# The University of Pretoria, through its Department of Institutional Advancement, has hailed its impactful partnership with software firm PowerFleet. Since the beginning of the partnership in 2018, PowerFleet has provided bursary support to 204 students, with a total investment of 11.4-million-rand so far. UP says the firm’s ongoing commitment has eased the financial burden of many […]
# The ANC Women’s League has criticised the DA’s announcement of Helen Zille as its mayoral candidate for Johannesburg ahead of next year’s local government elections, calling the move disingenuous and hypocritical. Zille, who is the party’s federal council chairperson, has promised to save the metro, drawing on her experience as City of Cape Town […]
# Rugby: Supporters are encouraged to fill the Cape Town Stadium on Friday evening, when the Stormers open the new United Rugby Championship season against defending champions Leinster. The Stormers made it to the quarterfinals last season, where they lost to the Glasgow Warriors. Mayoral committee member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, says due to […]
# The ANC Youth League says it will continue to support efforts to end political killings and to safeguard the country’s democracy. On Tuesday, former uMzimkhulu municipal manager Stanley Sikhosana, linked to the murder of former ANC Youth League secretary-general Sindiso Magaqa, was denied bail. ANCYL National Spokesperson, Zama Khanyase, says the arrest of Sikhosana forms […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says US president Donald Trump’s recent comments on climate change are reckless, and amount to a dangerous form of climate denialism and imperial arrogance. In a scathing speech to the United Nations earlier this week, Trump criticised climate change, calling it the greatest con job ever perpetrated on […]
# The United Democratic Students’ Movement says it is horrified by the continuing violation of children in schools by those who are meant to protect them across the country. In the past month, recent reports of sexual abuse, harassment and misconduct involving educators have surfaced at schools in Gauteng, the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State. UDESMO’ […]
# The National Union of Mineworkers says it strongly condemns the recent and alarming actions by Radel management in Randburg, Johannesburg. The company distributes and manufactures a wide range of products, with a particular focus on serving the heavy-duty vehicle industry. NUM says last week, a manager followed employees to the restroom to monitor the […]
# The ANC Youth League says president Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the 80th United Nations General Assembly resonated with its position of advancing the struggle for a just, equitable and people-centred world. In his speech on Tuesday, the president called for reform of the UN Security Council and accountability for violations of international law. ANCYL […]
# Gauteng Health and Wellness MEC, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko says her department is actively looking into the possibility of establishing its own laboratory to fast-track the processing of pathology results. Nkomo-Ralehoko was addressing delays in processing pathology results in the provincial legislature today. She says this initiative aims to enhance internal capacity, reduce dependency on National Health […]
