Nurses who moonlight strain the health system (Opinion & Analysis)
Between 2009 and 2010, the government spent about R1.49bn hiring nurses for the public health sector from nursing agencies.In that period, the provi…
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Inside Labour: Stop passing the buck (Opinion & Analysis)
Two of labour’s greatest modern tragedies provided a media focus over the past week or so: Aurora and Marikana. And the latest episodes in these sag…
Inside Labour: Stop passing the buck (Opinion & Analysis)
Two of labour’s greatest modern tragedies provided a media focus over the past week or so: Aurora and Marikana. And the latest episodes in these sag…
Hospersa demands meeting with Mchunu
Durban – About 200 members of the Hospersa trade union marched through Pietermaritzburg on Friday afternoon to demand a meeting with KwaZulu-Natal p…
Teachers first up in presidential inquiry on public sector salaries
A presidential review of public-sector salaries and conditions of service is now officially under way with a call for submissions, amid high expectati…
The Buck STOPS WITH YOU, MEC Dhlomo
In response to Health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo’s “li this was a bank, then I would change banks” (March 7,201S),theliealthand0ther -Service Person…
SA employers plan to increase staff, employment survey shows
Employers in SA are planning to increase staffing levels in the coming quarter of the year, providing some glimmer of hope in an environment character…
Structure of economy needs to be transformed, says Nene
A competitive and “friendly” landscape for business is crucial if the structure of the economy is to be transformed, Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nen…
Jobs Fund succeeds at ‘too high a cost’
The head of the Jobs Fund, Najwah Allie-Edries, has conceded that the cost of creating new employment under the programme was exorbitant and that the …
EDITORIAL: Fix health system to avoid lawsuits
The liability insurance problems faced by medical specialists in SA and enunciated by Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi on Monday are real enough, as a…