Thabi Shomolekae

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Thabi Shomolekae

Thabi Shomolekae is a Creamer Media Senior Writer for Polity.org.za

Public sector corruption remains a serious problem – Corruption Watch

31st January 2023 Corruption Watch executive director Karam Singh explained that while South Africa may have scored above the regional average score in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index, public sector corruption remains a serious – if not endemic – problem, underlined by a series of unresolved corruption... →

Parliament committees to visit Eskom amid loadshedding

25th January 2023 The portfolio committees on Public Enterprises, and Mineral Resources and Energy and the Select Committee on Public Enterprises and Communication will, on Thursday and Friday, meet various Eskom stakeholders to assess efforts to resolve the crippling energy crisis facing the country. Eskom... →

DA says it will fight Eskom’s move to Energy Dept

10th January 2023 The Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday that it is “implacably” against the African National Congress’s intention to move Eskom from the Department of Public Enterprises to the Ministry of Energy, overseen by Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe. The DA said the move also had... →

Comment invited on draft vulture biodiversity plan

12th December 2022 Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has invited members of the public to submit written comment on the draft multi-species Biodiversity Management Plan (BMP) for Vultures, populations of which are facing varying threats of extinction. Members of the public have 30 days... →

Fight against State capture gaining momentum – Ramaphosa

5th December 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that the fight against State capture and corruption is gaining momentum. He wrote in his weekly letter to the nation that in the last few months, several cases have been brought to court, with former executives of State-owned enterprises Eskom and Transnet... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Glencore invests 5.5m in NPA partnership to combat GBV

28th November 2022 Mining giant Glencore Ferroalloys and the National Prosecuting Authority officially handed over the fully equipped Dilokong Thuthuzela Care Centre to the Ga-Maroga community in Limpopo as part of efforts to combat gender-based violence. The new centre will offer victims of abuse services and... →

Nedbank says SA’s philanthropic spirit alive and well with women giving the most

22nd November 2022 Women now make up more than 50% of givers in South Africa, and roughly one in four givers are black South Africans. Speaking in Johannesburg during the fifth 'Nedbank Private Wealth Giving Report', Nedbank managing executive wealth management Marilize Lansdell said survey findings reinforced the... →

Ramaphosa stresses need for 'significant' additional climate funding for Africa

8th November 2022 Owing to South Africa’s investment plan requiring much more money to be properly and fully implemented, President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday called for reforms of multilateral development banks, international financing institutions and the mobilisation of commercial banks to meet the needs of... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Africa bears least responsibility for climate change but is most affected – Ramaphosa

7th November 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa will this week attend the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt, where South Africa will make a clear call for developed economy countries to support developing ones meet their climate change obligations. Ramaphosa wrote in his weekly letter to the... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Implementation of State capture recommendations will lead to success in building society – Ramaphosa

24th October 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that if government works together with citizens in implementing the recommendations of the State Capture Commission, the country will succeed in building the society and the State that citizens wants. Ramaphosa noted in his weekly letter to the nation that... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Ramaphosa assures on implementation of Nugent Commission recommendations

14th October 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday assured that outstanding recommendations made by the Nugent Commission of Inquiry will continue to receive the attention of his administration and the relevant institutions. Ramaphosa was speaking in Pretoria during the the twenty-fifth anniversary of the South... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Harnessing momentum of economic recovery requires strong, efficient local govt – Ramaphosa

28th September 2022 If government is to harness the momentum of economic recovery that new investments signal, local government must be strong, efficient, capable, and well-run. This was according to President Cyril Ramaphosa, who, on Wednesday, addressed Day two of the Local Government Summit, hosted the Department... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Employment growth encouraging govt to do more to unlock investment – Ramaphosa

5th September 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that while the country’s economy takes time to recover and while the reform programme is implemented, government will continue to pursue a range of complementary interventions to support job creation. He said there were indications that the country’s... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

DA to launch Energy Plan Implementation Tracker to hold govt accountable

26th July 2022 The Democratic Alliance announced on Tuesday that it will monitor government’s progress in its energy plan and hold it to account with the launch of the party’s Energy Plan Implementation Tracker. The DA’s Tracker will follow project implementation and red tape reduction milestones and the party... →

