Author: staff

The road to EFF’s National People’s Assembly has been characterised by calls for president Julius Malema to take a back seat, expulsions, a powerful and emerging women’s caucus that has aspirations of dominating leadership positions, tussle for positions and questions about longtime leader Mbuyiseni Ndlozi’s future in the party.

With Gauteng currently under Level 1 water restrictions, the Department of Water and Sanitation and its provincial counterpart are encouraging municipalities “to put in place levels 2 and 3 water-use restrictions and to enforce them”, Deputy President Paul Mashatile told the National Assembly.

With Gauteng currently under Level 1 water restrictions, the Department of Water and Sanitation and its provincial counterpart are encouraging municipalities “to put in place levels 2 and 3 water-use restrictions and to enforce them”, Deputy President Paul Mashatile told the National Assembly.

“There is no bad blood between us and no animosity. I am still occupying one of the highest seats in local government.” These were the first words of Gary van Niekerk, the former mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, after his election as the city’s new deputy mayor on Thursday.

South African asset managers are coming under increasing scrutiny from asset allocators such as pension fund trustees over their transformation credentials, which critics including deputy finance minister David Masondo have said are lacking 30 years after the dawn of democracy.

Technological improvement is a primary catalyst for the growth of the SA agricultural sector. But in recent years, the country has been spending less on research, which is worrying – especially as it faces increased climate change risks.

South Africa pledged to slash emissions across its fleet of coal-fired power plants in a bid to secure R46 billion in climate finance. That’s despite seeking to alter the terms of a 2022 agreement by delaying the outright closure of three of the facilities.

Labour services group Adcorp reported its profits slipped in its half-year to end August after it felt pressure both in SA and Australia, as well as its own restructuring, However, it is eyeing a pickup in its second half as SA’s prospects improve, as well as an improved performance from its local contingent staffing business, which refers to casual or contract work.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said he is “dealing with” the reputational risk of GEPF chairperson Dondo Mogajane, who has been accused of taking a R1-million bribe from VBS Mutual Bank during his tenure as Treasury director-general.

Earlier this year, the Daniel Pienaar Technical High School in Kariega was awarded by the world governing body of International Motorsport. for its equality, diversity, and inclusion achievement. It was in recognition of the school’s programme of offering motorsport as an extracurricular activity to pupils, one of only three in the world.