# Suid-Afrika herdenk vandag Nasionale Kinderbeskermingsweek om kinders se regte in die Grondwet en die Kinderwet te beklemtoon. Die veldtog het sedert 1997 ten doel om bewusmaking te verhoog en mishandeling, verwaarlosing en uitbuiting te stop. Die Departement van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling sal die week lei, met die ondersteuning van die burgerlike samelewing en die regering. […]
# Die Departement van Gesondheid van Gauteng sê hulle bly op hoë gereedheidsgrondslag vir beplande wateronderbrekings weens Rand Water se infrastruktuuronderhoud wat van vandag tot Maandag duur. Woordvoerder Motalatale Modiba sê die departement het in samewerking met Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg en Tshwane, noodmaatreëls geaktiveer. Hy sê die meeste gesondheidsgeriewe het Jojo-tenks, boorgate en reservoirs wat water […]
# Die DA ondersteun die gesamentlike oudit van spookwerkers deur die Nasionale Tesourie en die Departement van Staatsdiens en Administrasie. Die party het tydens bespreking van die nasionale begroting die inisiatief aangevra en eis persoonlike biometriese verifiëring van alle staatsamptenare. Volgens die Departement is spookwerkers ‘n ernstige, sistemiese korrupsieprobleem. Jan de Villiers van die DA […]
# The Centre for Development and Enterprise has called for the scrapping of government’s proposed 100-billion-rand transformation fund, warning it’s based on flawed assumptions and unrealistic funding mechanisms. CDE executive director Ann Bernstein says the fund could harm black-owned businesses and hinder economic inclusion. She urges a rethink of transformation policy, recommending a review by […]
# The Gauteng Department of Health says it remains on high alert following a notice of planned water supply interruptions due to Rand Water’s infrastructure maintenance from today until Monday. Spokesperson Motalatale Modiba says the department, in collaboration with the cities of Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg and Tshwane has activated contingency measures. He says most health facilities have Jojo […]
# Israel announced the creation of 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, risking further strain on relations with the international community. Israeli settlements in the West Bank are regularly condemned by the United Nations as illegal under international law, and are seen as one of the main obstacles to a lasting peace between […]
# Nóg ses mense het in die Landdroshof in Kimberley in die Noord-Kaap verskyn in verband met beweerde korrupsie rakende die lank uitgestelde projek vir die Kimberley Psigiatriese Hospitaal. Twee van hulle is gewese senior amptenare Motlalepula Elias Selemela en Ruth Palm, wat daarvan beskuldig word dat hulle onreëlmatige betalings goedgekeur het. Volgens die NVG-streekwoordvoerder, […]
# Cosatu is calling on Parliament and government to initiate a national dialogue in the run up to the fiscal framework and revenue proposals and the 2026 budget. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana tabled the 2025 budget last week after the withdrawal of the proposed 0.5-percentage point VAT hike. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks says government needs to […]
# The DA is in support of the joint ghost employee audit by National Treasury and the Department of Public Service and Administration. The party pushed for this initiative during national budget talks, calling for in-person biometric verification of all public servants. The Department confirmed ghost employees remain a serious, systemic corruption issue. The DA’s […]
