Toilets Lumka drowned in should have been demolished: This week non-governmental organisation and activist group Equal Education was in the Bhisho High Court to force Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to implement the minimum norms and standards on infrastructure in schools. With the NGO protesting …
Source: “Bhisho” – BingNews.
Education department argues it’s not responsible for shoddy schools: Bhisho – Bhisho’s High Court heard arguments on Thursday about who should be held accountable for schools that do not meet the Department of Basic Education’s norms and standards. It was the second and final day of the hearing, according to a GroundUp …
Source: “Bhisho” – BingNews.
GroundUp: Eastern Cape students challenge Motshekga in court: Equal Education chose Qonce High School to hold a press briefing after filing papers in the Bhisho High Court to force Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga to act on the regulations for infrastructure in schools. By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GROUNDUP.
Source: “Bhisho” – BingNews.
Bhisho juggles its pennies as budget shrinks: Doing more with less. This is the tightrope that the Eastern Cape government has to walk this year to meet all its social and service delivery obligations while ensuring there is not a total collapse of the public purse. Still grappling with a R13-billion …
Source: “Bhisho” – BingNews.
Suspended Bhisho officials paid R1m to sit at home: Taxpayers have forked out more than R1-million in eighteen months paying the salaries of 10 Eastern Cape social development officials who are sitting at home on precautionary suspension. This department has 32 pending disciplinary cases against staff members.
Source: “Bhisho” – BingNews.
All eyes on Bhisho budget allocations: Finance MEC Sakhumzi Somyo will reveal today how the Eastern Cape government plans to spend its money this year. Political parties said they expected more money to be pushed toward the health and education departments. DA MPL Jane Cowley said Somyo would …
Source: “Bhisho” – BingNews.
Bhisho ‘killing small businesses’ by failing to pay for services on time – DA: The Eastern Cape provincial government is continuing to ‘kill small businesses’ by not paying them within the mandated 30 days, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Monday. “Small businesses are the backbone of growing the economy and have the potential …
Source: “Bhisho” – BingNews.
Cost of living in: Monthly rent for a 45 m2 (480 Sqft) furnished studio in EXPENSIVE area R 25,000 Monthly rent for a 45 m2 (480 Sqft) furnished studio in NORMAL area R 10,000 Utilities 1 month (heating, electricity, gas …) for 1 person in 45 m2 (480 Sqft) studio R 1,500
Source: “Bhisho” – BingNews.
GroundUp: A South African shame – children held in adult prison for 200 days without access to visitors: All the applicants had originally been sentenced to a period of compulsory residence at the Bhisho Child and Youth Care Centre. However, what the Centre for Child Law found was that the youths had been detained in Mdantsane Correctional Centre …
Source: “Bhisho” – BingNews.
Weather for Eastern Cape: 80% chance of thunderstorms on Wednesday 28 February in the Grahamstown area with an average rainfall of 10.84mm 80% chance of thunderstorms on Tuesday 27 February in the Mthatha area with an average rainfall of 8.39mm 80% chance of thunderstorms on Friday …
Source: “Bhisho” – BingNews.
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