# The DA in the Free State has revealed a staffing mishap in Gamagara municipality, where 21 people were appointed in 14 advertised general worker posts, resulting in nearly one-million-rand in fruitless expenditure. Following a CCMA ruling, the DA’s Henriette du Plessis says the DA is calling for disciplinary action, legal resolution, and an independent […]
# The Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa will spotlight the Luxembourg Rail Protocol at the 2025 Southern African Railways Association Rail Conference. The protocol provides a harmonised legal framework for railway financing, reducing lender risk and lowering financing costs. ECIC Head of Marketing Ismail Carr says the corporation will offer up to a […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, bied vandag in Pretoria die tiende jaarlikse Gertrude Shope-dialoogforum aan. Die ANC-staatmaker is in Mei oorlede, drie maande voor haar honderdste verjaarsdag. Lamola se departement sê die forum is gestig as ruimte vir vroue om ondervinding, kennis en die beste maniere om vrede te maak […]
# The South African Police Service says it remains steadfast in its commitment to eradicating illegal mining networks and safeguarding the security and well-being of communities. A total of 215 suspects were arrested during Operation Vala Umgodi across the country last week. Police spokesperson, Vincent Mukhathi, says the suspects were arrested for offences including the unlawful possession of […]
# Die onderwyser-vakbond Sadou het die aanstelling van Penelope Vinjevold as voorsitter van die Nasionale Onderwys- en Opleidingsraad verwerp. Die raad sal optree as belangrike raadgewer in beleidsrigtings in skoolopleiding. Sadou se woordvoerder, Nomusa Cembi, sê Vinjevold se aanstelling wys op ‘n ontstellende bevestiging van die heerssugtige belange wat die geskiedkundig-bevoordeelde koloniale en Westers-gerigte onderwysmodelle […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, is set to host the 10th Gertrude Shope Annual Dialogue Forum in Pretoria today. ANC stalwart Shope passed away in May this year, three months before she was to turn 100 years old. Dirco says the forum was established as a space for women to share […]
# Teacher union Sadtu says it rejects the appointment of Penelope Vinjevold as the National Education and Training Council chairperson. The council will serve as a key advisory body on school education policy matters. Sadtu’s spokesperson, Nomusa Cembi, says Vinjevold’s appointment signals an alarming reaffirmation of the supremacist interests that have historically privileged colonial and Western-centric […]
# Die DA in KwaZulu-Natal eis die afdanking van die provinsiale hoof van die Onderwysdepartement, Nkosinathi Ngcobo. Dit volg op ‘n ingryping deur die provinsiale Tesourie ingevolge die Wet op Openbare Finansiële Bestuur. Die LUR van Finansies, Francois Rogers, het vervoertenders vir leerders gestaak weens bewerings van omkopery en die wangedrag van beamptes en diensverskaffers. […]
# Johannesburg Water sê hy hou veranderinge in watervlakke dop by die Brixton- en Hursthill 1-reservoirs. Dit volg ná onbeplande onderhoud gisteraand by die Crosby-pompstasie. Johannesburg Water se woordvoerder, Nombuso Shabalala, sê die stelsel kan dalk langer neem om ten volle herstel in gebiede soos Industria, Crosby, Langlaagte, Longdale en Riverlea:
