# Trade union Solidarity has welcomed a Labour Court order aimed at resolving long-standing delays in issuing Red Seal certificates to qualified artisans. The court has ordered government departments and skills development bodies to meet before the end of September to address problems in the certification process. Solidarity’s Stef Pretorius says the delays have prevented […]
# Die Pan-Suid-Afrikaanse Taalraad veroordeel aksentgebaseerde diskriminasie te midde van voortdurende immigrasiespanning. Uitvoerende hoof Keaobaka Seshoka het aan die SABC gesê taal is nie ‘n geldige aanduiding van nasionaliteit nie en waarsku daarteen om mense se burgerskap volgens hul aksent te beoordeel. Sy sê aksente moet nooit as verdag beskou word nie, aangesien baie Afrikatale […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa and Namibia must strengthen cooperation to drive economic growth and shared development. He co-chaired the fourth South Africa-Namibia bi-national commission in Pretoria with Namibian president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. Ramaphosa described Namibia as South Africa’s sister nation, bound by a shared struggle for freedom. He says the success of the […]
# Openbare Beskermer Kholeka Gcaleka het bevind Gaugtengse munisipaliteite versuim om voedselveiligheids-wette in die informele sektor af te dwing. Meer as 16-duisend-240 kosverkopers voldoen nie aan regulasies nie, terwyl die provinsie slegs 30-persent van die vereiste omgewings-gesondheidsinspekteurs in diens het. Gcaleka sê die versuim kan verbruikers-veiligheid in gedrang bring. Sy verwys ook na skoolvoedingskemas wat […]
# Die Madlanga-kommissie het ‘n nuwe dagvaarding uitgereik aan die hoof van die Ondersoekdirektoraat teen Korrupsie, Andrea Johnson. Woordvoerder Jeremy Michaels het bevestig sy is terug by die werk nadat sy in die hospitaal was. Die kommissie ondersoek bewerings van magsmisbruik in verband met ondersoeke deur Misdaadintelligensie, asook aantygings dat Johnson vir generaal-majoor Feroz Khan […]
# The Madlanga commission has issued a fresh subpoena to the head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption, Andrea Johnson. Spokesperson Jeremy Michaels confirmed she has returned to work after being admitted to hospital. The commission is investigating allegations of abuse of power linked to Crime Intelligence investigations and claims Johnson shielded Major-General Feroz Khan […]
# The Pan South African Language Board has condemned accent-based profiling amid ongoing immigration tensions. Speaking to the SABC, PanSALB CEO Keaobaka Seshoka said language is not a valid indicator of nationality and warned against judging people’s citizenship by their accent. She said accents must never be criminalised, as many African languages cross borders, and […]
# Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka has found that Gauteng municipalities failed to enforce food safety laws in the informal sector. More than 16-thousand-240 food vendors are reportedly non-compliant with regulations, while the province has only 30-percent of the required environmental health inspectors. Gcaleka said these failures may have compromised consumer safety. She also cited non-compliant […]
# Die roete tussen die Kaapstadse Internasionale Lughawe en OR Tambo in Gauteng was verlede jaar Afrika se besigste lughaweverbinding. Volgens die Internasionale Lugvervoervereniging se Wêreldlugvervoerstatistiek-verslag het ongeveer 3,4-miljoen passasiers tussen die twee bestemmings gereis. Die verslag sê die roete het alle ander lugroetes op die vasteland oortref. Asië is wêreldwyd die besigste lugroete, terwyl […]
