# The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa joined COSATU, the broader trade union movement and progressive organisations globally in expressing its solidarity with the people and workers of Eswatini as they continue their struggle for democracy, freedom and social justice. DENOSA supports the Global Week of Action for Democracy in Eswatini and the solidarity […]
# A total of 411 suspects were arrested for various crimes in Tshwane’s Olievenhoutbosch and Wierdabrug during a multidisciplinary crime prevention Operation Shanela yesterday. Police spokesperson Johan van Dyk says the suspects were arrested for crimes ranging from murder, attempted murder, armed robbery and rape. He added a total of 100 illegal immigrants were detained […]
# The Gauteng Human Settlements Department says the DA’s statement on the illegal occupation of housing projects is misleading. The party has accused the department of failing to protect housing projects, with 14 out of 45 having been illegally occupied in the last five years. These include Eagle Nest, Western Mega Project and Danville. Spokesperson […]
# Union federation Cosatu is concerned over South Africa’s child immunisation crisis, which the Health Department has declared a public health emergency. The proportion of infants under one year receiving no vaccines has tripled from 12.1-percent in 2017 to 36.3-percent earlier this year, leaving more than one in three babies completely unprotected. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum is calling on president Cyril Ramaphosa to make more funds available for the extension of the Madlanga commission. Of the 147-million-rand initially budgeted, 123-million-rand has already been spent, while additional funding is being sought. Spokesperson Dennis Bloem says Ramaphosa cannot tell South Africans there is no money when 700-million-rand was […]
# The organisation, Mining Affected Communities United in Action, is calling for an immediate investigation into the drowning of two young boys in a Harmony Gold Mine dam near Nyakallong township, Allanridge, in the Free State. According to information, the two children, aged eight and nine, went to swim in an unattended and unfenced dam owned […]
# Agricultural organisation TLU SA is calling on government to take decisive action to address the diversion of firearms from state custody into criminal hands. It highlights the case of former police officer Christiaan Prinsloo, who was involved in a network that supplied firearms from police custody to criminals between 2007 and 2015. TLU SA’s Bennie van […]
# The IFP is demanding the immediate deployment of the KwaZulu-Natal Political Task Team to investigate the killing of two of its councillors in separate incidents. The party’s Ward 17 councillor, Khethelo Mdluli, under the uMlalazi Municipality, was shot at his home in Gingindlovu last week, and succumbed to his injuries in hospital. Ward 8 councillor […]
# Union federation COSATU has urged the Foschini Group to earnestly consider the impact of store closures on its staff and find an alternative solution. The company plans to close about 280 stores in Africa through 2029, as the retailer hones in on online sales, which are outpacing the performance of its physical operations. COSATU’s […]
