SOME contract teachers are furious after the Mpumalanga Department of Education failed to pay their salaries for more than a year. Six teachers from Lamulelani High School in Marite, outside Hazyview, say they have been waiting in vain for their salaries. They accused the provincial education department of taking them from pillar to post whenever… Continue reading Mpumalanga Contract Teachers Unpaid For A Year
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North West Officials ‘Tampered With’ Tender Processes To Benefit Unqualified Contractor
The North West Department of Public Works and Roads’ bid adjudication committee, chaired by Chief Financial Officer Peter Modika, tampered with procurement processes and changed the rules halfway through to benefit a preferred contractor that had no track record. According to the complete tender record obtained by African Times, the committee changed functionality criteria… Continue reading North West Officials ‘Tampered With’ Tender Processes To Benefit Unqualified Contractor
Russia Honours DRC Founding Leader Patrice Lumumba
MOSCOW, July 13 — Sputnik—The Russian government has honoured the founding father of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), former Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, who led the country to independence in 1960. The government has completed the process to again name the People’s Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) after Lumumba, saying they were restoring “historical… Continue reading Russia Honours DRC Founding Leader Patrice Lumumba
Call To Professionalise Human Settlements Industry
One of South Africa’s top digital infrastructure entrepreneurs, Rali Mampeule, has called for the country’s construction contractors to be formalised and their businesses to be accepted as legit commercial entities. Mampeule, who is the Chairman of the Council of Patrons, an Advisory Structure of the Institute of Human Settlements in South Africa, was speaking at… Continue reading Call To Professionalise Human Settlements Industry
Is Ramaphosa The ANC’s Last President of The Republic And Tuynhuis Tenant?
The imminent collapse of South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), is on the lips of every political commentator, agitator and aggregator, including those who were not born when the late anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela vacated the Union Buildings on June 14, 1999. To some, especially those with ambitions to be sworn in… Continue reading Is Ramaphosa The ANC’s Last President of The Republic And Tuynhuis Tenant?
Molapisi Accused Of White-Washing Ndhuna Probe To Defend ‘Tender Corruption’
North West Public Works and Roads MEC Gaoage Molapisi has been accused of orchestrating a plot to white-wash the R134 million Ndhuna Civil Engineering Service report and clear the contractor and officials at the centre of the alleged tender fraud and corruption. Sources, including civil servants, engineers and businessmen, said Molapisi’s decision to order an… Continue reading Molapisi Accused Of White-Washing Ndhuna Probe To Defend ‘Tender Corruption’
Limpopo Agriculture Department Blew Millions On Dodgy Payments
Limpopo’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Department has been slated for wasting taxpayers’ money to the tune of R197 million on various dodgy items while failing to spend R98 million on service targets that were budgeted for. MEC Thabo Mokone, head of department (HOD) Ramatsimele Jacquiline Maisela, and their team of officials recently reappeared before… Continue reading Limpopo Agriculture Department Blew Millions On Dodgy Payments
Xi Meets Sogavare, Urges Enhanced China-Solomon Islands Cooperation
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with visiting Prime Minister of Solomon Islands Manasseh Sogavare in Beijing on Monday afternoon. The two sides jointly announced the official establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership featuring mutual respect and common development for a new era. Xi noted that China and Solomon Islands are trustworthy friends and dependable partners… Continue reading Xi Meets Sogavare, Urges Enhanced China-Solomon Islands Cooperation
China’s Luban Workshops Introduce Technical And Vocational Training For Automotive Talents In Tanzania
Abdullahi Okelo in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania tries to fully concentrate as he holds his tool, keen to start his practical work on automobile engine assembly before his tutors’ final assessment. Okelo’s dedication is driven by his deep passion for mechanical engineering and years of struggle to develop his engineering skills in a bid… Continue reading China’s Luban Workshops Introduce Technical And Vocational Training For Automotive Talents In Tanzania
Learners shattered as court dismisses exam-cheating urgent application
Learners whose 2022 matric results were withheld over a cheating scandal say they are disappointed after the Mpumalanga High Court dismissed their urgent court application. On Thursday, the court released its judgment virtually and struck the application off the roll for a lack of urgency, saying the urgency, if any, had been self-created. More than… Continue reading Learners shattered as court dismisses exam-cheating urgent application