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Chinese national nabbed for exploitation, human trafficking

Thursday, November 14, 2019

The Department of Employment and Labour’s Inspection and Enforcement Services (IES) in Gauteng has busted a Chinese factory involved in the trafficking of illegal immigrants and subjecting them to forced labour.

Power system remains vulnerable

Thursday, November 14, 2019

While the country’s power system remains constrained and vulnerable, Eskom says there is no load shedding expected on Thursday.

NICD: No Ebola cases in SA

Thursday, November 14, 2019

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says it has not had any positive Ebola cases in South Africa or its neighbouring countries.

Call for task team to review NSFAS business processes

Thursday, November 14, 2019

The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology has urged Minister Blade Nzimande to expedite the establishment of the Ministerial Task Team to review the business processes of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS).

AfCFTA to open BRICS investment opportunities

Thursday, November 14, 2019

The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) will create opportunities for the BRICS investment partners to develop infrastructure on the continent, says President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Printing of exam papers being reviewed

Thursday, November 14, 2019

The Government Printing Works (GPW) says it is reviewing the contract it has with a service provider following an incident in which children and educators in Limpopo fell ill after inhaling an unpleasant smell from examination papers.

The affected examination papers, which were printed by the service provider for Grade 11 examination papers, were recalled.

The subjects affected were Maths Literacy paper two, Geography paper one and two and Home Languages.  

The Government Printing Works said it did not usually outsource the printing of examination papers.