AfDB named most transparent development organisation in the world

13th July 2022 Global campaign for aid and development transparency, Publish What You Fund has named African Development Bank the most transparent organisation in the world, with a top score of 98.5. →

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AfDB President Dr Akinwumi Adesina

Legislation that conflicts with transformation must be revisited – Deputy Labour Minister

23rd June 2022 Employment and Labour Deputy Minister Boitumelo Moloi said on Thursday that South Africans need to work hard to strengthen the country’s economy while transforming the labour system. Moloi was speaking during the launch of the Employment Equity Instruments, the New Code of Good Practice on the... →

Ramaphosa sees more to gain from Brics as he gears up for Leaders’ Summit

20th June 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa will join the virtual fourteenth Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa ) Leaders’ Summit, on Thursday, hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Ramaphosa hopes to strengthen South Africa’s ties with the Brics countries, particularly for job creation. He... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Social Employment Fund to create 50 000 jobs in phase 1 – Ramaphosa

13th June 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that government will continue to champion programmes and initiatives that limit the impact of unemployment on young people until the private sector starts creating more jobs at scale. One of these initiatives is the Social Employment Fund, launched... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

No guarantee that Guptas will be extradited to SA – Gungubele

9th June 2022 Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele said on Thursday there is no guarantee that Atul and Rajesh Gupta will be brought to South Africa following their arrest in the United Arab Emirates. Gungubele briefed the media on the outcomes of Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting. “I wouldn’t say there is a... →

Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele

Ramaphosa to announce new BBBEE Advisory Council

30th May 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa will this week announce the appointment of the new Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Advisory Council, which will help the country to expand the frontiers of BBBEE. The council, comprising government, business, labour and other stakeholders, was established to... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Africa’s economic recovery will be costly – AfDB

26th May 2022 Africa will need at least $432-billion to address the effects of Covid-19 on its economies and on the lives of Africans — resources it does not have. This was according to African Development Bank President Dr Akinwumi Adesina who spoke during the release of the 2022 African Economic Outlook... →

AfDB president Dr Akinwumi Adesina

Wits launches Entrepreneurship Clinic to develop aspiring entrepreneurs

20th May 2022 University of the Witwatersrand School of Business Sciences senior lecturer and project leader Dr Robert Venter on Friday described the new Wits Entrepreneurship Clinic as a force for change and redress as it tackled the core challenges facing South African society. Wits launched the WEC, which... →

Wits senior lecturer Dr Robert Venter

Ramaphosa stresses urgency of African countries cooperating to manufacture Covid-19 vaccines

28th April 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday explained that it was urgent that African countries cooperate to manufacture their own vaccines, and strengthen their own health systems so that these vaccines reach the people who need them most. Ramaphosa was speaking during the official talks on the... →

Photo by GCIS
President Cyril Ramaphosa

South Africa needs deep engagement on employee ownership policy framework

28th April 2022 Engaging deeply in defining a clear employee ownership (EO) policy framework would diffuse tensions around being forced politically to participate in transformation or including previously disadvantaged persons in companies’ ownership structures, Southern Africa Employee Ownership Association... →

Treasury, Auditor-General to conduct real-time audits on flood relief funds

26th April 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa on April 26 said funds used to respond to the flood disaster in KwaZulu-Natal must be spent effectively, announcing that Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke, working with the National Treasury, would conduct real-time audits on the emergency flood relief funds. Ramaphosa... →

Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke

SA must increase investment in climate adaptation measures – Ramaphosa

19th April 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a National State of Disaster following widespread flooding in KwaZulu-Natal, saying the country needs to increase its investment in climate adaptation measures to better safeguard communities against the effects of climate change. Over the last week,... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Ramaphosa congratulates Sars, taxpayers on improved tax growth

4th April 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday said that as the country forges ahead with efforts to strengthen the capacity of the State and rebuild institutions that were weakened by State capture, there is much to learn from what the South African Revenue Service has achieved in a short space of time.... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

