# Die Rethink Your Drink-veldtog sê president Cyril Ramaphosa se aankondiging van ʼn gekoördineerde reaksie op alkohol-verwante geweld moet beskou word as ʼn sperdatum vir aksie. Die president het die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging en ander regeringsdepartemente opdrag gegee om binne 60 dae ʼn plan te ontwikkel wat alkoholverbruik betref, om alkohol-verwante geweld […]
# The South African Local Government Association says Cabinet’s approval of the Reviewed White Paper on Local Government is a landmark milestone in the ongoing transformation and renewal of the country’s local government system. The review seeks to modernise and strengthen the local government system to ensure municipalities are better equipped to respond to the developmental […]
# Union federation COSATU has welcomed president Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of further interventions to tackle gender-based violence and femicide. The president outlined a multi-disciplinary national strategy which will involve a coordinated fact-finding mission including a full count of the backlog related to GBVF cases countrywide. COSATU’s Matthew Parks says the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement must […]
# The GOOD Party is calling for urgent action against University of Cape Town Council members David Ansara and Advocate Mark Oppenheimer, who addressed the White Cross Project Conference in Washington, USA, last week. The conference was followed by the installation of about three-thousand white crosses on the National Mall in Washington, bearing the names […]
# Die minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Velinkosini Hlabisa, verwelkom die Kabinet se goedkeuring van die Hersiene Witskrif oor Plaaslike Regering en sê dis belangrik om die land se plaaslikeregeringstelsel te hervorm. Die hervormings is daarop gemik om ʼn stelsel te bou wat doeltreffend, finansieel volhoubaar en aanspreeklik is, en op gemeenskappe se […]
# Die DA-leier, Geordin Hill-Lewis, sê president Cyril Ramaphosa kondig sedert 2019 noodoptrede teen geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord aan, maar niks verander nie. Die president het gisteraand die nasie toegespreek en vier maatreëls aangekondig om die regering se reaksie op geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord te versterk. Dit sluit in ʼn oudit van sake waarby vroue en kinders […]
# Die Departement van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking het Amerika se ambassadeur, Leo Brent Bozell, ʼn derde keer in nege maande ontbied om sogenaamde “ondiplomatiese gedrag” te verduidelik. Dit volg na ʼn artikel waarin hy president Cyril Ramaphosa en sy regering kritiseer omdat hulle vyf versoeke van president Donald Trump se administrasie ignoreer. Dit sluit […]
# The Rethink Your Drink Campaign says president Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of a coordinated government response to alcohol-related violence must be treated as a deadline for action. The president has directed the minister of Trade, Industry and Competition and other government departments to develop a plan within 60 days around liquor consumption to reduce alcohol-related […]
# Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Velinkosini Hlabisa has welcomed Cabinet’s approval of the Reviewed White Paper on Local Government, calling it a game-changer for reforming the country’s local government system. The reforms aim to build a local government system that is fit for purpose, financially sustainable, accountable and responsive to the needs […]
