SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

• A recently gazetted national policy on child care and protection is expected to serve as a roadmap for strengthening and building on existing promotive, preventative and responsive services and programmes.

B-BBEE

• The broad-based black economic empowerment ‘framework’ is to be reviewed and steps taken to ensure that a wider number of South Africans benefit, according to a recent Department of Trade, Industry and Competition media statement.

COMMUNICATIONS

• The Independent Communications Authority of SA has issued a media statement on the process of reviewing the ‘pro-competitive conditions’ in its wholesale voice call termination regulations.

FINANCE

• National Treasury has called for public comment on proposals for a generally recognised accounting practice standard to be applied by public entities when accounting for and disclosing short-term, long-term and post-employment employee benefits.

ENVIRONMENTAL

• A recently published report on biological invasions and their management underscores the need for a ‘common national approach’ to identifying and managing biosecurity risks, according to the accompanying media statement.

 

Prepared by Pam Saxby