111 A parliamentary meeting on military veterans’ court-ordered benefits stalled in a bitter row on Wednesday. EFF MP Carl Niehaus told colleagues he did not “need to be lectured” as ANC MPs…
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NAC’s brutal treatment of workers laid bare as salaries get deducted
101 National Arts Council (NAC) workers who went on strike had their whole April salaries taken back without consultation, Nehawu has told Parliament. Some were left owing up to R10,000 at the…
Scores of schools yet to complete BELA admission and language policy reviews
131 Scores of schools have yet to complete reviews of their admission and language policies in line with the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act, prompting Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Basic Education…
NAC crippled, DSAC spent a month doing nothing
171 The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) knew on 15 October that the National Arts Council (NAC) council had collapsed below the legal minimum. It is only placing the advert…
NAC board members turned on each other, McKenzie tells Parliament
207 Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie has told Parliament that the National Arts Council (NAC) council was so divided that some of its own members asked him to disband it….
Mapisa-Nqakula back in court for R4.5m corruption case
138 Former National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is expected back in the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday November 11 where she will continue to fight 13 criminal charges relating to allegations that…
McKenzie shocked as NAC CFO fails to explain R40,000 double payment
171 EFF MP Eugene Mthethwa has told National Arts Council (NAC) chief financial officer Reshma Bhoola that she does not deserve her job, after she could not explain a R40,000 double payment…
NAC’s R65m scandal: CFO cannot explain who authorised the transfers
155 National Arts Council (NAC) interim chief financial officer Reshma Bhoola could not say whether the council ever approved R65 million that she and a former CFO moved out of the NAC’s…
DA, Helen Zille reject Malema’s apology demands: ‘See you in court’
163 The Democratic Alliance (DA) and its federal chairperson, Helen Zille, have rejected demands by Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema to retract and apologise for allegedly defamatory statements, telling his…
ANC Joburg says it learnt of Thuthukile Zuma’s resignation on social media
145 The ANC Greater Johannesburg Region has confirmed receiving Thuthukile Zuma’s resignation letter from the Regional Executive Committee (REC), but says it first learnt of the resignation on social media before the…