# Die vakverbond Cosatu verwelkom die Gelykheidshof se onlangse uitspraak wat haatspraak teenoor die LGBTQIA+ gemeenskap veroordeel. Regslui vir Menseregte en die Suid-Afrikaanse Menseregtekommissie het die saak teen ʼn openbare figuur, Ngizwe Mchunu, aanhangig gemaak. Dit volg na ʼn vlaag aanlyn haatspraak, teistering en diskriminasie teen LGBTQIA+ persone. Cosatu-woordvoerder Nonzuzo Dlamini sê haatspraak en haatmisdade het […]
# The Public Servants Association has called for an urgent and independent forensic investigation into lost investment by the Public Investment Corporation. The PIC’s Isibaya Fund invested more than 18.2-billion-rand in 23 companies, which ultimately recorded an internal rate of return of minus 100-percent, meaning the investments lost all their value. PSA’s Claude Naicker says the […]
# Acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia says an attack on political representatives or supporters, regardless of party affiliation, is an attack on the democratic rights of all South Africans. This follows a spate of suspected political killings during this past weekend’s voter registration drive. A DA by-election candidate was killed in Cape Town, while an […]
# Union federation Cosatu has welcomed the recent Equality Court judgement condemning hate speech towards the LGBTQIA+ community. The case was brought forward by the Lawyers for Human Rights and the South African Human Rights Commission against a public figure, Ngizwe Mchunu, following a spate of online hate speech, harassment and unfair discrimination against LGBTQIA+ persons. Cosatu’s Nonzuzo Dlamini says offences of hate […]
# Die MK-party veroordeel ʼn artikel in TimesLive wat volgens hom partyleier Jacob Zuma by die bespreking rondom die betogings in Julie 2021 betrek en by implikasie ook by volgende week se optogte teen onwettige immigrasie. Hy sê die artikel hou nie by feite nie, maar gebruik anonieme aansprake van bronne wat na bewering na […]
# Die DA is bekommerd oor die besluit deur die Speaker van die Nasionale Vergadering, Thoko Didiza, om nie die dringende aansoek om ‘n interdik deur president Cyril Ramaphosa teen te staan om die werk van die Ampsklagkomitee te staak nie. Die Parlement sê die speaker het regsadvies en die onderskeie rolle van die Nasionale […]
# The MK Party has condemned a TimesLive article, which it says seeks to drag party leader Jacob Zuma’s name into discussion around the July 2021 unrest, and by implication, attempting to associate him with next week’s anti-illegal immigration marches. It says the article does not rely on facts, but on anonymous claims allegedly from […]
# Die ampsklagkomitee se voorsitter, Makashule Gana, het gister amptelik ʼn beëdigde verklaring by die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof ingedien om president Cyril Ramaphosa se dringende aansoek om te keer dat die komitee met sy werk voortgaan, teen te staan. Die president soek ʼn interdik hangende die hersiening van die onafhanklike paneel se verslag oor sy optrede […]
# The DA has expressed concern at National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza’s decision not to oppose the urgent interdict application by president Cyril Ramaphosa to halt the work of the Impeachment Committee. Parliament says the speaker had carefully considered legal advice and the respective roles of the National Assembly and the Impeachment Committee before deciding […]
