.....article dated 4 June 2021..... Parliament rejects controversial clauses After a tense debate, the parliamentary...
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Employers claim COIDA Bill “pie in the sky”
.......article dated 4 June 2021...... Dysfunctional Compensation Fund the problem... The overall topic during four...
Minister Mantashe toe tapping on energy issues
.......article posted 25 June 2021...... Too many ideas and no decisions at all..... In a parliamentary energy...
Employers claim COIDA Bill “pie in the sky”
.......article dated 4 June 2021...... Dysfunctional Compensation Fund the problem... The overall topic during four days of parliamentary hearings on the Occupational Injuries and Diseases Amendment Bill (COIDA Bill) centered around the troublesome...
Minister Mantashe toe tapping on energy issues
.......article posted 25 June 2021...... Too many ideas and no decisions at all..... In a parliamentary energy committee meeting, it was decided to hold over a vote to investigate the Karpowership SA tender award granted by the Department...
Dept. of Communications not performing, say MPs
....article dated 1 May 2021.... New DG promises catch up... During a recent stormy parliamentary oversight meeting it emerged that Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) had met only 50% of its targets for the year 2020/21...
Cadre deployment takes toll at PRASA
...article dated 28 February 2021.... CEO says sorting out the mess... In a meeting of the Transport Portfolio Committee, Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula, addressed MPs together with senior members of PRASA's new management team and told them...
Smoke and mirrors with new Border Authority Act
.......article first appeared 2 February 2021........ Chair Bongani Bongo calls for oversight...... The controversial Border Management Authority (BMA) law, which was first tabled in Parliament in 2016, passed its final law-making hurdle in March...
Eskom, Mantashe spurn DA electricity plan
.....article dated 20 October 2020..... State zaps idea of independent power purchaser..... Minister Pravin Gordhan put any idea of private sector participation in an independent power purchasing plan firmly to bed by labelling any proposals as a...
Road to Africa: new border facilities planned
......article 20 August 2020..... The road to Africa: six new border facilities Department of Home Affairs has briefed Parliament on the final plan for the construction of six new modern facilities at South Africa’s border posts, part of a major...
Post Office calls for R4.1bn to get through year
.... article dated 1 October..... Treasury reports of poor management at SAPO.... The parlous situation at the SA Post Office (SAPO) came under the microscope during a meeting of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Appropriations, during which it...
