# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Health has criticised the Interim Traditional Health Practitioners Council for failing to fully implement the Traditional Health Practitioners Act nearly two decades after it was passed. Committee chairperson Faith Muthambi says the absence of regulations, enforcement systems and a national practitioner register continues to expose communities to unsafe practices. Committee […]
# Union federation Cosatu says the Border Management Authority must be applauded for intercepting a drug consignment worth nearly one-billion-rand at the Beitbridge border post in Musina, Limpopo. Three suspects were arrested during the operation. Investigations are currently underway to determine the intended destination of the substance and whether the syndicate forms part of a […]
# The Forum for South Africa says the decision by the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee to increase the repo rate by 25 basis points is an economic punishment for the poor and working class. The repo rate is now at seven-percent, while the prime lending rate increases from 10.25-percent to 10.5-percent. FOSA leader, […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare het kommer uitgespreek oor agt-duisend-180 werknemers van die departement Binnelandse Sake wat die afgelope vyf boekjare aangekla is van werkverskaffing aan buitelanders sonder wettige permitte. Die minister van Binnelandse Sake, Leon Schreiber, sê ses-duisend-279 inspeksies en ondersoeke by werkplekke is in dieselfde tyd gedoen in ‘n poging om immigrasiewette af […]
# Die Madlanga-ondersoekkommissie oorhandig vandag sy tweede tussentydse verslag aan president Cyril Ramaphosa. Die kommissie is in September verlede jaar aangestel ná bewerings van misdadigheid, politieke inmengery en korrupsie in die strafregstelsel. Tot dusver is 60 mense se getuienis aangehoor. Die tweede tussentydse verslag sal na verwagting fokus op dwelmkartelle en die onwettige beweging van […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag sê berigte dat soldate ontplooi gaan word omdat beplande optogte en betogings volgende maand verwag word, is vals en misleidend. Die groep teen onwettige immigrante, March and March, beplan ʼn sluiting vir 30 Junie en eis dat onwettige immigrante wat in Suid-Afrika woon, onmiddellik en in massas gedeporteer word. Die […]
# The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry is expected to hand over its second interim report to president Cyril Ramaphosa today. The commission was established in September last year, following allegations of criminality, political interference, and corruption in the criminal justice system. It has so far heard testimony from 60 witnesses, and its second interim report […]
# The South African National Defence Force says reports suggesting soldiers will be deployed in anticipation of planned marches and protest action next month are false and misleading. The anti-illegal-immigration group March and March is planning a shutdown on June 30th, calling for the immediate and mass deportation of illegal immigrants currently living in South […]
# Die vakbond Giwusa sê die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank se Monetêre Beleidskomitee se besluit om die terugkoopkoers met 25 basispunte te verhoog, is ʼn voortsetting van klas-uitbuiting deur woeker-afpersing. Die komitee se besluit kom te midde van stygende verbruikerspryse wat deur konflik in die Midde-Ooste veroorsaak word. GIWUSA-president, Mametlwe Sebei, sê werkersklas-verteenwoordiging op die beleidskomitee en […]
