New tender document shows alternative plans for e-tolls – including licence renewals and a fuel reward system
Road agency Sanral has put out a new tender looking for contractors to take over the Gauteng open road tolling project – including new services that could be implemented and added to its systems. The tender document, which is aimed at acquiring procurement proposals for…
Good news for teaching jobs in South Africa – and how much they earn
Western Cape MEC David Maynier says that his department is in a position to appoint in excess of a thousand teachers in the province for the 2023 academic year. “Last month, I met with stakeholders as part of the annual consultation process according to the…
Government’s new plan to crack down on copper theft in South Africa
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) has gazetted its draft policy proposals to regulate and restrict the trade of scrap metal in South Africa for public comment. The draft policy changes are a direct outcome of president Ramaphosa’s 2022 State of the Nation…
Major headache for new retirement plan in South Africa – report
The Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) has warned of a temporary liquidity crisis if there are large-scale resignations involving public servants wanting to cash out their pension funds. The GEPF told the Sunday Times that if public servants resign en masse it could lead to…
A look at the new R140 million school built in South Africa – which includes 32 ‘smart classrooms’
The ministers of basic education and minerals and energy have officially unveiled a newly built world-class Waterkloof Hills Combined School in the mining community of Rustenburg, North West. This comes after Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) and the North West Department of Education (NWDoE) entered into…
Government’s plan to get people off the R350 grant
The Department of Social Development says that it is working with other government departments to try and find work opportunities for South Africans who are still on or no longer qualify for the R350 social relief distress grant (SRD). Responding in a written parliamentary Q&A,…
Big changes proposed for visas in South Africa – including plans for highly skilled foreign workers
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says that the government will explore the feasibility of a visa recognition programme next quarter that will allow the holders of certain visas of recognised countries to enter South Africa without a new application process. Speaking during the release of the…
Major headache for public sector wages in South Africa
Civil society unions are set to challenge governments’ incremental wage increases for representatives of public and semi-government institutions. The South African Parastatal and Tertiary Institutes Union (Saptu) said that the state’s current proposed 2% wage increase should be reconsidered as employees last received an increase…
Massive water outage hitting Johannesburg and Pretoria this week – here’s who’s affected
Rand Water in Johannesburg and the City of Tshwane have issued an alert, warning residents of a 53-hour water outage due to planned maintenance this week. The planned shutdown is to complete a tie-in of a newly installed S4 pipeline into the existing S4 pipeline…
Government rolling out new subjects at schools in South Africa
The Department of Basic Education is making significant changes to the school curriculum to boost mathematics, science and technology among learners in the country – and is rolling out equipment and software to support new subjects including robotics and coding. Responding in a written parliamentary…
Massive change for passports in South Africa
Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi says that the flexibility afforded to passport applications and collections in South Africa is being removed to protect the integrity of the document. The change follows high-profile cases of fraud and corruption involving passports in recent months, which have…
The next big plan to cut down queues and wait times at Home Affairs
Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi says that his department will embark on a massive hiring drive to speed up the digitisation of documents at offices across the country. The department aims to hire 10,000 unemployed young graduates over a three-year contract period, who will be…