# The EFF has introduced the Electoral Amendment Bill as a private member’s bill to Parliament, saying it’s time to end the systematic exclusion of millions of citizens from the democratic process. The private member’s bill seeks to amend the Electoral Act of 1998 to provide for the automatic registration of all South African citizens […]
# SECTION27, representing Cancer Alliance, has expressed disappointment at the Gauteng Department of Health’s appeal to the recent judgment in the case for radiation oncology treatment. In August, the Gauteng High Court declared the department’s failure to provide radiation oncology services to cancer patients unconstitutional and ordered it to address the backlog list. Cancer Alliance’s […]
# The Water and Sanitation Department says the Sunday Time article, ‘Splashing out, Dry Taps as Water Boards drown in excess’ referring to board members earning almost 50-million-rand a year in board fees, is misleading. The department’s spokesperson, Wisane Mavasa, says the maximum amount earned by a board member in the last financial year was 1.7-million-rand. She adds […]
# The DA says it will urge the minister of Justice Mmamoloko Kubayi for greater whistleblower protection through legislative reforms. The DA’s Glynnis Breytenbach refers to the assassination of Johannesburg insolvency attorney, Bouwer van Niekerk. She says during his state of the nation address in February, president Cyril Ramaphosa stated that government would finalise the […]
# The Eastern Cape police have launched a manhunt for suspects responsible for a shooting that claimed the lives of two women and a nine-year-old girl in Gqeberha last night. Police spokesperson, Siphokazi Mawisa says police were summoned to a shooting incident at Malibale Street, Soweto on Sea in Kwazakele. Community members said they heard […]
# Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, says the promotion of human rights is inseparable from economic and social rights. She addressed the 63rd Annual Session of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organisation Conference in Uganda on Monday. Kubayi says South Africa remains firmly committed to supporting AALCO’s unique role in amplifying the collective […]
# Cosatu says it supports the demand by the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union for an increase in the death grant for police officers. Twenty-seven officers died in the line of duty between 1st April 2024 and 31st March this year. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Zanele Sabela, says it is unacceptable that the death grant of […]
# The City of Tshwane is inviting investors to help develop the Bon Accord Quarry. The quarry was established in 1904 to assist the metro in producing and providing material for the building and maintenance of roads. Mayoral committee member for Roads and Transport, Tlangi Mogale, says the quarry has the capacity to produce 300 […]
# The Freedom Front Plus says the City of Ekurhuleni’s flawed power tariff system is characterised by inconsistencies, poor planning and inadequate public consultation. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa recently approved the metro’s 2025/2026 financial year tariffs. The FF Plus is demanding the disclosure of Nersa’s formal letter approving the tariffs and the […]
