EFF fury at Unisa’s failure to obey court order and enroll 20,000 more students Varsity was ordered by higher education to cut its first-time student enrollment. Then the EFF intervened with court action 15 April 2021 - 19:24
The EFF’s national student command (EFFSC) has expressed disappointment over Unisa’s delay in enrolling about 20,000 first-time entering (FTEN) students despite being ordered to do so by the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria last month.
The EFFSC’s comments come amid a move by the portfolio committee of higher education to summon Unisa’s senior management as well as its council to parliament on May 6 to explain why it over-enrolled first-time entering students by 20,000.
Vax registration opens. (Photo: Screengrab)
On the morning of Friday, 16 April, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize hailed the imminent launch of South Africa’s electronic Covid-19 vaccine registration system as significant and historic. The system is due to go live at 4pm to allow those older than 60 to register for the shot. Mkhize explained the process:
Make sure you have internet access;
You will need a smartphone, a tablet or a computer
Go to vaccine.enroll.health.gov.za. The welcome screen will guide you;
It is important to follow the instructions and put in all the details the system asks for;
The coronavirus pandemic and related lockdowns have been particularly devastating on SA s tourism industry.
Government has announced a Tourism Equity Fund, which does not relate to Covid-19 relief, but focuses on transformation in the industry.
Solidarity and AfriForum are challenging the focus of the fund, claiming the industry as a whole needs help urgently.
Judgment was reserved in the North Gauteng High Court on Friday in an urgent court application brought by Solidarity and AfriForum in relation to requirements to benefit from government’s Tourism Equity Fund (TEF).
The R1.2 billion TEF was announced earlier this year. It involves R606 million to be contributed by the Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA) and R594 million by an unnamed strategic bank co-funders . The aim of the fund is to enhance transformation in the tourism industry.
Court orders investigation into lawyers embroiled in RAF payment debacle
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THREE lawyers who apparently played along with the Road Accident Fund’s (RAF) cost-cutting, yet unlawful strategy of settling litigation and finalising payments outside of court, have landed in hot water.
In a scathing judgment in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, Judge Denise Fisher has ordered that the Legal Practice Council (LPC) should investigate the conduct of attorney Sonya Meistre, as well as advocates Jonatan Bouwer and Leizle Swart.
Furthermore, Judge Fisher ruled that the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) should be supplied with a copy of her judgment.
Residents homeless after shacks are demolished 15 April 2021 - 07:59
Thousands of residents of Mooiplaas informal settlement in Centurion, Tshwane, have been left homeless after their shacks were demolished during an eviction yesterday.
The eviction comes weeks after the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria granted property company, Chieftain Real Estate, an order compelling occupants of three portions which make up most parts of this large informal settlement situated between Laudium and Olievenhoutbosch, to leave the place.
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