# News24 berig oudpresident Jacob Zuma se gesin het ‘n voorstel geweier om hom van Pietermaritzburg na ‘n militêre hospitaal in Pretoria te vlieg. Volgens die berig het die regering ‘n spesialis-mediese span na KwaZulu-Natal gestuur, insluitend ‘n noodsorgspesialis. News24 berig verder Zuma was Saterdag steeds in die Netcare St Anne’s-hospitaal in die sorg van […]
# Acting National Police Commissioner Puleng Dimpane has warned that anti-foreign sentiment must never be used to justify violence, looting, arson or intimidation. She says the Constitution protects peaceful protests and the right to express grievances, but these freedoms cannot be used to justify criminal acts or disrupt lawful activities. Dimpane says police will continue […]
# Die African Unite Borders Bus Trucks Association waarsku spanning oor immigrasie, asielaansoeke en die beskerming van vlugtelinge kan tot maatskaplike en politieke onbestendigheid lei. Die vereniging se voorsitter, Mukhwathi Phumudzo, sê die regering moet die kwessie dringend aanspreek om te verhoed dat spanning toeneem: # The African Unite Borders Bus Trucks Association has warned […]
# The African Unite Borders Bus Trucks Association has warned that tensions over immigration, asylum applications and refugee protection could lead to social and political instability. Association chairperson Mukhwathi Phumudzo says the government must urgently address immigration and border management to prevent tensions from escalating:
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions, has strongly condemned the burning of vehicles, shops and buildings, as well as looting and the destruction of property. The federation says no grievance, protest or political demand justifies violence against people, the destruction of livelihoods or the intimidation of communities. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani
says the violence has […]
# Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs has welcomed the withdrawal of the Department of Home Affairs’ directives following the Constitutional Court judgment on asylum seekers. The committee has also resolved to convene an urgent, in-person meeting to examine how the judgment will be implemented, particularly in relation to asylum applications. The committee has directed […]
# COSATU is reconvening its 15th National Congress in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, from today until Thursday. The congress is being held under the theme, Building a militant, revolutionary labour movement and strengthening anti-imperialist working-class unity to defend jobs and advance socialism. COSATU spokesperson Zanele Sabela says the gathering will bring together more than one-thousand-800 […]
# Die waarnemende nasionale polisiekommissaris, Puleng Dimpane, sê die polisie het ontplooiings in die land verskerp ná onrus rondom ‘n uitspraak in die Konstitusionele Hof oor asielaansoeke. Vier-en-twintig voertuie en eiendomme is sedert Donderdag beskadig. Dimpane sê bykomende hulpbronne is in Gauteng en KwaZulu-Natal ontplooi en alle beskikbare operasionele hulpbronne word landwyd ingespan. Sy sê […]
# News24 says former president Jacob Zuma’s family has refused a proposal to fly him from Pietermaritzburg to a military hospital in Pretoria. The publication says the government has instead sent a specialist medical team to KwaZulu-Natal, including a resuscitation expert. According to News24, Zuma on Saturday was still at the Netcare St Anne’s Hospital […]
