# Police minister Senzo Mchunu has condemned the alleged rape of a trainee by an instructor at the South African Police Service Training Academy in Tshwane. The suspect has been arrested and is due to appear in court today. Mchunu called the incident a gross abuse of power and a betrayal of trust. Ministry spokesperson […]
# Werknemers by die Nasionale Loterykommissie het na die Departement van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging in Pretoria opgeruk, vir beter salarisse en werksomstandighede. Die werknemers eis ‘n verhoging van 8.5-persent nadat die kommissie 6.5-persent aangebied het. Die Nasionale Lotery Kommissaris, Jodi Scholtz, sê ‘n verhoging van 7-persent is vir 2024/25 ingestel, wat ‘n pensioengewende verhoging […]
# ActionSA-leier Herman Mashaba het tydens die nasionale dialoog voorgestel dat Swart Ekonomiese Bemagtiging vervang word met ‘n Wet op Inklusiewe Ekonomiese Bemagtiging. Hy het by die Apartheidsmuseum planne aangekondig vir ‘n Geleentheidsfonds, wat deur ’n vyf persent winsheffing op maatskappye befonds sal word. Hy sê die fonds sal onderwys, infrastruktuur en entrepreneurskap in arm […]
# Die Ontwikkelingsbank van Suider-Afrika, in vennootskap met die Global Environment Facility en die VN se Omgewingsprogram, lei ’n volhoubare infrastruktuur-inisiatief in Johannesburg. Die projek beoog om toegang tot energie en klimaatsweerbaarheid te bevorder, en spreek stedelike uitdagings aan deur vyf pilare. Dit sluit onder meer in die omskakeling van afval na biogas by die […]
# International Relations and Cooperation minister Ronald Lamola says peace and development in Africa are deeply interconnected. He says escalating conflict in South Sudan, Sudan, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and the unresolved question of self-determination in Western Sahara remain critical elements on the continent’s security agenda. Lamola says the South African government expresses concern over the […]
# International Relations and Cooperation minister Ronald Lamola says the world is navigating a rapidly evolving geopolitical environment defined by rising global competition, economic volatility, and escalating geopolitical tensions. He was addressing the Gertrude Shope Women’s Mediation Network Solidarity Conference on Women, Peace and Security – Voices of Women within a Global Environment of Escalating Conflict in Pretoria. Lamola says the […]
# Statistics South Africa says manufacturing production declined by 0.8-percent in March compared to the same month last year. The biggest declines came from rubber and plastic products, the petroleum and chemical sector, as well as electrical machinery. Stats SA’s Nicolai Claassen, says food, beverages, and vehicle manufacturing are among the worst-affected sectors:
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare het kommer uitgespreek ná ‘n onlangse onthulling dat 464 openbare skole in Suid-Afrika nie meer wiskunde as vak aanbied nie. Die betrokke skole is in KwaZulu-Natal, die Oos-Kaap, Limpopo en die Wes-Kaap. Claude Naiker van die vereniging versoek die Departement van Basiese Onderwys om die werwing en behoud van geskoolde […]
# ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has proposed replacing B-BBEE with an Inclusive Economic Empowerment Act during the national dialogue. Speaking at the Apartheid Museum, he announced plans for an Opportunity Fund, financed by a five-percent company profit levy. He says the fund would boost education, infrastructure, entrepreneurship in poor communities, tackling inequality through practical, inclusive […]
