# Die Referendum-party sê die ANC het raswette verder verskans te midde van toenemende internasionale druk om daarmee weg te doen. Robert King van die party sê dis dié maand 40 jaar sedert PW Botha se berugte Rubicon-toespraak, ‘n keerpunt waar Suid-Afrika hervorming afgekeur en isolasie gekies het. Hy sê vier dekades later klink adjunk-president […]
# Saftu sê hulle stem nie saam met die bewering van die KwaZulu-Natalse polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, dat vakbonde se eise vir hoër salarisse pogings belemmer om polisievakatures te vul nie. Hy het die land se stygende werkloosheidsyfer aan vakbonde toegeskryf wat volgens hom voortdurend meer geld van hul lede eis. Saftu se woordvoerder, Asive Dyani, […]
# ActionSA in Johannesburg sê hulle verwerp burgemeester Dada Morero se roekelose besluit om Sithembiso Zungu as burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Groep Korporatiewe en Gedeelde Dienste aan te stel. Hy was na bewering betrokke by drie aangemelde gevalle van konstruksiemafia-aktiwiteite. Marcel Coutriers van ActionSA sê met dié aanstelling het die burgemeester blatante minagting vir goeie bestuur getoon […]
# Daily Maverick has released new footage of journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh’s infamous meeting with suspended Independent Development Trust CEO, Tebogo Malaka. In an interview with eNCA, Malaka denied her role in the highly publicised 60-thousand-rand bribe attempt, claiming that she was set up. She admitted to meeting Myburgh, but maintained she did not initiate the […]
# The International Criminal Court has rejected new US sanctions on its judges and prosecutors. The US State Department has imposed new sanctions on two judges and two prosecutors in the ICC for engaging in efforts to prosecute American and Israeli citizens. The ICC says these sanctions are a flagrant attack against the independence of […]
# The US State Department has announced new sanctions on four International Criminal Court officials, including two judges and two prosecutors. The department claims the officials have been instrumental in efforts to prosecute Americans and Israelis. Any assets that the officials hold in US jurisdictions are now frozen. The new penalties target judges Kimberly Prost […]
# Solidarity says deputy president Paul Mashatile’s latest defence of black economic empowerment is completely removed from the reality of what BEE is and does. In response to a parliamentary question, Mashatile defended the country’s transformation policies, declaring that the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act is not discriminatory legislation. Solidarity’s Theuns du Buisson says Mashatile […]
# Parliament’s Select Committee on Economic Development and Trade has welcomed Tourism minister Patricia de Lille’s decision to dissolve the SA Tourism board with immediate effect. According to the minister, the board exceeded its powers by appointing a board member to carry out some of the functions of the previous chairperson, professor Gregory Davids, who […]
# The Gauteng Education Department has confirmed that 19 learners from West Ridge High School and three from Hoërskool Roodepoort have been suspended. This comes after learners from the two schools were involved in violent altercations last Friday and again on Monday, leaving three pupils injured and the Hoërskool Roodepoort principal stabbed. The department’s spokesperson, […]
