Author: Motlhaping Modise

The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU) has threatened a court action against the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). NEHAWU is accusing the commission of violating the rights of its employees and part-time workers to affiliate with the union of their choice and refusing to grant it an organisational right and recognizing it as a registered union at the institution. The union alleges that the CCMA management has refused to recognise it despite having undergone all the relevant processes including verification of its membership.NEHAWU’s spokesperson Lwazi Nkolonzi told YOU FM Newshour listeners that they have recruited…

A long-standing issue of professionalisation of administration at all spheres of government has been raised again as a possible solution to persisting challenges of failing service delivery and other challenges facing government in the country. This is according to the North West Provincial Chairperson of the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) and the Executive Mayor of Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, Khumalo Molefe, who believes that professionalisation will help attract people with required skill and knowledge to run public service affairs. Molefe, who was speaking on YOU FM Newshour, didn’t mince his words when addressing the persisting failure of…

The Ditsobotla Local Municipality in Lichtenburg in the North West has conceded that its outdated 2016 Local Economic Development (LED) strategy, must be reviewed and reformed. The municipality is expected to review the strategy which is unable to bolster the local economy, create viable business and investment opportunities for the town. The review will be held during a three-day workshop which starts on Tuesday in Lichtenburg in conjunction with other stakeholders. Speaking on YouFM Newshour, Mayor Molefe Morutse said that the local economy has a potential of growing and benefitting all its people. “If you look at our municipality, we…

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has sent a clear message for a fair, respectful and dignified leadership campaign as the union’s 18th fiercely contested National Elective Congress gets closer. NUM President Dan Balepile has accused his fellow contenders of running malicious campaigns, destroying the union in the process. His plea comes ahead of the two-day congress which will be held on 24-26 June at the Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. Balepile, who is seeking re-election to lead the union for the second stint, was addressing scores of his supporters on the last days of…

The Institute of Elections Management Services in Africa (IEMSA) has lauded the Political Party Funding Act as one of the most important pieces of legislation that has been passed since the dawn of democracy in 1994. The IEC has just concluded the first-ever symposium on Political Funding in Durban which was attended by a wide range of stakeholders, including representatives from political parties, members of parliament, academia, civil society, media, the business sector, as well as international and inter-governmental organisations. The commission’s Chief Executive Officer Sy Mamabolo said that the symposium succeeded in assessing the implementation and impact of the…

Speculations continue to mount that former uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party Secretary General Floyd Shivambu will today announce his resignation from the party and announce the formation of his new political party. In a widely publicised media invite, Shivambu’s spokesperson Nolubabalo Mcinga, who also left the EFF alongside Shivambu to join the MK in August 2024, said that the media briefing will be held in Midrand but didn’t divulge much into the subject of the briefing. Today’s media briefing comes amid heavy criticism by the party leader Jacob Zuma against Shivambu, during the Youth Day celebration at the launch of the party’s…

The City of Tshwane has written off over R4.3 billion of customers’ debt through its incentive and debt-relief scheme which was introduced earlier this year. The City spokesperson Lindela Mashigo told YOU FM Newshour listeners that the initiative is part of the city’s commitment to provide financial relief to hard-pressed residents, businesses, deceased’s estates, indigent and child-headed households. “Of the R4.3 billion, R2.4 billion was written off from more than 85 000 indigent accounts. These are indigent customers and child-headed households which received a 100% debt write-off. However, these customers are still responsible for the payment of any consumption exceeding…

The National Convention called by President Cyril Ramaphosa in the next two months is necessary and will help build the South African nation. This is according to the Central University of Technology political analyst Dr. Bernard Sebake who was reacting to Ramaphosa’s call for a National Convention on 15th August, which he said will represent the diversity of the nation and set the agenda for the National Dialogue. Sebake told YOU FM Newshour listeners that any developmental state must find it easy to call conventions to assess its performance in terms of providing services to the people. “I think it…

ActionSA President Herman Mashaba has vowed that his party will not be used as voting cattle in some frivolous motions of no confidence against the Executive Mayor of the City of Joburg Dada Morero. Mashaba was referring to a motion sponsored by the Democratic Alliance (DA) to oust Morero from his position. Mashaba was responding to a question on YOU FM Newshour as to whether they would consider voting with his former party to remove Morero. “Why must we support something that we don’t know about? They didn’t even have the courtesy to contact us. We know that Dada Morero…

Judges Matter, which monitors the country’s judicial system, has welcomed Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng’s apology following his outburst last week Thursday at the Pretoria High Court which is hearing the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial. Mokgoatlheng has issued a public apology after a courtroom outburst at the legal representative of accused one and two, Advocate Charles Mnisi making comments that some deemed racist. He became furious when Mnisi asked to be excused from the court proceedings on Monday, to accommodate his travel plans from the Comrades Marathon which was held on Sunday. Judges Matter’s Senior Researcher Zikhona Ndlebe told You FM Newshour…