
# General Industries Workers Union of South Africa is urging the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee to cut the interest rate next week. This comes as the latest inflation figures from Statistics South Africa have come in at the upper limit of the one-percentage-point tolerance band of SARB’s new three-percent inflation target. GIWUSA […]
# Tshwane se stadsbestuurder, Johann Mettler, sê die metro het sowat 20-miljard-rand nodig om al die probleme met agterstande in die waterinfrastruktuur op te los. Hy het gister by Constitution Hill in Johannesburg voor die Suid-Afrikaanse Menseregtekommissie se ondersoekspan verskyn. Die kommissie ondersoek die waterkrisis wat Gauteng verskeie jare reeds in sy greep het. Mettler […]
