Big companies want to milk RAF dry: Mente

RAF board seen at a taxi rank. Member of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) Veronica Mente says there is a need to amend the Road Accident Fund (RAF) Act. Members of SCOPA are conducting an inquiry into affairs at RAF. The inquiry follows numerous allegations over the years of maladministration, financial impropriety, and…

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Manamela launches new 4IR Centre of Excellence in Bloemfontein

Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela speaking at a government engagement. Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela is launching the new Fourth Industrial Revolution Centre of Excellence at Motheo TVET College in Bloemfontein. The centre is part of a national Education Training and Development Practices SETA (ETDP SETA) initiative to equip young people with future-ready skills and…

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KZN addressing AG audit outcomes: Speaker

Speaker of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature, Nontembeko Boyce Speaker of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Legislature Nontembeko Boyce says they are now revisiting plans to turn around audit outcomes flagged by the Auditor-General in the provincial government. The Auditor-General found that key departments in the province recorded millions in unauthorized spending. These include the Departments of Health and…

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Case against officer accused of Chesnay Keppler’s murder at court for pre-trial

Gauteng crime prevention warden, Chesnay Keppler remembered The case against Police Sergeant Mandla Buthelezi, accused of murdering his girlfriend and Gauteng crime prevention warden, Chesnay Keppler, is sitting at the Johannesburg High Court for pre-trial matters, Friday morning. The case against a police officer accused of killing his Gauteng traffic warden girlfriend, Chesnay Keppler, has…

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Cape Town shack fires leave hundreds homeless

FILE | Fire extinguishers seen on the ground as shacks burn. Hundreds of people have been left homeless following several shack fires which swept through a number of areas across Cape Town in the Western Cape. Nearly 50 structures were destroyed in Overcome Heights, near Muizenberg, in the Southern Peninsula, leaving around 150 people homeless….

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