# The EFF has rejected the policy direction gazetted by Communications and Digital Technologies minister, Solly Malatsi. The party says it provides a backdoor for foreign multinationals like Elon Musk’s Starlink to bypass South Africa’s Black empowerment laws under the guise of the Equity Equivalent Investment Programmes. The EFF’s spokesperson, Thembi Msane says this policy is tailor-made […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa has denounced with contempt, what it calls, Cosatu’s outrageous proposal that South Africa should set aside its laws and regulations to accommodate Elon Musk’s Starlink internet. Giwusa president, Mametlwe Sebei says this is not merely a policy concession, it is a class betrayal. He says COSATU […]
# The Public Servants Association has noted the launch of a biometric verification system by the Department of Home Affairs as part of Operation New Broom to combat illegal immigration. The association’s spokesperson, Claude Naiker says there is still, however, a need to address staff shortages at the department. He says the biometric verification system […]
# ActionSA says it once again raises the alarm over the surge in gang violence tearing through communities across South Africa, where ruthless gangs turn neighborhoods into warzones. ActionSA’s spokesperson, Matthew George says gang violence is littering the streets of the Cape Flats in the Western Cape, Eldorado Park and Westbury in Gauteng, and Nelson […]
# Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions at the NPA’s National Sexual Offences and Community Affairs Unit, Mkhuseli Jokani, returned to the University of Fort Hare to graduate with his Master of Philosophy in Human Rights. He holds a B. Proc, a four-year undergraduate degree that was historically designed for aspiring attorneys, from the university, which […]
# Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa is recalling Ford Rangers that were made available for sale in 2024. This follows a recall of six car brands by their manufacturers last week. The National Consumer Commission’s head of Complaints and Investigations, Prudence Moilwa, says the recall by Ford is due to the front lower control […]
# An alumnus of the University of the Western Cape, Anthony Timoteus, says investing in young athletes, sharing his techniques and his truth is special. He will be participating in the UWC’s Fast and Flat 10-kilometre race tomorrow. Timoteus, who is currently a middle-distance coach for boys aged 14 to 19 at Stellenbosch High School, […]
# The Limpopo Department of Health says it is pursuing charges of misconduct against a medical doctor, who allegedly attempted to rape a pregnant patient at George Masebe Hospital. The incident occurred in a sonar room during an abdominal ultrasound process. The department’s spokesperson, Neil Shikwambana, says the doctor will also be subjected to a […]
# In celebrating Africa Day, the Tshwane University of Technology campus radio station will partner with Harare’s leading talk radio station for a special cross-border radio simulcast. Africa Day, which is commemorated annually on 25 May, marks the founding of the Organisation of African Unity in 1963, which later became the African Union. Tshwane FM […]
