# Teachers’ union SADTU says violence against women is not only a gross violation of human rights, but also devastates families and undermines the very foundation of society. This follows the discovery of nine women’s bodies in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. SADTU spokesperson Nomusa Cembi says they condemn in the strongest terms all acts of brutality. She […]
# Die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, het die Internasionale Handelsadministrasie-kommissie versoek om Suid-Afrika handelsbeleid oor papierprodukte te hersien. Dit volg op versoeke van plaaslike vervaardigers vir hoër pryse vir internasionale papierprodukte aangesien hulle sukkel om mee te ding met goedkoper ingevoerde produkte, hoër elektrisiteit en vervoerkoste, en druk op winsgrense. Tau […]
# Die Departement van Gesondheid sê Suid-Afrika het tussen 14 Augustus en 17 September een onbevestigde en 18 bevestigde a-pokke-gevalle gehad. Vyftien gevalle is in Kaapstad aangeteken, drie in Gauteng, en die onbevestigde een in KwaZulu-Natal. Die betrokke individue is tussen 23 en 50 jaar oud. Die departement se woordvoerder, Foster Mohale, waarsku mense om […]
# Union federation COSATU is concerned about the dangers posed by the Constitutional Court ruling setting aside the Public Procurement Act. The legislation aimed to create uniform rules for how government institutions, provinces, and municipalities spend public money on goods and services. The court ruled the National Assembly failed to allow reasonable public participation following significant […]
# The Gauteng government has accused the DA of exploiting the tragic killings of women in Ekurhuleni for political gain. Earlier this week, the party offered to add 500-thousand-rand to the police’s 400-thousand-rand cash reward for information that could assist the investigation into the murders of nine women. Provincial government spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga says the […]
# Survivors Unite moedig Suid-Afrikaners aan om vandag swart te dra ter herinnering aan die nege vroue wat reg oor Ekurhuleni vermoor is en alle vroue wat onder geweld ly. Die organisasie sê hierdie moorde is ‘n pynlike herinnering daaraan dat vroue in die land steeds onder die daaglikse werklikheid van geweld leef. Hy sê […]
# The DA says the Constitutional Court judgment declaring the Public Procurement Act unconstitutional and invalid is a decisive victory for constitutional subsidiarity. The Western Cape Government and the amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism had challenged Parliament’s process, including the treatment of Chapter 4, which deals with the use of public procurement to advance socioeconomic […]
# The South African National AIDS Council Civil Society Forum has condemned the killing of nine women across Ekurhuleni, saying this highlights the grave and persistent crisis of gender-based violence and femicide in the country. Kempton Park is currently under lockdown, as investigations into these murders are ongoing. The forum’s spokesperson, Karabo Makgato, says they are […]
# The Department of Health says South Africa has recorded 18 laboratory-confirmed Mpox cases and one probable case between 14 August and 17 September. Fifteen cases have been recorded in Cape Town, three in Gauteng, and the one probable case is in KwaZulu-Natal. The affected individuals range in age from 23 to 50 years. The […]
