# Die voorsitter van Tshwane se Artikel 79-komitee vir Maatskaplike en Gemeenskapsontwikkeling, Rebecca Monchusi, doen ʼn beroep op gemeenskappe om van leiers optrede en aanspreeklikheid te eis om geslagsgeweld te voorkom. Dit volg nadat Kgaogelo Marora volgens berigte deur haar eks-kêrel vermoor is ten spyte van ʼn beskermingsbevel teen hom. Monchusi sê die komitee het aan die […]
# The Freedom Front Plus in Gauteng says this month, residents of Ekurhuleni received their utility bills, following months of the metro failing to indicate their actual power consumption on their statements of account. According to a financial report recently tabled to the Council, only 21.9-billion-rand of the budgeted 26.1-billion-rand in electricity revenue has been […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare sê berigte dat SASSA ʼn personeeltekort van 62-persent het, is kommerwekkend. SASSA het sy kritieke personeeltekort bevestig en sê minder as die helfte permanente poste in plaaslike kantore is gevul. Die vakbondwoordvoerder, Claude Naiker, sê hierdie personeeltekort belemmer professionele dienslewering. Hy sê die Departement van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling moet voldoende hulpbronne aan […]
# The DA says Transport minister Barbara Creecy must stop protecting Transnet’s monopoly on rail network operations. This as the minister has allocated rail slots to eleven new train operating companies across 41 routes and six corridors. The DA’s Chris Hunsinger says minister Creecy should have announced that Transnet will concession the operation of the […]
# The City of Tshwane Section 79 Community and Social Development committee chairperson, Rebecca Monchusi, is calling on communities to demand action and accountability for leaders to prevent gender-based violence. This followed the murder of Kgaogelo Marora by her alleged ex-boyfriend despite having a protection order against him. Monchusi says the committee has written to the metro’s […]
# The Public Servants Association says reports that the South African Social Security Agency is suffering from a 62-percent-vacancy rate are concerning. SASSA confirmed that it is facing a critical staff shortage, with less than 50-percent of permanent positions filled in local offices. PSA’s Claude Naiker says this staff shortage is impacting the provision of professional […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse LUR vir Onderwys, David Maynier, sê Suid-Afrika moet leer uit internasionale voorbeelde om ongelykheid aan te pak en leeruitkomste te verbeter. Maynier het tydens die G20 Nasionale Onderwys-indaba in Kaapstad opgemerk dat lande soos die Verenigde Koninkryk, Japan, Brasilië en die VSA wiskunde, lees en die ontwikkeling van leerkragte suksesvol verbeter het. […]
# Former Police minister Bheki Cele faces renewed scrutiny after reports revealed he made ten unanswered calls to tender tycoon Vusimusi ‘Cat’ Matlala days before his arrest. According to News24, Cele dismissed questions, stating he was not a schoolboy. Matlala, facing fraud and corruption charges over a cancelled 360-million-rand SAPS contract, had previously hosted Cele […]
# Die Stad Tshwane oorweeg sy regsopsies nadat die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria sy aansoek om verlof tot appèl van die hand gewys het oor die verklaring dat sy maandelikse skoonmaakheffing onwettig en ongeldig is. Selby Bokaba van die stad sê senior regsverteenwoordigers sal geraadpleeg word om die volgende stappe te bepaal: