# COSATU resolutely supports its affiliate, the South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union, as it heads to the Labour Court today. The union is seeking an urgent interdict to halt Pick n Pay’s planned retrenchment of approximately 22-thousand workers. Cosatu spokesperson, Zanele Sabela says despite commitments to engage meaningfully following the intervention by Employment […]
# Table tennis: The South African Table Tennis Board has announced the national team selected to represent South Africa at the Commonwealth Championships in New Delhi, India, next week. Spokesperson Priya Ranchod says the prestigious championship will bring together the Commonwealth’s finest players, providing a world class platform for elite competition. She says South Africa […]
# The Soil of Africa Civic Movement has welcomed three Chapter 9 Institutions’ investigation into the criminal justice system’s response to gender-based violence and femicide. It seeks to identify systemic weaknesses in reporting, investigation and victim support processes, while developing recommendations to strengthen accountability and access to justice. Spokesperson Luzuko Sofute says this represents a […]
# Forum for South Africa has welcomed the national inquiry into the criminal justice system’s response to gender-based violence and femicide. The Commission for Gender Equality, the South African Human Rights Commission and the CRL Rights Commission’s inquiry seeks to identify systemic weaknesses in the reporting, investigation and victim support processes. FOSA leader, Tebogo Mashilompane, […]
# Hockey: The GOOD Party says the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture must financially support South Africa’s players instead of spending millions on officials’ World Cup trips. The party’s National Youth Organiser, Kaden Arguile, says the South African Hockey Federation’s public appeal for donations is an embarrassment. He says every year, players are sent […]
# ActionSA in the Western Cape says it is alarmed by findings from an oversight visit at Sarepta Old Age Home in Kuilsrivier, where it revealed a facility under severe operational and financial strain. Sarepta currently accommodates 136 residents, with approximately 60-percent of these psychiatric patients who have been discharged from hospitals into the facility’s […]
# The DA says the City of Tshwane must urgently complete the installation of water meters and associated infrastructure throughout Hammanskraal. This follows the commissioning of the Magalies Package Plant, as residents have long complained about the quality of their water, an issue that worsened after the deadly cholera outbreak in 2023. The DA’s Themba Fosi […]
# The DA in Gauteng has called on MEC for Roads and Logistics, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, to urgently resolve tensions with taxi associations. The Gauteng National Taxi Alliance and the South African National Taxi Council have threatened to strike if their demands are not addressed within seven days. They have cited delays in issuing operating licences and […]
# The civic movement Soil of Africa has welcomed minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson’s decision to initiate a comprehensive investigation into the six-thousand-238 state-owned residential properties. The properties are allocated to various user departments and occupied by government officials across the country, with most of them situated in KwaZulu-Natal. Soil of Africa […]
