Babalo Ndenze

Cape Town

Metro Writer at Cape Times South Africa

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Nkabane says she withdrew SETA board appointments because of public outcry

1 week ago | ewn.co.za | Babalo Ndenze

CAPE TOWN - Minister of Higher Education and Training Nobuhle Nkabane said she withdrew the appointments of chairpersons of Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) boards because of the public outcry. But Nkabane insists that the process followed to appoint the board chairpersons of the SETAs was above board, despite her decision to scrap the appointments.
Parties in GNU have all agreed to support the budget - Mashatile

1 week ago | ewn.co.za | Babalo Ndenze

JOHANNESBURG - Deputy President Paul Mashatile said that parties in the Government of National Unity (GNU) had all agreed to back Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's budget. The fiscal framework will be subject to Parliament's scrutiny in June, as MPs are set to vote for its adoption. This is going to be the second time the fiscal framework is voted on, as the previous one was set aside by the courts.
Nkabane defends decision to appoint politically connected people to chair SETA boards

1 week ago | ewn.co.za | Babalo Ndenze

CAPE TOWN – Minister of Higher Education Nobuhle Nkabane has defended her decision to appoint some politically connected individuals to chair the boards of Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs), saying they were qualified. She said that the appointment of the chairpersons of the SETA boards was also "beyond reproach" despite withdrawing the names following a public outcry.
Mashatile insists he has no hidden financial and private interests

1 week ago | ewn.co.za | Babalo Ndenze

CAPE TOWN - Deputy President Paul Mashatile says he has no hidden financial and private interests and has declared everything to Parliament. Mashatile was again forced to address claims of corruption and media reports in Parliament, dismissing them as mere allegations. He said he's more than willing to subject himself to Parliament's Ethics Committee, saying it's already questioned him about allegations of nepotism and failing to declare certain multi-million-rand properties linked to him.
SA's transformation laws can't be changed because other parties disagree - Mashatile

1 week ago | ewn.co.za | Babalo Ndenze

CAPE TOWN - Deputy President Paul Mashatile said that the country’s transformation laws must be implemented and can’t be changed because some parties disagree. Mashatile said that changes to the laws that were passed by both houses of Parliament had to go through the same process. On Thursday afternoon, Mashatile responded to questions in the National Council of Provinces on a range of issues, including transformation and threats to social cohesion.
Business rescue practitioners tells Parliament task to save struggling Post Office a success

1 week ago | ewn.co.za | Babalo Ndenze

CAPE TOWN - The South African Post Office (SAPO)’s business rescue practitioners have told Parliament their task to save the struggling entity has been a success. They told Parliament on Wednesday that the South African Post Office has seen the first positive balance sheet with a net asset value of R1 billion - the first since 2012. But the turnaround has come at a huge cost, with more than 4,000 employees retrenched and hundreds of branches closed, affecting poor and rural communities.
MPs question Motsoaledi spending R9 million to hire 12 counsel to defend NHI

1 week ago | ewn.co.za | Babalo Ndenze

JOHANNESBURG - Members of Parliament (MPs) have questioned Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi over the hiring of 12 counsel at a cost of R9 million to defend the National Health Insurance (NHI). But Motsoaledi has defended the expenditure, saying litigation comes at a high cost and the department needs the expertise of senior counsel as it defends its flagship universal healthcare policy. The minister was briefing the National Assembly as part of the social cluster in Parliament on Wednesday.
DA wants independent review of BBBEE legislation with view to scrapping law

1 week ago | ewn.co.za | Babalo Ndenze

CAPE TOWN - The Democratic Alliance (DA) wants an independent review of the country’s broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) legislation with the view to scrapping the law. The party said that the legislation merely recycled and enriched the same "tycoons" and people that weren’t disadvantaged, and could not stay in its current form.
Motsoaledi defends spending R9m on lawyers, says health dept being sued on several fronts over NHI

1 week ago | ewn.co.za | Babalo Ndenze

CAPE TOWN - Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said that his department was being sued on several fronts over the National Health Insurance (NHI) and was forced to hire twelve counsel. Motsoaledi told the National Assembly that the legal team, which is made up of five senior counsel and seven junior counsel, had been paid R9 million to defend the department’s universal health policy and the National Health Insurance Act.
MPs give Malatsi hard time for attempting to ease transformation requirements for certain companies

1 week ago | ewn.co.za | Babalo Ndenze

CAPE TOWN - Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi has come under fire in Parliament for attempting to ease transformation requirements for certain companies. Members of Parliament (MPs) have also accused Malatsi of overstepping his executive powers when he gazetted new regulations that don’t require international companies to give a 30% ownership to a historically disadvantaged South African as required by Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) legislation.