# Die DA in Gauteng beskuldig die Gautengse Departement van Omgewingsake dat hy meer as vyfmiljoen-rand bestee het aan vier geskorste werknemers. Jade Miller van die DA sê die skorsings hou verband met wangedrag, beweerde aanranding en misbruik van hulpbronne. Miller sê een werker is al meer as drie jaar lank geskors. Sy sê die […]
# Turkey’s central bank hiked its key interest rate by 3.5-percentage points to 46-percent today after a month of protests. The rate hike came as Turkey was roiled by street protests against the arrest and jailing of Istanbul’s popular mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on graft charges he denies, which sent the Turkish lira to record lows. […]
# Die minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean Macpherson, het ‘n nuwe spesiale en strategiese eenheid aangekondig om 32 projekte wat tot stilstand gekom het te voltooi, insluitend die Sarah Baartman-gedenksentrum in Hankey, in die Oos-Kaap. Die eenheid sal elke twee weke verslag doen oor die vordering om vinnige afhandeling te verseker. Macpherson sê […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare sê die Departement van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling oorbeklemtoon gevalle van wangedrag om te lyk asof hulle streng dissipline toepas. Die vakbond beweer minister Mmamoloko Kubayi se verklaring oor die finalisering van 54 sake is misleidend, aangesien baie van die sake lank vertraag was en deel van ’n agterstand is. […]
# Public Works and Infrastructure minister, Dean Macpherson has announced a new Strategic and Special Delivery Unit to complete 32 stalled projects, including the Sarah Baartman Remembrance Centre, in Hankey, Eastern Cape. The unit will report progress fortnightly to ensure fast delivery. Macpherson says delays at the Centre are a national embarrassment. A new contractor […]
# The Public Servants Association says the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development is exaggerating misconduct cases to appear tough on discipline. The union claims minister Mmamoloko Kubayi’s statement on finalising 54 cases is misleading, as many were long delayed and part of a backlog. They argue claims of fraud and corruption are often unproven. […]
# The DA in Gauteng has accused the Gauteng Department of Environmental Affairs of spending over five-million-rand on four suspended employees. The DA’s Jade Miller says the suspensions relate to misconduct, alleged assault, and misuse of resources. Miller says one worker has been suspended for over three years. She calls for urgent finalisation of disciplinary […]
# Former Free State premier, Ace Magashule has pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud, corruption, and money laundering in the 255-million-rand asbestos roof removal case. The 2014 tender aimed to remove asbestos from 300-thousand homes, but only 21-million-rand’s worth of work was reportedly completed. Appearing in the High Court in Bloemfontein alongside 17 co-accused, […]
# AfriForum sê Tenbosch Mining se plan om ‘n steenkool-aanleg naby die suidelike deel van die Krugerwildtuin in Mpumalanga op te rig, is gebrekkig en bedreig die omgewing. Die organisasie het aan die Departement van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, sowel as SANParke geskryf oor die gebrek aan behoorlike openbare raadpleging en ander sleutelstappe wat […]
