# Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says xenophobia and issues of immigration must be dealt with decisively. In recent months, groups campaigning against illegal immigration and crime have gathered growing momentum. Yesterday, various political parties and civil organisations, including March and March Movement, led a mass protest through Pinetown, west of Durban, in their […]
# Die DA vra die minister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Buti Manamela, om die administrateur van die Bou-opvoedings en Opleidingsraad, Oupa Nkoane, te ontslaan. Hy het self sy salarispakket van drie-miljoen-rand vasgestel en goedgekeur sonder die departement of die minister se goedkeuring. Karabo Khakhau van die DA sê ‘n administrateur van ‘n onderwys- en […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu sê hy neem kennis van die benede inflasie-aanpassing van die openbarevervoer-operateur Putco se reisgeld vir passasiers. Die maatskappy sal busgeld van 1 Junie af met gemiddeld tien-persent verhoog weens die stygende dieselprys en toenemende operasionele druk. Matthew Parks van Cosatu sê dis belangrik dat die regering brandstof-heffingverligting behou totdat die oorlog […]
# Die Vryemarkstigting sê hy het herhaaldelik gewaarsku dat Nasionale Gesondheidsversekering onbekostigbaar, ongrondwetlik, ekonomies vernietigend en strydig met vryheid van keuse in gesondheidsorg is. Die Konstitusionele Hof het Artikel 36 tot 40 van die Wet op Nasionale Gesondheidsorg ongrondwetlik verklaar. Hierdie afdelings hou verband met die staat se beheer oor waar gesondheidsorg-praktisyns of praktyke mag […]
# Die MK-party het ‘n beroep op die regering gedoen om dringend in te gryp nadat Israelse magte ses Suid-Afrikaners wat aan boord van die Global Sumud Flotilla was, aangehou het. Hulle was deel van ‘n groep van sowat 100 aktiviste wat probeer het om van Turkye na Gaza te vaar om die Israelse blokkade […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse tak van die Anti-Apartheid Movement for Palestine veroordeel Israel se aanvalle op bote wat deel is van die Global Sumud-flottielje. Ses Suid-Afrikaners is Maandag deur Israelse magte aangekeer nadat die flottielje in internasionale water voorgekeer is terwyl hulle probeer het om deur die Gaza-blokkade te breek en hulp te verleen. Die beweging […]
The DA has written to the minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela, demanding that he fire Construction Education and Training Authority administrator, Oupa Nkoane. He unilaterally determined and approved his own three-million-rand salary package, without the department or the minister’s authorisation. The DA’s Karabo Khakhau says an administrator should be an honest public […]
# Union federation Cosatu says it notes the below inflation adjustment by public transport operator Putco for passenger fares. The company will be increasing bus fares by an average of ten-percent from the first of June, citing soaring diesel prices and mounting operational pressures. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says it is important that government retain the […]
# The Free Market Foundation says it has repeatedly warned that National Health Insurance is unaffordable, unconstitutional, economically destructive, and incompatible with freedom of choice in healthcare. The Constitutional Court has declared Sections 36 to 40 of the NHI Act unconstitutional. These sections relate to a state programme designed to control where healthcare practitioners or […]
