Author: Dimakatso Genkoe
The Minister of Labour and Employment Nomakhosazana Meth has announced that her department is in the process of recruiting 10 000 intern inspectors from the end of this month. She was delivering a keynote address at the 2025 NEDLAC Annual Labour School held in Pretoria on Wednesday morning. “I’m pleased to announce that the inspector advertisement for the first cohort of 10 000 of interns will be published in the Public Service vacancy circular on 31 January 2025. The remaining 10 000 will then be recruited next year. The 20 000 additional labour inspectors will assist us to effectively reinforce the department’s institutional capacity to…
Following the suspension of no load-shedding in March last year, Eskom today marks 300 days of no power cuts. According to the power utility, this milestone was last achieved in June 2018. In a statement, the power utility’s Group Executive for Generation Bheki Nxumalo applauded the employees and attributed the achievement to the implementation of the Generation Recovery Plan which has delivered sustained and ongoing structural improvement in the generation fleet. “Credit goes to all our 40 000 dedicated and skilled Eskom employees who are committed to serving South Africa. Our sights are now firmly focussed on delivering one year without…
The South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) in Gauteng has warned that it’ll not allow the City of Tshwane Municipality to undermine the workers’ rights. The union says it remains resolute in its commitment to defend the integrity of collective bargaining and the fundamental rights of all municipal workers. This follows the city’s decision to challenge the South African Local Government Bargaining Council (SALGBC) arbitration award which declared the suspension of five senior officials unlawful and ordered their immediate reinstatement. The officials, who were expected to return to work on Monday, are linked to an irregular awarding of a tender…
North West police have launched a manhunt for suspected Stilfontein illegal mining kingpin, James Neo Tshoaeli.Tshoaeli, who’s a Lesotho national, was among a group of 246 who resurfaced at shaft 11 in Stilfontein, near Klerksdorp, last week. According to police records, Tshoaeli was never booked into various other stations where some illegal miners are being kept nor admitted at a local hospital for further medical care. “The Acting Provincial Commissioner of North West, Major General Patrick Asaneng has ordered maximum resources to be mobilised in finding an alleged kingpin who resurfaced from shaft 11 in Stilfontein last week. Major General…
The Moral Regeneration Movement (MRM) in the North West has declared the closure of the rescue operations at an abandoned shaft 11 in Stilfontein near Klerksdorp as tragic and traumatic. The MRM is a networking platform that facilitates and coordinates all processes and initiatives aimed at combating moral degeneration. Authorities called off the operation on Friday after they satisfied themselves that there were no longer alive nor deceased illegal miners underground. The government led operation, which started last week Monday, led to the retrieval of 246 zama zamas and 78 dead bodies. The convener of the organisation in the North…
Limpopo Premier Poppy Ramathuba has confirmed that a 27-year-old suspect has been arrested following the abduction and rape of two nurses last week at Ga-Chuene village in the Capricorn District. It was reported that armed men stormed the clinic in the early hours of 10 January, overpowered the security guards and tied them up before abducting two nurses on duty. Ramathuba announced at a media briefing on Sunday. “Through the dedicated efforts of our multi-disciplinary team of law enforcement officers, a suspect linked to this heinous crime has been arrested. Acting on credible information, the team was able to move…
The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, COGTA, Velenkosini Hlabisa has announced the cancellation of the retrenchments of about 67 000 Community Works Program (CWP) workers. The workers aged 55 and above were set to lose their jobs end of this month following an announcement by Hlabisa in December. At the time he said the “retrenchments were due to the department’s budget cuts from the National Treasury for the 2024/25 financial years.” The decision to cancel the job cuts follows a meeting between Hlabisa and Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on Friday. Meanwhile, trade union federation COSATU has welcomed the…
The North West Department of Health has concluded its on-site support operation at the disused mine in Stilfontein, near Klerksdorp. This after the Mine Rescue Service team conducted a final sweep at the shaft, before declaring that “there are no longer illegal miners or dead bodies left underground.” The department’s operation commenced on Monday and saw the extraction of about 246 illegal miners who were successfully brought to the surface and the retrieval of 78 dead bodies. According to the department spokesperson Tshegofatso Mothibedi nine of the illegal miners are receiving medical care at health facilities. “Two hundred and forty-six…
As the matric class of 2024 will be receiving their matric results on Tuesday, some have expressed mixed joy while some are nervous. Newsnote spoke to some of the 2024 matriculants of Mmadikete Lion Secondary School in Maboloka, outside Brits in the North West who are yet to receive their results. In 2023, the province obtained 81.6% in the results, and 4th position in the overall matric results in the country. Bonolo Lebusa expressed excitement and hopes the province will receive improved results. “I can’t wait for my results; I know that I have passed because I went an extra…
Following speculations that he might dump the party and follow the former Deputy President Floyed Shivhambu to uMkhonto weSizwe, Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has resigned from parliament.The EFF confirmed in a media statement this morning that the former spokesperson and another member Yazini Tetyana voluntarily requested to be released from their parliament duties. “The voluntary request to be released from deployment was sent to the General Secretary of the EFF consecutively and within days of each other, expressed gratitude to the EFF for the opportunity to serve the organization and the people of South Africa “reads the statement. Tetyana served in…