# AfriForum het die terugbetaling aan inwoners van die onwettige skoonmaakheffing deur die Tshwane Metro verwelkom. Die kreditering volg na ‘n Hooggeregshofbeslissing dat die heffing onwettig en ongeldig is. Arno Roodt van AfriForum sê krediete word aan inwoners gestuur, en spaar die stad meer as 58-miljoen-rand. Roodt warsku die metro dat enige appél belastingbetalers se […]
# Die onderwysaktivis Hendrick Makaneta verwelkom die minister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Buti Manamela, se besluit om ondersoek in te stel na bewerings van rassediskriminasie by die Universiteit van Kaapstad. Volgens bewerings het wit studente hoër punte gekry terwyl swart studente onregverdig gepenaliseer is. Makaneta prys die universiteit omdat hy ‘n onafhanklike ondersoek toelaat […]
# Rugby: Die Gautrein-bestuursagentskap en PRASA het saamgespan om vervoer te bied aan ondersteuners wat môre die Springbokke se Rugbykampioenskapswedstryd teen Australië op Ellispark gaan bywoon. Ondersteuners kan die Gautrein na Parkstasie neem en dan dadelik oorklim op ‘n PRASA-trein tot by die stadion. Gautrein se woordvoerder, Albi Modise, sê die veldtog bevorder veilige, gerieflike […]
# Gauteng Roads and Transport MEC Kedibone Diale-Tlabela says fragmented e-hailing leadership hampers progress in resolving industry disputes. Speaking outside Maponya Mall following the death of an e-hailing driver, Tlabela says the department plan to formalise the sector to ensure consistent engagement and address illegal operations. She emphasised that the department will mediate between taxi […]
# Union federation Saftu says it’s pausing its participation in the national dialogue set to start today at the University of South Africa in Tshwane. The union federation says the process is controlled by the government, lacks transparency, and ignores the voices of workers and communities. Saftu’s Asive Dyani says the federation wants a citizen-led, […]
# Justice and Constitutional Development minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi has appointed five additional members to the South African Law Reform Commission’s Advisory Committee for the Review of the Criminal Justice System. Also known as Project 151, the new appointees join eight members appointed in 2023. The new members include professor Geert Philip Stevens from the University […]
# The United Democratic Movement has condemned the killing of an e-hailing driver at Maponya Mall, Soweto on Wednesday describing it as an assault on safety and livelihoods in the transport sector. UDM’s Yongama Zigebe calls for urgent action from government, SAPS, and the Gauteng Rransport Department to resolve ongoing taxi–e-hailing tensions. He also calls […]
# AfriForum has welcomed the Tshwane Metro’s crediting of the city cleansing levy, following a High Court ruling declaring it unlawful and invalid. AfriForum’s Arno Roodt says residents’ accounts are being credited, saving over 58-million-rand citywide. Roodt warns the metro that any appeal would waste taxpayers’ money and vows to challenge it. He hails the […]
# Sakeliga and the National Employers’ Association of South Africa will appear in the High Court in Pretoria today to challenge the new employment equity quotas. The organisations argue that the race and gender-based quotas, set to begin next month, were introduced without proper consultation and will be costly and difficult for businesses to implement. […]
