SOE can’t pay salaries, and Ramaphosa vows to make scholar transport safer
Today, 22 January, the Rand is trading at R16.27 to the Dollar, from R16.25 at the close of business on Wednesday.
Suspended Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department Chief Julius Mkhwanazi is set to take the stand at the Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee investigating police corruption today.
He is expected to provide evidence related to his links to alleged crime kingpin Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala and how he facilitated the installation of blue lights on Matlala’s private vehicles.
The taxi driver involved in the deadly Vanderbijlpark scholar transport crash that saw 12 schoolchildren killed is expected to appear in court.
The 22-year old driver was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday and subsequently arrested for 12 counts of culpable homicide and reckless and negligent driving.
Here are five other big things happening in South Africa today:
Department of Social Development unqualified chief of staff resigns before disciplinary – Daily Maverick
Twenty-two-year-old Lesedi Mabiletja, who was appointed chief of staff without the necessary qualifications, has submitted her resignation after being suspended on full pay for three months, pending a disciplinary hearing.
State-owned company so broken it can’t pay salaries – MyBroadband
Two divisions of South Africa’s once-great state-owned arms manufacturer, Denel, have allegedly told employees that they will not receive salaries this month.
Fikile Mbulula holds 2027 ANC presidential cards close to his chest – Newsday
African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula is refusing to speak about his potential plan to run for a leadership position in the party’s presidential elections, stating that the discussion should be reserved for next year.
Ramaphosa to make scholar transport safer following crash – EWN
President Cyril Ramaphosa plans to issue instructions to the Department of Basic Education to find ways to make scholar transport safer. This is after the Vanderbijlpark accident earlier this week that claimed the lives of 12 learners.
Five people killed in tuckshop shooting – eNCA
Five people were killed outside of a tuckshop in Attridgeville, West of Pretoria, on Wednesday. The shooting happened in an informal settlement, and the motive is still unknown.
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Scholar Transport – This topic has been addressed year on year; we are lacking the political will to make decisions and to act. In 2004, I drafted the Road Safety Strategy for Gauteng and specifically addressed Scholar Transport and the role of Taxi’s. A recommendation that all trading of 2nd hand tyres by roadside vendors be stopped, as one of the biggest causes of Taxi Accidents was burst tyres. This was wiped off the table by the then MEC for Public Safety and Security in Gauteng, Firoz Cachalia, who stated that it would hurt informal trading. So what is more important, the saving of lives or pleasing the Taxi Mafia and scoring pilitical points with the informal traders of 2nd hand tyres.