# Adjunkminister vir Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling, Ganief Hendricks, doen ‘n beroep op stelsels wat hindernisse vir kinders met gestremdhede in die Wes-Kaap verwyder. Hendricks het herhaal die regte van kinders ten opsigte van onderwys, spel en deelname kan nie sonder maatskaplike sekerheid en toegang tot noodsaaklike dienste bestaan nie. Hy sê burgers moet ‘n Suid-Afrika bou […]
# The DA has noted with deep concern the escape of convicted rapist, Jakob September, from Helderstroom Maximum Correctional Centre in Caledon, in the Western Cape on Saturday. The party says September, originally from Riversdale, was serving a 28-year sentence for violent sexual offences. The DA’s Nicholas Gotsell says they are demanding that both the Western Cape provincial police commissioner Thembisile […]
# The DA in Gauteng is challenging the Health Department to sanction a hospital security company that has reportedly failed to pay over provident funds collected from its workers. The DA’s Jack Bloom says Mafoko Security Patrols has several contracts to guard Gauteng hospitals, including a 58-million-rand a year contract for 206 guards at the […]
# The University of Pretoria and Rand Water, have signed a landmark collaboration agreement to establish the Rand Water Research, Development and Innovation Hub at UP. The university says the hub aims to become a leading centre for water management, generating practical and sustainable solutions to enhance water and sanitation across South Africa and the […]
# City Power says it is intensifying its efforts to recover more than ten-billion-rand owed to the utility, with 1.6-billion-rand of that debt owed by customers within the Hursthill Service Delivery Centre supply area. It says two business parks in Croesus owing City Power 17-million-rand and 5.3-million-rand respectively, along with a business property in Melville in arrears of 3.1-million-rand, […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says the era of reckless retrenchments, outsourcing, labour broking, and unilateral restructuring without transparency or genuine consultation is over in South Africa. SAFTU’s spokesperson, Newton Masuku commented on a Labour Court judgment on Friday, in favour of the Food and Allied Workers Union, ordering the reinstatement of […]
# The DA has welcomed the Western Cape Standing Committee on Economic Development and Tourism plan to assess readiness for the new tourist arrivals for the upcoming festive season. The party says the Committee will meet on Wednesday and will engage with key stakeholders to ensure the province’s tourism infrastructure, visitor management systems, and support services […]
# Deputy Minister for Social Development Ganief Hendricks is calling for systems that remove barriers for children with disabilities in the Western Cape. Hendricks reiterated that the rights of children to education, play, and participation cannot exist without social security and access to essential services. He says citizens must build a South Africa where every child belongs, […]
# Education activist, Hendrick Makaneta says the safety of educators and learners should be a top priority for both the Department of Education and law enforcement agencies. On Friday, the Dinoto Technical Secondary School deputy principal was shot and injured while making his way into the school premises in Daveyton, Ekurhuleni. Makaneta says this act […]
