# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging van Psigiaters sê tekorte aan noodsaaklike geestesgesondheidsmedikasie raak openbare hospitale landwyd. Die tekorte het ‘n uitwerking op pasiënte met toestande soos skisofrenie, bipolêre versteuring en depressie. Voorrade van alternatiewe medisyne raak ook min en mag moontlik nie vir alle pasiënte werk nie. Mahlatse Thosago van die vereniging waarsku pasiënte wat nie […]
# Bluu Car Rental sê Suid-Afrikaners huur meer motors, reis verder en betaal minder per dag. Verhurings vir mense op vakansie het verlede jaar met 16-persent gestyg, wat dit die bedryf se grootste marksegment maak. Die gemiddelde daaglikse huurkoers het van 552-rand tot 501-rand gedaal, ondanks stygende brandstof-, versekerings- en onderhoudskoste. Kaapstad bly die land […]
# Sonke Gender Justice sê drankmisbruik dra by tot geslagsgeweld, kindermishandeling en ander maatskaplike probleme. Die organisasie steun die DG Murray Trust se uitdaging in die Konstitusionele Hof teen dele van die Noord-Kaapse drankwet, wat langer handelsure vir alkohol toelaat. Amukelani Chauke van Sonke voer aan gemeenskappe is nie behoorlik geraadpleeg voor die veranderinge aanvaar […]
# Parliament’s Education portfolio committee warns much remains to be done to implement the BELA Act as parents prepare for the 2027 school year. The Act makes Grade R compulsory and changes admissions and language policies. The Department of Education reported 11-thousand-715 admission-policy reviews and 11-thousand-657 language-policy reviews from schools are outstanding. Committee Chair Joy […]
# The Cape Town Manufacturing Summit is exploring investment opportunities and strategies to grow the Western Cape’s industrial sector. Manufacturing contributes approximately 15-percent of the province’s gross value added and remains a major source of employment. The Western Cape accounts for about 70-percent of South Africa’s renewable energy component manufacturing. Key growth areas include agro-processing, […]
# University of Cape Town researcher Kemgang Ghomsi Franck Eitel says global warming above 1.5 degrees Celsius could lead to rising sea levels for hundreds of years. He contributed to a major international report on the effects of climate change on polar ice sheets. The report warns melting ice in Greenland and Antarctica could cause […]
# AfriForum says communities should take greater responsibility for their own needs, including safety, education and basic services, while efforts to change the Constitution continue. The organisation states the Constitution provides for powers at provincial and municipal level, but too much political and financial authority remains centralised, limiting local decision-making. AfriForum’s Martin van Staden says […]
# Sonke Gender Justice says harmful alcohol use contributes to gender-based violence, child abuse and other social problems. The organisation is supporting the DG Murray Trust’s Constitutional Court challenge to parts of the Northern Cape liquor law, which allows longer alcohol trading hours. Sonke’s Amukelani Chauke argues communities were not properly consulted before the changes […]
# The South African Society of Psychiatrists says shortages of essential mental health medication are affecting public hospitals nationwide. The shortages are affecting patients with conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression. Alternative medicines are also running low and may not work for all patients. The society’s Mahlatse Thosago warns patients who cannot access their […]
