# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says it fully supports the Food and Allied Workers’ Union’s protected strike action at Heineken Beverages South Africa’s headquarters in Gauteng today. This follows a deadlock in wage negotiations. The workers, amongst other things, are demanding seven-percent across-the-board wage increase, an increase in the meal allowance from […]
# The Gauteng Health Department is calling on parents and guardians to support the school-based human papillomavirus vaccination drive by signing and returning consent forms. The drive targets Grades 5, 6 and 7 girls aged around nine years old. Spokesperson Steve Mabona says HPV is a common virus which can infect both boys and girls […]
# The Department of Health says, with it being World Breastfeeding Week, only 22-percent of babies in South Africa are exclusively breastfed in the first six months of life. This is well below the World Health Assembly target of 60-percent by 2030. The department’s Foster Mohale says it is not just about reaching country and global targets, […]
# The National Union of Mineworkers National Health and Safety Committee is calling on the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources and other stakeholders to urgently intensify efforts to eliminate workplace fatalities and injuries. The country has recorded 33 mine fatalities, 23 in construction and two in the energy sector so far this year. NUM’s […]
# Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya says City Manager Johann Mettler has resumed his duties. The Gauteng High Court ruled that Council Speaker Mncedi Ndzwanana wrongly discarded 13 votes before declaring a council decision to suspend Mettler. It ruled that the Speaker lacked the authority to determine which councillors’ votes counted. Mettler returns to work while […]
# The South African Local Government Association says with only three months remaining before the Local Government Elections, it will convene Provincial Members Assemblies across all provinces during August and September. This serves as a strategic platform for reviewing progress, addressing challenges, and shaping the future direction of local government. SALGA spokesperson, Motalatale Modiba, says […]
# Western Cape police have launched a manhunt following the killing of four men in Nyanga, Cape Town, on Saturday night. Police spokesperson Andrè Traut says the victims were travelling in a Toyota Avanza along Old Klipfontein Road when they stopped to repair a flat tyre. He says while they were attending to the vehicle, […]
# The Health Department has welcomed progress made towards a new tuberculosis vaccine and confirmed preparatory work to ensure timely access for South Africans. This forms part of ongoing efforts to eliminate this epidemic as a public health threat by the year 2030. The department’s spokesperson, Foster Mohale says a vaccine that prevents TB disease […]
# The South African Weather Service says it has recorded low rainfall in the Western Cape last month. Forecaster Samkelisiwe Thwala says below-normal rainfall was observed in June and persisted into July, with several parts of the region recording their lowest rainfall on record during July. She says preliminary rainfall data indicates that the Cape […]
