# Oorlewendes en afstammelinge van die Sharpeville-slagting in 1960 het ‘n geskiedkundige saak teen die regering in die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria aanhanging gemaak. Lawyers for Human Rights en Leigh Day ondersteun die groep wat die hof vra om die Vrywaringswet van 1961 tersyde te stel. Die wet het amptenare van die apartheidsregering teen aanspreeklikheid beskerm. […]
# Build One South Africa is calling on the City of Cape Town to scrap its proposed 120-million-rand N2 wall and redirect the money to fighting violent crime. BOSA says 869 people were murdered in Cape Town between April and June, equivalent to one murder every two-and-a-half hours. The party says the funds could instead […]
# Die Departement van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging moedig uitvoerders aan om saam te werk en toegang tot internasionale markte te verkry ingevolge die Groepsvrystelling vir die Bevordering van Uitvoere. Dit laat kwalifiserende ondernemings toe om sekere koste, infrastruktuur, markinligting en logistieke hulpbronne te deel, en soms gesamentlik produkte te bemark. Die maatreël reageer op […]
# The National Council of SPCAs has been admitted as a “friend of the court” in a Supreme Court of Appeal case concerning the export of horn from captive-bred rhinos. The case could have wider implications for protected species and captive-bred specimens. The NSPCA argues overall animal welfare must be considered and prioritised when authorities […]
# Survivors and descendants of the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre have filed a landmark case in the High Court in Pretoria against the government. Supported by Lawyers for Human Rights and Leigh Day, they want the court to overturn the 1961 Indemnity Act, which protected apartheid officials from liability. The families seek compensation and possible criminal […]
# Die vakbond Solidariteit het ‘n ondersoek van stapel gestuur na die Amerikaanse onderneming Amazon oor bewerings dat ondernemings in Suid-Afrika op grond van die eienaars se ras uitgesluit word van ‘n sakeontwikkelingsprogram. Amazon Web Services se beleggingsprogram vir ekonomiese bemagtiging, wat gelyke deelname en insluiting bevorder, aanvaar volgens berigte slegs ondernemings in swart besit. […]
# The Department of Trade Industry and Competition has urged South African exporters to collaborate to access international markets under the Block Exemption for Promotion of Exports. The framework allows qualifying businesses to share certain costs, infrastructure, market information and logistics, and jointly market goods where permitted. The department says the measure responds to rising […]
# ‘n Ipsos markpeiling studie toon byna een uit elke sewe Suid-Afrikaners sê hulle moes al van die werk, skool of universiteit wegbly omdat die vervoer te duur is. Die navorsing toon mense in die ouderdomsgroep van 25 tot 34 word die meeste geraak, met 23-persent wat aandui hulle het al om hierdie rede weggebly. […]
# Trade union Solidarity has launched an investigation into US company Amazon for allegedly excluding companies from a business development programme in South Africa based on their owners’ race. Amazon Web Services’ Equity Equivalent Investment Programme, which promotes diversity and inclusion, reportedly only accepts 100-percent black-owned businesses and disqualifies any company where a white person […]
