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ANC factions to back Cyril
President Cyril Ramaphosa will have the full support of ANC MPs when he faces a vote of no confidence introduced by the African Transformation Movement this week, two of the party’s national officials said.
Battle for control of the R130bn lottery
The fight for control of the National Lottery Commission (NLC) between the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Competition, Ebrahim Patel, and the entity’s board of directors has intensified as the regulator begins the process to grant a license to operate. the lottery, an operation said to be worth R130 billion.
SABC: job cuts or bailout
The SABC board is ready to challenge ministers and move forward with its planned cuts early in the new year. This week, Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams and Labor Minister Thulas Nxesi told the board to halt the layoffs and seek alternative cost-cutting measures.
Irreconcilable differences: ANC and PA separate
The ANC in Johannesburg has based its reasoning for severing ties with the Patriotic Alliance (PA) on the fact that the latter did not separate the party from the state. The ANC maintains that its own ideological perspective is poles apart from the PA.
That’s not a frog in your throat
Working from home gives people a sore throat, scientists say, because they have to continually raise and tense their voices during virtual meetings.
How to save 14,500 meals a day
There is abundance in our food production. A day at Chefs with Compassion shows how it can be shared with those experiencing food shortages. Gayle Edmunds meets people who store and share food every day.
Suspended Public Works DG wins first round against De Lille
Samuel Vukela, the suspended CEO of the public works and infrastructure department, has overtaken his boss, Patricia de Lille. Vukela has succeeded in persuading the Bargaining Council of the General Public Services Sector to speak at its disciplinary hearing, rather than a president personally chosen by the minister.
Public service unions face the government in court
The legality, or lack thereof, of the implementation by the government of the final phase of salary increases for public servants, in terms of resolution 1 of 2018 of the Coordinating Council for Public Service Negotiation, will occupy a central place in the labor court on Wednesday.
Behavior change will defeat Covid-19
The fight against the Covid-19 pandemic will be fought and won in communities, not in health institutions. This is according to Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, who spoke in Port Elizabeth on Friday afternoon after wrapping up his two-day visit to the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality as the province experiences an increase in infections.
Traditional leaders rage at suspension of initiation
The government appears to be reconsidering its decision to suspend the summer initiation season after receiving a backlash from traditional leaders who expressed concerns about the ban.
‘The only way out was death’
After a long day working a piece job she had managed to support herself, her jobless partner, and her five children, Bernice went home to find that her partner had closed it down. “I asked him to kindly let me in. He refused and said: ‘Take your children and find another place to live. You’re not going in here. The last thing he saw before he passed out was a brick hurtling toward his head.
Former Westcol manager faces Hawks heat
Louis Coetzer, former director of the Westcol Technical Vocational Education and Training College in the West Rand area of Gauteng, may have dodged a bullet when he retired early, but Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Blade Nzimande says the Hawks could have been breathing down Coetzer’s neck sometime. A forensic investigation by PwC has been concluded.
ANC changes its mind on reinstating rape accused
Mpumalanga Finance and Economic Development MEC Pat Ngomane is ready to speak with a member of the ANC provincial executive committee accused of raping his eight-year-old twin daughters about his future as a board member in a state company.
Samro ‘has never been loyal to artists’
In less than two weeks, the Southern African Music Rights Organization (Samro) will hold its annual general meeting, with many complaints from local artists about royalty payments still unresolved. Now Eugene Mthethwa has taken the fight to Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel after demands to rectify the royalty mess were ignored.
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