Africa: New National Climate Plans Unveiled At High-Level Summit Ahead of COP30 Conference

Africa: New National Climate Plans Unveiled At High-Level Summit Ahead of COP30 Conference

From accelerating the move to clean energy to planting acres of trees, leaders from more than 100 countries announced or reiterated new national climate action plans during a meeting on Wednesday as part of the high-level week of the UN General Assembly. The game-changing summit was convened by Secretary-General António Guterres alongside President Luiz Inácio…

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Top ICT tenders: National government returns to tech

Top ICT tenders: National government returns to tech

Five national government departments have returned to National Treasury’s eTenders Portal to advertise their technology needs. After several weeks of ICT opportunities on National Treasury’s eTenders Portal being dominated by state-owned entities and municipal-level requirements, five national departments return to advertise their technology needs. The Department of Defence opens the issue with its wish to…

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National Treasury deploys tech to terminate ‘ghost workers’

National Treasury deploys tech to terminate ‘ghost workers’

‘Ghost workers’ are still earning salaries as civil servants. National Treasury is using digital solutions to weed out what it calls ‘ghost workers’ – non-existent civil servants who are pulling a salary. It aims to finalise the identification process by November. A recent presentation to Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration showed that…

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