# A veteran labour lawyer, Michael Bagraim is urging workers to not access their retirement monies until retirement. He says Parliament passed the Two Pot System into law in September last year and 57-billion-rand had been paid to more than 3.5-million workers. Bargraim says the two system meant people could take a certain amount of […]
# The Public Servants Association has applauded Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities minister, Sindisiwe Chikunga, for the department’s recent initiative to increase opportunities for South African women. This is particularly for women in rural areas who are largely excluded from key development platforms. PSA’s spokesperson, Claude Naiker, says the minister’s intention to simplify government processes […]
# The University of Pretoria says that as the world commemorates Mandela Month, this is an opportune time to throw a renewed spotlight onto a silent crisis, food insecurity at South African universities. At universities across the country, levels of food insecurity range from eleven to 38-percent. UP’s director of Student Affairs, Kgadi Mathabathe, says that those facing […]
# The civic movement Soil of Africa will be leading a peaceful march through the streets of Mamelodi today, in support of dismissed Tshwane Automotive Special Economic Zone workers. Over 65 workers have reportedly been unlawfully dismissed from Thai Sammit, a company operating under the TASEZ umbrella. The movement’s chairperson, Bongani Ramontja, says even more […]
# The City of Tshwane has reopened the Akasia and Centurion municipal weighbridges, after more than a decade of complete inactivity. Mayoral committee member for Community Safety, Hannes Coetzee, says these weighbridges are a vital tool in restoring order and accountability on the metro’s major freight and transport routes. He adds that this is also a […]
# The Public Servants Association of South Africa has welcomed the precautionary suspension of Road Traffic Management Corporation CEO Advocate Makhosini Msibi. The suspension follows allegations of financial misconduct, irregular expenditure and governance failures at the state entity. A forensic investigation has been launched to probe the allegations. PSA’s spokesperson, Claude Naiker, says Msibi’s precautionary […]
# Two suspects are expected to appear before the Bishop Lavis Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town today, in connection with the murder of four people. Last Friday evening, armed intruders stormed a residence on Reenberg Street and started shooting, leaving four dead. Western Cape Police spokesperson, Joseph Swartbooi, says more arrests cannot be ruled out:
# The City’s Traffic Service, Law Enforcement and Metro Police Departments arrested 298 suspects during weekly patrols. Most of the arrests were for the illegal possession of drugs. The Public Emergency Communication Centre recorded one-thousand-429 calls during the weekend. Mayoral committee member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, says Traffic Services recorded 35-thousand-306 transgressions, impounded […]
# The DA in Johannesburg says it is distressing that Jayden-Lee Meek’s mother has been accused of her son’s murder. The 11-year-old boy’s body was found bruised at his residential complex in Fleurhof, Johannesburg, in May. Thirty-one-year-old Tiffany Meek made her first court appearance yesterday. The DA’s Belinda Kayser-Echeozonjoku says the broader issue of child […]
