# More than 40-thousand students at 76 institutions were improperly funded by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme, costing 5.1-billion-rand. Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka revealed the findings in an investigation released today. Only two-billion-rand has been recovered, leaving approximately 3.1-billion-rand outstanding. The findings raise serious concerns about NSFAS’s financial controls, eligibility checks, and accountability. She […]
# Sokker: FIFA se bedryfshoof, Kevin Lamour, is afgedank nadat hy verlede maand die president, Gianni Infantino, se mislukte plan in die openbaar kritiseer het om ʼn deel van die Wêreldbekertoernooi aan beleggers te verkoop. Hy beskryf die omstrede FIFA Forward Enterprise-plan as een persoon se projek en sê personeel is mislei. Daar was wydverspreide […]
# Soccer: FIFA’s chief operating official, Kevin Lamour, has been fired after going public with criticism of president Gianni Infantino’s failed plan to sell part of the World Cup to investors last month. He described the controversial FIFA Forward Enterprise plans as the project of one person, adding staff were deceived. The proposal, which involved selling […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad bied ‘n beleggingsverbindingskonferensie aan by Century City om bekostigbare behuisingslewering te versnel en privaatsektorbeleggings te lok. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Menslike Nedersettings, Carl Pophaim, het aan die SABC gesê die stygende bevolking maak behuising ‘n toenemend dringende behoefte. Die konferensie bespreek die ontsluiting van munisipale grond, die stroomlyning van ontwikkelingsregulasies, en die […]
# Die DA sê ‘n kontrak van 197-miljoen-rand vir Gauteng Verkeer se lugvleuel het die verkrygingsreëls oortree, met 156,4-miljoen-rand wat reeds betaal is. Die DA-lid, Michael Sun, sê vier amptenare word by die saak betrek, maar niemand is nog geskors of gestraf nie. Hy sê die kontrak met Simunye Air Charter is in Januarie beëindig […]
# Reddingswerkers in Indonesië is op soek na slagoffers wat vasgekeer is onder geboue nadat minstens 68 mense in ‘n kragtige aardbewing dood is. Meer as 200 mense is beseer en duisende is ontruim. Bykans een-duisend-600 naskokke het die eilandnasie getref, met talle inwoners wat in tente skuil omdat hulle bang is om terug te […]
# Die Organisasie teen Belastingmisbruik, sê die krisis by die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente kon vermy gewees het as die vakatures op die raad gevul was in plaas daarvan om die skema onder administrasie te plaas. Dit volg na ‘n uitspraak deur die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria wat die aanstelling van die skema se administrateur, […]
# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse says the National Student Financial Aid Scheme crisis could have been avoided if the vacancies on the board had been filled instead of placing the scheme under administration. This follows a ruling by the High Court in Pretoria suspending the appointment of the scheme’s administrator, Hlengani Mathebula and restoring […]
# Rescuers in Indonesia are searching for victims trapped beneath collapsed buildings after a powerful earthquake killed at least 68 people. More than 200 people have been injured, while thousands have been evacuated. Nearly one-thousand-600 aftershocks have rattled the island nation, with many residents sheltering in tents, afraid to return home. The earthquake triggered landslides […]
