MIL-OSI Africa: SA shines spotlight on gender inequality on World Mental Health Day
Source: South Africa News Agency As the globe observes World Mental Health Day, Minister in the Presidency for Women, Bathabile Dlamini, has called on all South Africans to consider the relationship between mental health and gender inequality. Dlamini said the layered and multiple forms of material and symbolic violence against women of all ages, classes, […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: SA’s courts record high conviction rate
Source: South Africa News Agency Justice and Constitutional Development Deputy Minister John Jeffery says the country’s courts have made great strides to maintain high conviction rates over the past financial year. Jeffery said this when he led the presentation of the annual reports of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and the National Prosecuting […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: Report on VBS recommends criminal charges
Source: South Africa News Agency A forensic report into the embattled VBS Mutual Bank has recommended that criminal charges be laid against a range of individuals alleged to have looted about R2 billion from the financial institution. The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) on Wednesday said Advocate Terry Motau had submitted the report on 5 […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: Employment equity hearings head to Kimberley
Source: South Africa News Agency The Department of Labour is set to unpack the Employment Equity (EE) Amendment Bill & Regulations to the labour market community of Kimberley this Friday. Held under the theme ‘Real transformation makes business sense’, the public hearings focus on EE reporting advocacy and the amendments to EE legislation, especially section […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: Tax Ombud intervention secures R450m SARS refunds
Source: South Africa News Agency Interventions by the Office of the Tax Ombud (OTO) in the 2017/18 financial year saw about R450 million in tax refunds paid to the first top ten taxpayers, the OTO said on Tuesday. For the financial year, the OTO said, the SA Revenue Services (Sars) had implemented over 99% of […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: Big shake up for small dorpies
Source: South Africa News Agency Small towns across South Africa will contribute massively to regional and rural development, as the country implements the Integrated Urban Development Framework (IUDF). “The small town regeneration programme is an important contribution to the implementation of our National Development Plan (NDP), and specifically our Integrated Urban Development Framework,” said Cooperative Governance […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: Mokgoro urges public servants to become agents of change
Source: South Africa News Agency North West Premier, Professor Job Mokgoro, has appealed to provincial senior managers to become agents of change in their communities. “Our society is terribly bruised. The most vulnerable continue to suffer and the system of governance is bad, especially at local municipality level. It is high time you commit to […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: 365 Days of Activism campaign moves to Mshadza
Source: South Africa News Agency The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform will take the 365 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children campaign to Mshadza, Mpumalanga, this Friday. The event, which will be led by Deputy Minister Candith Mashego-Dlamini, will be held under the theme “Hear Me Too: End Violence […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: State Capture: Barbara Hogan takes the hot seat
Source: South Africa News Agency The hearings of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into allegations of State Capture reconvenes this morning with former minister Barbara Hogan in the hot seat. The former minister of Public Enterprises will give her testimony where she is expected to share with the nation what events led up to her […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Africa: Tito Mboweni announced as new Finance Minister
Source: South Africa News Agency Former Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni has been sworn in as South Africa’s new Finance Minister. This comes after outgoing Minister, Nhlanhla Nene, submitted a letter of resignation on Tuesday morning to President Cyril Ramaphosa, requesting to be relieved of his duties. President Ramaphosa made the announcement in Cape Town […]
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