# 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 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 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 […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse polisie het ‘n soektog na verdagtes van stapel gestuur na ‘n sinnelose daad van geweld wat vroeg vanoggend die lewens van drie mans geëis het. Speurders van die polisie se anti-bende-eenheid ondersoek drie aanklagte van moord na die skietvoorval in Delft op die Kaapse Vlakte. Polisiewoordvoerder Andrè Traut sê die slagoffers is […]
# The Western Cape police have launched a manhunt for suspects following senseless act of violence that claimed the lives of three men in Delft during the early hours of Sunday morning. Police anti-Gang Unit detectives have initiated an investigation into three counts of murder following a shooting incident in Delft on the Cape Flats. […]
# The Activists and Citizens Forum is calling upon the National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola to intervene and withdraw the Hawks from the Tembisa Hospital two-billion-rand looting investigation and allow the Political Killings Task Team to take over the investigation. Forum spokesperson, Dennis Bloem says it is clear from evidence led at the Madlanga Commission […]
