Cabinet has urged South African parents to teach their children to reject racism and embrace diversity as part of the country’s drive to promote nation-building and social cohesion.
Minister in The Presidency Mondli Gungubele addressed a post-Cabinet briefing this week and said Cabinet strongly condemned the recent incidents of racism reported at two Western Cape educational institutions.
Gungubele says the incidents, at the University of Stellenbosch and the Good Hope Seminary High School, have no place in an independent and democratic South Africa.
Watch Gungubele’s full address here.
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National Assembly Mini Plenary Session 2, 26th May 2022 https://t.co/NUnhqDmmXA
— Parliament of RSA (@ParliamentofRSA) May 26, 2022
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has announced that the City has started fast-tracking social housing projects to provide urgent much-need housing opportunities to Mother City residents.
As part of this drive up to 6,500 social housing units are being built which would soon be made available in central Cape Town, the Voortrekker Road Corridor, and Pine Road and Dillion Lane in Woodstock.
Hill-Lewis says these different housing developments are in various stages of completion.
Read Hill-Lewis’ complete statement here.
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Today we are asking Council to approve our intentions to release Newmarket Street and Pickwick for development.
These projects are set to deliver over 760 social housing units.
This government remains committed to delivering affordable housing to our residents. https://t.co/poM4LJ1pLq
— Geordin Hill-Lewis (@geordinhl) May 26, 2022
I’ve got progress to report: Today, we approved two parcels for release to build social housing. These two parcels will deliver over 700 units right near the city bowl. Our pledge was to speed up land release for more affordable housing. And there’s more where this came from! pic.twitter.com/GiThF3c1rM
— Geordin Hill-Lewis (@geordinhl) May 26, 2022
In an effort to ramp up its inspections, the Department of Employment and Labour’s inspectors will visit 839,000 workplaces over the next five years.
Minister Thulas Nxesi, delivering his department’s 2022/2023 budget this week, said these inspections play an important role in promoting a culture of equality and fair treatment in workplaces.
The Minister says enhancing social security for South African employees is one of his biggest priorities.
Read more on this initiative here.
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In an effort to ramp up its inspections, the Department of Employment and Labour’s inspectors will visit 839,000 workplaces over the next five years, this was said by Employment and Labour Minister, @NxesiThulas https://t.co/Jbgfur4NLA #BudgetVote2022 #LabourBudgetVote2022 pic.twitter.com/GJ6bs6C8Et
— Department of Employment and Labour (@deptoflabour) May 25, 2022
Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi says several audits and other anti-corruption initiatives have been launched to recover funds stolen from State coffers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Nxesi delivered his Department’s 2022/2023 budget vote this week and said corruption in state entities should be fought at all costs.
The Minister says Departmental officials, working with auditors and law-enforcement agencies, are hard at work to recover these stolen monies.
Nxesi says a lot of progress had been made in this regard.
Read more on the Minister’s budget speech here.
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#LabourBudgetVote2022 #BudgetVote2022 #UIF https://t.co/YZkWyTIhHV
— Department of Employment and Labour (@deptoflabour) May 25, 2022
In an effort to ramp up its inspections, the Department of Employment and Labour’s inspectors will visit 839,000 workplaces over the next five years, this was said by Employment and Labour Minister, @NxesiThulas https://t.co/Jbgfur4NLA #BudgetVote2022 #LabourBudgetVote2022 pic.twitter.com/GJ6bs6C8Et
— Department of Employment and Labour (@deptoflabour) May 25, 2022
Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says he has written to Minister Fikile Mbalula asking that a Working Committee be set up to spearhead and manage the rail devolution process.
Hill-Lewis says the task team would be comprised of officials from the City of Cape Town, the Department of Transport, and PRASA.
The Mayor says the Committee would be tasked with setting in action the details of the rail devolution process, which was outlined in the National Rail Policy White Paper gazetted by Mbalula in April this year.
Read Hill-Lewis’ complete statement here.
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I believe Minister Mbalula and I share a vision of a Cape Town with working, safe and reliable trains.
My request to the Minister: Let’s get started now, with a Working Committee on rail devolution. https://t.co/3QYFZCJa4r
— Geordin Hill-Lewis (@geordinhl) May 24, 2022
