# The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa members working at the Lesedi Aluminium/Big Cookware in Thaba Nchu, Free State, have embarked on an indefinite strike action. This comes after the union deadlocked with the employer over organisational rights in the workplace. Numsa’s spokesperson, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, says its core demand is that Lesedi Aluminium […]
# The Public Servants Association says it is extremely concerned about hazardous working conditions at the Gauteng Department of Education Registry in Ekurhuleni. During a recent inspection by the Department of Employment and Labour and the PSA, it was found that the Registry environment was severely overcrowded, dirty, and unsafe, with uncontrolled piles of files. […]
# The DA has accused Parliament’s joint standing committee on Defence of shielding minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga, from accountability. The party’s Nicholas Gotsell says the minister has not been to Parliament to account for the Democratic Republic of Congo deployment calamity, and the missing 813-million-rand that is unaccounted for by the […]
# The DA’s Glynnis Breytenbach described calls for National Prosecuting Authority head Shamila Batohi to resign as unfair, despite labelling her tenure disappointing. Batohi has faced criticism after the NPA mishandled high-profile cases, including the Cholota extradition, the Omotoso trial, and state capture matters. Breytenbach says Batohi inherited a broken institution still riddled with internal […]
# The DA in Johannesburg claims that motorists are facing increased victimisation, due to political interference in the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department operations. The party’s Michael Sun says they have been reliably informed by JPMD officers that they are under pressure to each collect at least seven-thousand-rand in traffic fines daily. He says to incentivise […]
# A new world record has been set in Cape Town as one-thousand-276 marimba players performed in unison at the Grand West Arena. The event smashed the Guinness World Record for the largest marimba ensemble in the world. The previous world record was 550 players, at a Guatemala event. The ensemble brought together talented musicians […]
# The South African National Defence Force has launched an investigation into a fake video, purporting to feature a senior commander inciting members of the military to engage in an illegal strike. In the 14-minute viral video, the man is dressed in camouflage, calling on the country to march to the Union Buildings and demand […]
# The DA is calling for an independent and transparent inquiry into the financial and operational mismanagement at the SAPS College in Philippi, Cape Town. The college is facing allegations of procurement irregularities and exploitation of trainees. The DA’s Lisa Schickerling says the Portfolio Committee on Police witnessed first-hand the shocking state of disrepair at the college, allegations […]
# KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport and Human Settlements, Siboniso Duma, has commended the Road Traffic Inspectorate team stationed at Park Rynie for their vigilance and commitment to curbing road carnage. This comes after a lawyer and an auditor were among motorists arrested for excessive speeding over the weekend along the N2. The lawyer was arrested for […]