UCT’s Phakeng to serve second term as Vice-Chancellor

1st April 2022 University of Cape Town Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng has been re-appointed for a second five-year term by the university’s Council, expressing confidence in her leadership. Phakeng was first elected as UCT Vice-Chancellor in July 2018. “Council is confident that Phakeng is the... →

UCT Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng

Increase in domestic investment by black industrialists – Ramaphosa

28th March 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa noted on Monday the increase in domestic investment from black industrialists in South Africa’s economy, as he reflected on the success of the fourth Investment Conference, held last week. The total value of new investment commitments for the next five years stands at... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Cabinet approves strategy to professionalise public service

11th March 2022 Twenty-five years after the adoption of the Batho Pele Principles, Cabinet has approved the Batho Pele Revitalisation Strategy, which seeks to drive behavioural change across the public service. Government and nongovernmental institutions have overseen various research on the effectiveness of the... →

Salga elects new leadership

4th March 2022 The South African Local Government Association (Salga) on Friday elected Bheki Stofile, speaker of the Matjhabeng local municipality in the Free State, as the new Salga president. The new leadership team will serve a term of five years. →

Salga President Bheki Stofile

Companies must do fact finding if adversely mentioned in State capture report – Pinsent Masons advises

4th March 2022 Pinsent Masons partner and white collar crime expert Edward James has advised companies to stay up to date with media reports about companies implicated in State capture and to check whether suppliers are adversely mentioned in the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture report.... →

Pinsent Masons partner Edward James

Health authority approves Covid treatment pills

17th February 2022 The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority has authorised the use of molnupiravir in the country for the treatment of Covid-19 positive adults who do not require oxygen and who are at risk of progression to severe Covid-19. This molnupiravir 200mg capsules, or LAGEVRIO, were... →

Aarto still enforced until court judgment – Roads Agency

19th January 2022 The Road Traffic Infringement Agency informed road users on Wednesday that the provisions under the Administrative Adjudication of the Road Traffic Offences Act are still enforceable until the Constitutional Court makes a judgment on the expected appeal. Last week, the Gauteng High Court in... →

CW welcomes public release of State capture report, calls for action against those implicated

6th January 2022 Civil rights and anti-corruption group Corruption Watch executive director Karam Singh said while the publication of the State capture report was welcome, leadership had to follow through on overturning corrupt processes and ensuring that all those implicated are brought to book. CW said the... →

NCCC to convene to assess Omicron variant situation

6th December 2021 President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday while it is not yet known what impact the Omicron variant will have on hospital admissions government has been preparing hospitals to admit more patients. He said government is also investigating how it can quickly secure medication for treating Covid-19.... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Scientists working around the clock to understand Omicron variant – Health Minister

29th November 2021 Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla said citizens can be confident that in a matter of days and weeks health department’s scientists will have gotten to the bottom of the Covid-19 Omicron variant. Phaahla reiterated President Cyril Rampahosa’s message on Sunday evening, when he said the best weapon to... →

Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla

Service delivery planning must integrate climate change considerations – Ramaphosa

2nd November 2021 While South Africa undertakes national interventions to meet greenhouse gas emission targets, President Cyril Ramaphosa cited the need for local government to focus on integrating climate change considerations into service delivery planning. Ramaphosa said the agreements made at COP26 would... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

GE donation will provide 20 000 people with one daily meal for 12 months

18th October 2021 In marking World Food Day on 16 October, The GE Foundation announced a $100 000 donation that will provide immediate relief to South African communities experiencing food insecurity. The donation will fund FoodForward SA and help to provide more than 20 000 people with one meal a day for a year... →

Employment stimulus programme to provide almost R1bn in youth funding – Ramaphosa

18th October 2021 South Africa cannot afford endless delays in addressing unemployment, said President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday as he sought to assure citizens that phase two of the Presidential Employment Stimulus (PES) will bring the country closer to meeting its collective goal of decent work and opportunity... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

New study urges education in Africa that increases climate change literacy

7th October 2021 A new study by researchers from the University of Cape Town and the University of Connecticut found that education is crucial to increase climate change literacy across Africa. The study across 33 African countries found varying levels of national climate change literacy but that the average... →

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