# Die adjunkminister van Wetenskap, Tegnologie en Innovasie, Nomalungelo Gina, sê Suid-Afrika kan baie by Tunisië leer omdat die land een van die mees progressiewe grondwette in die Arabiese wêreld het wat geslagsgelykheid betref. Die adjunkminister het gister die hoofrede gelewer by die viering van die Suid-Afrika/Tunisië-vrouedag in Pretoria. Gina sê in Tunisië, net soos […]
# ActionSA in KwaZulu-Natal het teen eThekwini-munisipaliteit se aanbeveling gestem dat ongemagtigde, onregmatige, vrugtelose en verkwistende uitgawes van meer as een-miljard-rand afgeskryf word. Tydens ʼn raadsvergadering gister het die provinsiale regering van nasionale eenheid ten gunste van die aanbeveling gestem en dit aanvaar. ActionSA-woordvoerder Sanelisiwe Zuma sê die raad het ook besluit om geen amptenare aanspreeklik […]
# The DA in Tshwane says it is concerned about the office of the city manager’s second quarter report on Public Protector cases for the 2024/2025 financial year. In this quarter alone, the metro received 29 new cases, yet only 59-percent of responses were submitted, and just 55-percent received responses. The DA’s Dana Wannenburg says […]
# The Public Servants Association is calling on Finance minister, Enoch Godongwana to fast-track the forensic investigation into several Government Pensions Administration Agency contracts. This follows the suspension of the agency’s CEO, Kedibone Madiehe, amid serious allegations of procurement misconduct linked to high-value contracts worth over one-billion-rand. The PSA’s Claude Naicker says the investigation must be […]
# Die Stad Ekurhuleni het die Harambee-busdiens tot verdere kennisgewing opgeskort. Dit hou verband met die voortgesette taxistaking oor die skut van voertuie. Taxi-operateurs in die metro het gister hul dienste gestaak uit protes teen wat hulle beskryf as onregverdige en onvolhoubare toepassingspraktyke. Die metro-woordvoerder, Zweli Dlamini, sê pendelaars word aangeraai om ander vervoer te gebruik:
# The DA says it cannot support City of Tshwane’s 800-million-rand overdraft facility, as the metro does not have a funded budget or a credible funding plan. The metro’s overdraft facility was recently increased from 600-million-rand to 800-million-rand. The DA caucus leader in Tshwane, Cilliers Brink, says that missing the funding plan targets from October 2024 […]
# The Hawks in the Eastern Cape scored a major victory against organised crime, with the arrest of nine suspects linked to the kidnapping of 62-year-old Gqeberha resident, Tracey Fourie. She was abducted while driving home from work last Wednesday. Her car was found abandoned in New Brighton. Hawks spokesperson, Avele Fumba, says an intelligence-driven […]
# Deputy minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Nomalungelo Gina, says there is a lot that South Africa could learn from Tunisia, as the country has one of the most progressive constitutions in the Arab world regarding gender equality. The deputy minister delivered the keynote address at the South Africa-Tunisia Women’s Day celebration in Pretoria […]
# The GOOD Party says South Africa urgently needs a proactive, national strategy to tackle racism in schools, one that does not rely solely on individual principals or concerned communities. Recently, a learner at York High School in George used the N-word against another pupil. In June, schools in Gauteng made headlines for racial insults […]
