# The Hawks in the Eastern Cape scored a major victory against organised crime, with the arrest of nine suspects linked to the kidnapping of 62-year-old Gqeberha resident, Tracey Fourie. She was abducted while driving home from work last Wednesday. Her car was found abandoned in New Brighton. Hawks spokesperson, Avele Fumba, says an intelligence-driven […]
# Deputy minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Nomalungelo Gina, says there is a lot that South Africa could learn from Tunisia, as the country has one of the most progressive constitutions in the Arab world regarding gender equality. The deputy minister delivered the keynote address at the South Africa-Tunisia Women’s Day celebration in Pretoria […]
# The GOOD Party says South Africa urgently needs a proactive, national strategy to tackle racism in schools, one that does not rely solely on individual principals or concerned communities. Recently, a learner at York High School in George used the N-word against another pupil. In June, schools in Gauteng made headlines for racial insults […]
# ActionSA in KwaZulu-Natal voted against eThekwini Municipality’s recommendation to write off unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure amounting to over one-billion-rand. During a council meeting yesterday, the provincial government of national unity voted in favour of the recommendation, which was passed. ActionSA’s Sanelisiwe Zuma says the council also bizarrely resolved not to hold any official […]
# The City of Ekurhuleni has suspended the Harambee bus service until further notice. The suspension of the bus service is informed by the currently ongoing taxi industry strike over the impounding of vehicles. Yesterday, taxi operators in the metro withdrew their services in protest against what they describe as unfair and unsustainable enforcement practices. The metro’s spokesperson, […]
# The South African National Taxi Council in Gauteng has assured the public that taxi operations across the province will continue as normal today. This follows reports that commuters in Ekurhuleni were expected to face taxi disruptions, amid growing tensions over the impoundment of minibus taxis, particularly the ten-seater vehicle. Santaco’s provincial secretary, Graham Fritz, […]
# Federation union Saftu has expressed concern at energy regulator Nersa’s 54-billion-rand settlement agreement with Eskom. This is after Nersa made an error in determining the power utility’s revenue for the current and next two financial years. Following the revisions to the price determination, the tariff increases for the next two years will be 8.8-percent […]
# The DA says it has written to the chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development to demand that the Small Business Ombud selection process be restarted without further delay. The DA’s Henro Krüger says the ANC’s attempt to force through its preferred candidate was referred back to the committee in June this […]
# The DA has welcomed the operationalisation of National Education and Training Council by the minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube. The DA’s Nazley Sharif says the council will serve the department as an advisory body on basic education policy matters after being first established in 2009. She says this is the first time the […]
