# General Industries union Giwusa says the latest unemployment figures rising to 32.9-percent, expose the failure of capitalism and the government of national unity’s economic strategy. According to the union, the loss of 291-thousand jobs in the first quarter of this year reflects a deepening crisis driven by austerity, privatisation, and anti-worker policies. Giwusa president […]
# AfriForum says it’s time South Africa gets cheaper medical aid options. This follows a Council for Medical Schemes report on low-cost benefit options. AfriForum agrees that the current framework has flaws but urges implementation rather than further delays. Spokesperson Louis Boshoff says 24-years of research and no approval is unacceptable. He argues that public […]
# AfriForum sê dis tyd dat Suid-Afrika goedkoper mediese fonds-keuses kry. Dit volg op ’n verslag van die Raad op Mediese Skemas oor laekoste-voordele. AfriForum stem saam dat die huidige raamwerk gebreke het, maar vra die instelling daarvan eerder as verdere vertragings. Woordvoerder Louis Boshoff sê 24 jaar se navorsing sonder goedkeuring is onaanvaarbaar. Hy […]
# Die minister van Verdediging en Militêre Veterane, Angie Motshekga, is in Berlyn, Duitsland, waar sy die Verenigde Nasies se Ministeriële Vergadering oor vredesbewaring bywoon. Die hoëvlakforum, wat gister begin het en vandag afsluit, bring ministers van Verdediging van regoor die wêreld bymekaar om die versterking van vredesmandate te bespreek en steun vir toekomstige vredesoperasies […]
# Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga, is in Berlin, Germany, attending the United Nations peacekeeping ministerial. The high-level forum, from yesterday and concluding today, brings together defence ministers from across the globe to discuss strengthening peacekeeping mandates and pledging support for future peace operations. Ministry spokesperson Onicca Kwakwa says Motshekga will also […]
# Die vakbondfederasie Cosatu sê dis kommerwekkend dat die werkloosheidsyfer in die eerste kwartaal van vanjaar tot 32,9-persent gestyg het. Matthew Parks van Cosatu sê Statistieke SA se verslag dat drie uit vier jongmense werkloos is, is ontstellend en hy doen ’n beroep vir dringende hervorming om werksgeleenthede te skep. Hy pleit vir ’n grootskaalse […]
# The Congress of South African Trade Unions says it is troubling that the unemployment rate has increased to 32.9-percent in the first quarter of this year. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says Statistics SA’s report of three in four young people being unemployed is alarming and called for urgent reform to create employment opportunities. He calls […]
# Die DA sê vandag se gesamentlike parlementêre sitting tussen die portefeuljekomitees op Landbou en die Polisie is ’n deurslaggewende stap om landelike en plaasveiligheid aan te pak. Die party dring ook aan op geteikende optrede om veediefstal te bekamp, wat die landbousektor jaarliks meer as drie-miljard-rand kos. Willie Aucamp van die DA sê beter […]
# The DA says today’s joint parliamentary meeting between the portfolio committees on Agriculture and Police is a crucial step in addressing rural and farm safety. The party is also pushing for targeted actions to combat stock theft, which costs the agricultural sector over three-billion-rand annually. The DA’s Willie Aucamp says better cooperation between police […]
