# The Institute of Race Relations says race laws are not only directly harmful, but also have painful second-order effects, holding back growth and investment, while denying people opportunities because of their race or gender. The US has imposed new visa restrictions on South Africans linked to race-based laws and expropriation without compensation. IRR CEO […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says he is looking forward to returning to his duties in full, serving the nation with renewed energy and commitment. Former president Thabo Mbeki, accompanied by the Thabo Mbeki Foundation CEO Max Boqwana, paid a courtesy visit to the deputy president yesterday, as he continues to recover from a recent […]
# ANC first deputy secretary-general Nomvula Mokonyane says they continue to call for collective action to confront gender-based violence and femicide, and build communities where women and children can live free from fear and violence. She visited the families of Elizabeth Moselakgomo, Dineo Motapane and Itumeleng Kekana, who are among the nine women killed in […]
# The family of 28-year-old Gracious Nkomo has positively identified her as one of the women whose bodies were discovered along the R21 in Kempton Park last week. She was the third woman discovered in the area. This comes as police continue to investigate the deaths of nine women across the East Rand. Four women […]
# Research by the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Social Development in Africa has found that social grants are mainly used for essential household needs, but can also support productive livelihood activities. Social Development minister Dina Pule says the research found that receiving the 370-rand Social Relief of Distress grant was associated with a 25-percentage-point increase […]
# ANC Eastern Cape secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi is threatening legal action against the party’s secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, over claims that he was responsible for the late submission of candidate lists to the Electoral Commission. Ngcukayitobi denies the claims, including that he altered a list approved by the National Executive Committee and has demanded a full […]
# Die sekretaris van die ANC in die Oos-Kaap, Lulama Ngcukayitobi, dreig met regstappe teen die party se sekretaris-generaal, Fikile Mbalula, oor bewerings dat hy verantwoordelik was vir die laat indiening van kandidaatlyste by die Verkiesingskommissie. Ngcukayitobi ontken die bewerings, insluitend dat hy ’n lys wat deur die Nasionale Uitvoerende Komitee goedgekeur is, gewysig het, […]
# Navorsing deur die Universiteit van Johannesburg se Sentrum vir Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling in Afrika het bevind maatskaplike toelaes word hoofsaaklik vir noodsaaklike huishoudelike behoeftes gebruik, maar kan ook produktiewe lewensbestaans-aktiwiteite ondersteun. Die minister van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling, Dina Pule, sê die navorsing het bevind dat die Maatskaplike Noodverligtingstoelaag van 370-rand verbind word met ‘n toename van […]
Mineral and Petroleum Resources minister Gwede Mantashe is demanding that the owners of Lily Mine in Mpumalanga take responsibility for retrieving the container and the bodies of the mineworkers who died in the 2016 disaster. Addressing the mine health and safety summit in Kempton Park, Gauteng, Mantashe said mine owners cannot benefit from mining operations, […]
