“I am so excited about the increase, it is not that much but it will make a difference. At least I will be able to buy school uniforms in January,” said Sarah Nkomo, a domestic worker in Mbombela. Precious Nkosi, a contract cleaner at the Mbombela local municipality, urged the Labour Department to do inspections because some employers normally don’t comply with wage increases.
Towards the end of 2011, a total of 140 868 jobs were created across the 12 Action Plans, said Premier Nomvula Mokonyane.
The Gauteng Provincial Government reported that of these jobs, 3 668 were permanent against the annual target of 26 140, while 33 064 were temporary jobs against the annual target of 58 001 and 104 136 were from the Expanded Public Works Programme against the annual target of 143 380.
For Grade 12 learners, the last and most important lap of their school careers starts on Monday 24 October 2011 when they will sit for the final matric exams.
For some, the festive season was a wake-up call to be more cautious in future of excesses like drinking too much, driving under the influence of alcohol, unsafe sex an overspending.
Speaking at a recent conference on access to justice, President Jacob Zuma said that more courts were needed since some South Africans did not have transport to reach courts, which were often far from their homes.
