More than a dozen investigations into corruption at the National Lotteries Commission have been completed by the Special Investigating Unit. Illustration: Lisa Nelson The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has completed more than a dozen investigations involving alleged National Lotteries Commission corruption, GroundUp has learned. The SIU is expected to bring cases resulting … [Read more...] about SIU making progress in lottery corruption probes
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Makhaza might wait another four years for promised police station
A mobile police station was opened late last year but the permanent police station will not be built until 2025-6. Archive photo: supplied by Nosiphelele Msesiwe Makhaza residents in Khayelitsha might have to wait another four years for a police station in their area, in spite of promises by Police Minister Bheki Cele. Residents have been campaigning for a police station for … [Read more...] about Makhaza might wait another four years for promised police station
Dirty air is invisible, but a real threat to health
Better ventilation is key to fighting Covid and other diseases, writes the author. Photo: James Stent If you live in a city, you spend 90% of your time indoors. And 100% of that time breathing. Unless you bring scuba gear, you share the air with everyone else, and you have an interest in that air being clean. As South Africa officially enters its fifth wave of Covid, dominated … [Read more...] about Dirty air is invisible, but a real threat to health
No severance pay for employee who refused Covid vaccination
The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration has ruled that an employee who refused a Covid vaccine though it was company policy was not entitled to a severance package. Graphic: Lisa Nelson An employee of a medical equipment supply company who refused to be vaccinated against Covid was not entitled to severance pay, the CCMA has ruled. The company, Baroque … [Read more...] about No severance pay for employee who refused Covid vaccination
Activists call for a task team to find ways to boost Covid grant
A social grants queue in Gugulethu, Cape Town. South Africa can afford to increase the R350-a-month Social Relief of Distress grant to the poverty line of R624, says the Black Sash. Achive photo: Buziwe Nocuze The Black Sash has called on the government to set up a task team to work out how to increase the R350-a-month Covid Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant to the food … [Read more...] about Activists call for a task team to find ways to boost Covid grant
