# RISE Mzansi is diep bekommerd oor die toenemende taxigeweld in die Wes-Kaap, nadat nege bestuurders in minder as ‘n week dood en ses ander beseer is. RISE Mzansi se woordvoerder, Makashule Gana, vra sigbare wetstoepassing en stop-en-deursoek-operasies sodat beslag gelê kan word op onwettige vuurwapens, die ouditering van taxiroetes en permitte, sowel as om […]
# The case against former ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe, and six others has been postponed to 18 February next year to allow the defense to examine the financial charge sheet. Appearing briefly at Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court, they face fraud and corruption charges linked to a 27-million-rand tender for 200 waste collection vehicles awarded to […]
# The National Student Financial Aid Scheme is taking decisive action to ensure students get funding despite a ten-billion-rand shortfall in university allocations and two-billion-rand gap for TVET colleges. NSFAS board chairperson Karen Stander told the media over 780-thousand students have received funding so far, while measures are underway to streamline appeals, improve student accommodation, […]
# Sakeliga het ‘n aansoek in die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria ingedien om die Nasionale Gesondheidsversekeringswet ter syde te stel. Hy voer aan dit kom neer op die nasionalisering van gesondheidsorg en verbied privaat mediese skemas. Sakeliga sluit hom aan by hospitale, mediese skemas en beroepslui in hul teenkanting teen die Wet. Die organisasie waarsku die […]
# Die waarnemende minister van Polisie, Firoz Cachalia, het bevestig die 27ste Interpol Afrika-streekskonferensie sal ‘n Interpol Afrika-komitee stig. Cachalia sê die stap word verwelkom as noodsaaklik vir die bekamping van misdaad. Cachalia sê die komitee is belangrik vir die vestiging van samewerking om Interpol duursaam, volhoubaar en ontvanklik vir Afrika se uitdagings te maak. […]
# Die GOOD-party sê Ian Cameron van die DA se besluit om ‘n vuurwapen te dra tydens ‘n besoek aan Filippi in die Wes-Kaap is uiters ontstellend. Cameron het die vuurwapen gebruik tydens ‘n aanval op sy voertuig verlede week tydens ‘n toesigbesoek. GOOD se sekretaris-generaal, Brett Herron, sê Cameron se optrede simboliseer koloniale era-idees […]
# RISE Mzansi has expressed deep concern over rising taxi violence in the Western Cape, where nine drivers have died and six others were injured in less than a week. RISE Mzansi’s Makashule Gana calls on the police to intensify visible policing, stop-and-search operations to remove illegal guns, auditing of taxi routes and permits and […]
# Sakeliga has filed an application in the Pretoria High Court to overturn the National Health Insurance Act, arguing it effectively nationalises healthcare and bans private medical schemes. Sakeliga joins hospitals, medical schemes, and professionals in opposing the Act. The organisation warns the plan would require a 30-percent income tax hike, risk a fiscal crisis, […]
# The GOOD Party says the DA’s Ian Cameron’s decision to carry a gun during a visit to Philippi in the Western Cape is deeply disturbing. Cameron used the gun when his vehicle came under attack last week during an oversight visit. GOOD secretary-general Brett Herron says Cameron’s actions symbolise colonial-era notions of civilised Whites […]
