# Lesotho’s Auditor General Paul Letlela has slammed delays and mismanagement in two major projects. The Royal Palace, meant to be completed in three years, has reportedly remained unfinished 15 years later. Meanwhile, the Lesotho Electricity Company is under scrutiny and has taken urgent legal steps to stop the Public Accounts Committee from questioning its […]
# Soccer: Mamelodi Sundowns have departed to the US ahead of the Club World Cup, starting on the 15th of this month. The Brazillians face Dortmund, Fluminense, and Ulsan in Group F, kicking off against Ulsan on the 18th. Despite losing the CAF Champions League final to Pyramids, senior coach Steve Komphela says the team […]
# Die hoofsekretaris van die metaalwerkersvakbond Numsa, Irvin Jim, verwelkom die ondertekening van ‘n verhoging van bo inflasie van 2,8-persent as deel van die plastiekbedryf se hoof kollektiewe bedingingsooreenkoms. Die sektor verteenwoordig sowat 34-duisend werkers landwyd en is ‘n subsektor van die Bedingingsraad vir die Metaal- en Ingenieursbedryf. Jim sê die ooreenkoms wat op 30 […]
# The DA says it has written to the Social Development minister, Sisisi Tolashe, and the South African Social Security Agency CEO, Themba Matlou, to ensure that beneficiaries going through the biometric verification process are not left without their grants. The party’s, Bridget Masango, says they have received complaints that beneficiaries are struggling to verify […]
# Die minister van Menslike Nedersettings, Thembi Simelane, vra vinnige behuisingsondersteuning vir gesinne van Khayelitsha in Kaapstad wat dakloos is nadat ʼn brand die naweek 50 strukture verwoes het. Haar woordvoerder, Tsekiso Machike, sê die gesinne mag boumateriaal ontvang ingevolge die departement se noodbehuisingprogram. Soortgelyke hulp sal na verwagting beskikbaar wees vir 57 gesinne wat […]
# Numsa general secretary, Irvin Jim, has welcomed the signing of the above inflation increase agreement of 2.8-percent as part of the Plastic Industry Main Collective Agreement. The sector represents approximately 34-thousand workers nationally, and it’s a sub-sector of the Metals Engineering Industries Bargaining Council. Jim says the agreement, which expires on the 30th of […]
# Johannesburg se burgemeester, Dada Morero, en Tshwane se burgemeester, Nasiphi Moya, maak vandag in Pretoria besonderhede bekend oor die komende Afrika-burgemeestersvergadering en U-20-sjerpavergadering. Tshwane bied van Donderdag tot Saterdag die byeenkoms aan wat sal help om G20-aanbevelings te vorm. Die siklus word voltooi met die Johannesburgse burgemeestersberaad in September wat wêreldberade sal beïnvloed.
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Instituut vir Maatskaplik-ekonomiese Regte het ʼn brief aan die Stad Johannesburg geskryf oor die verwydering van handelaars se bergingshouers by die Kopanong-mark in Ivory Park. Die handelaars sê die verwydering ontwrig hul broodwinning en dwing hulle om goedere elders te berg of trollies oor lang afstande te stoot. Die instituut wat 140 […]
# Human Settlements minister Thembi Simelane is urging swift housing support for families in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, left homeless after a fire destroyed over 50 structures during a cold front over the weekend. Her spokesperson, Tsekiso Machike, says the affected households may receive building materials under the department’s emergency housing interventions. Similar aid is expected […]