# TLU SA says the agriculture and agro-processing master plan should be built on a stronger economic foundation before its implementation is accelerated. The agricultural organisation also wants clarity on how transformation will be incorporated in the plan without undermining the sustainability of the agricultural sector. General manager Bennie van Zyl says farming must remain […]
# COSATU veroordeel wat hy noem ‘n media-geleentheid wat die Amerikaanse ambassade gebruik het om ‘n bespotting te maak van Suid-Afrika se grondwetlike soewereniteit. Die vakbondfederasie se woordvoerder, Matthew Parks, sê vryheid van spraak en van die media word in Suid-Afrika se Grondwet beskerm, en behoort nie deur diplomatieke sendings misbruik te word om vals […]
# AgriSA and the Institute for Security Studies have signed an agreement to strengthen efforts to improve rural safety. The organisations will collect, share and report on crime in rural areas to build a reliable picture of the problem. The information will help identify the causes of rural crime, improve safety measures and guide discussions […]
# Die taxi-eienaar van Mpumalanga, Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni, het voor die Madlanga-kommissie getuig verwysings na inmenging in die busonderneming PUTCO was oor wettige sakeonderhandelings. Gesprekke oor die Kwaggafontein-deurgang was oor bedryfs- en kontraktuele aangeleenthede en nie misdadige optrede nie. Sibanyoni het aan kommissaris Sandile Khumalo en getuienisleier Matthew Chaskalson gesê dit was daarop gemik om […]
# The Institute of Race Relations says most South Africans reject claims of a white genocide in the country. Its March poll shows 72-percent disagreed with the claim, while 19-percent agreed. The survey also indicated 70-percent do not want government to use apartheid-era racial categories when deciding who gets jobs and business opportunities. The institute’s […]
# Die Kaapse Onafhanklikheids-voorspraakgroep veroordeel die minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, se opmerking dat diegene wat dink Suid-Afrika is nie goed vir hulle nie, moet die land verlaat. Die organisasie sê dis afskuwelik en skynheilig. Woordvoerder Phil Craig sê burgers wat betoog teen misdaad, rasse-diskriminasie en slagspreuke wat moord voorstaan, lewer ‘n burgerlike diens […]
# ActionSA sê president Cyril Ramaphosa se toespraak oor geslagsgeweld is te laat en erken nie die voortdurende krisis en verswakte strafregstelsel wat vroue en kinders kwesbaar laat nie. Herman Mashaba van die party sê hoewel hy die oudit van sake verwelkom, is polisie-speurders oorlaai en kan nie onopgeloste sake hanteer nie. Mashaba sê die […]
# Mpumalanga taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni has told the Madlanga Commission references to interference in bus company PUTCO concerned legitimate commercial engagements. He says discussions about the Kwaggafontein corridor involved industry and contractual matters, rather than criminal conduct. Responding to commissioner Sandile Khumalo and evidence leader Matthew Chaskalson, Sibanyoni says engagements were conducted to […]
# Deputy minister in the Presidency Nonceba Mhlauli says the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention secured 139,693 earning opportunities for youth between April and June. Of these, 106-thousand were through SA Youth and 33-thousand-600 through the Employment Services of South Africa system. The programme helps young people move from education into work through employment, workplace experience, […]
