# Union federation COSATU and its affiliates will mark World Day for Decent Work tomorrow, with nationwide marches and pickets to highlight the plight of workers. Spokesperson Zanele Sabela says workers are under siege from rampant retrenchments, non-compliance with the National Minimum Wage, increasing casualisation of jobs, and escalating attacks on collective bargaining rights. She […]
# The National Shelter Movement has accused government of failing to prevent gender-based violence, saying authorities continue to react only after women have been harmed. The organisation, representing about 100 shelters, points to the bodies of women found in Ekurhuleni and Soweto since July. It says President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address last week offered audits and […]
# The National Union of Mineworkers declared support for World Day for Decent Work on Wednesday and calls on workers to join nationwide pickets led by COSATU. NUM’s Mpho Phakedi says decent work remains critical amid unemployment, poverty and inequality, demanding living wages, safe workplaces and respect for collective bargaining and the right to strike. […]
# The DA in Gauteng says, while emerging farmers struggle for support, government has spent 45-million-rand on Tarlton Agripark which serves just 11 enterprises over four-million-rand per enterprise. The party’s Bronwynn Engelbrecht says farmer Sakhile Jele waited more than a year for a funding decision, facing changing requirements and red tape. She says they will […]
# The trial of the accused in the murders of rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane starts in the High Court in Durban today. Seven accused face charges including conspiracy to commit murder, murder, attempted murder and firearm offences. Among them are brothers Siyabonga and Malusi Ndimande, extradited from Eswatini in November last […]
# Women in Vusimuzi informal settlement in Thembisa, Gauteng says they live in fear and want the area declared a danger-zone following the discovery of 12 women’s bodies across Ekurhuleni in the past two months. Residents say criminals operate with little police visibility, with reports of robberies and night-time home invasions. The latest body was […]
# A kidnapped man has been rescued unharmed, and five suspects arrested after an intelligence-driven operation linked to a case at Johannesburg Central SAPS. The un-named was allegedly kidnapped on 30 August in Johannesburg CBD, with a 32-million-rand ransom demanded. Police spokesperson Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi says team of Central detectives, Crime Intelligence, Anti-Kidnapping unit, Flying Squad […]
# The Inkatha Freedom Party vowed to deport undocumented foreign nationals from eThekwini,in Kwa-Zulu Natal, saying illegal foreigners have no place in the city. The commitment was made during an eThekwini District meeting with councillors to discuss community pressures, service delivery and immigration compliance yesterday. The IFP says porous borders and weak enforcement strain resources, […]
# The Judicial Service Commission interviews begin today in Sandton, Johannesburg, to fill three vacancies at the Supreme Court of Appeal. Five candidates will be interviewed for South Africa’s second-highest court – Judges Gerald Bloem, Busisiwe Masipa, Ingrid Opperman, Violet Phatshoane and Esther Steyn. Chief Justice Mandisa Maya will lead the two-week process to fill […]
