This is after an complaint by the Freedom Front Plus that the BLF excluded membership on the basis of race. According to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) statement: “Admissions by the BLF in its response to the appeal had served to clarify the position of the party, namely to exclude white people from membership.” The..
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BLF bites the dust – IEC has deregistered the Black First Land First as a political party
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5 new laws the EFF wants to introduce in SA, chief among these is a new bill which will nationalise the South African Reserve Bank
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The EFF wants to introduce a number of bills within the coming months, as the party seeks to have a greater influence in the country’s political sphere. Speaking in parliament on Tuesday (25 June), the party’s chief whip Floyd Shivambu indicated that these would include a number of reforms as well as the introduction of..
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Clients’ personal details should be prohibited by law – customer information too easily circulated – even political parties such as DA have your personal cell phone number
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The possibility that a credible client’s personal details can be circulated around the world should be prohibited by legislation, a Pretoria expert says. Clients are often asked to make personal details available when doing business with an institution. Hotels, shops and bankers, municipalities, government departments and other institutions are all responsible for handling the personal..
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Motsoaledi has ‘zero authority’ to help ailing hospitals
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Cape Town – Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says he has “zero authority” to improve the functioning of troubled state hospitals, which are all managed by provincial governments.
Motsoaledi told the portfolio committee on health on Thursday that a two-year ministerial task team report highlighted 19 key problems at hospitals in six provinces around the country.
The task team spent two years visiting the 25 hospitals, most of which were struggling with staffing issues, budget problems, high-level vacancies and poor service conditions.
The minister said all 19 findings fell broadly into four categories, none of which were in his control.
“My conclusion is that a minister in health has a huge responsibility, but zero authority where it matters the most,” he lamented.
“Such authority is with the MECs of both finance and health, their premiers and executive councils.”
The areas in which these hospitals are falling short include human resources, procurement
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