# Union federation Cosatu urges the Industrial Development Corporation to quickly create a plan to fix and reopen the Mozal aluminium plant in Mozambique. The plant has been closed because there is not enough electricity due to drought-related power shortages and high electricity costs. Mozal provides about five-thousand direct jobs and up to 25-thousand, in […]
# The DA has urged government of national unity partners to work together on coordinated steps to strengthen law enforcement, improve border control and prevent further violence. The party’s Glynnis Breytenbach says Parliament’s security cluster committees should urgently convene a joint sitting to respond to growing concerns over attacks on foreign nationals and community unrest. […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says the fight for quality and equal education remains unfinished, 50-years after the historic Soweto Uprising. Commemorating the 16 June 1976 protests against Bantu Education, SAFTU has honoured the students whose actions helped shape South Africa’s liberation struggle. While acknowledging improved access to education since democracy, the […]
# The South African National Roads Agency has launched a Contractor Development Programme aimed at strengthening black-owned civil engineering companies and expanding participation in road infrastructure projects. The initiative targets Construction Industry Development Board grade five to nine contractors and will provide training, mentorship, skills development and financial support. SANRAL says ten-percent of selected projects […]
# Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero has been removed as ANC Gauteng convenor of the local government intervention subcommittee and replaced by Nathi Congwane, just weeks after his appointment. The party says the change is part of ongoing adjustments to its deployment structures. According to News24, reports suggest concerns were raised about Morero holding both the […]
# The South African Medical Association says fake doctors are becoming harder to detect and are putting patients at risk. They warn that fraudulent practitioners are using more advanced methods, including forged qualifications, falsified registration documents and identity theft, allowing some to operate undetected for long periods. According to recent figures, more than 50 bogus […]
# The 1976 Soweto Uprising student leader, Teboho Tsietsi Mashinini, is being remembered for his strong stance against the forced use of Afrikaans in black schools. South Africa is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Uprising today including the death of 12-year-old Hector Pieterson. In a historic television interview with the American television network CBS, […]
# The Presidency has warned against misinformation about South Africa’s migration challenges following recent incidents involving foreign nationals. Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says the Department of International Relations and Cooperation will work with the World Health Organisation to ensure accurate information is shared. Magwenya added reports linking the deaths of Ethiopian nationals to law enforcement […]
# SAFTU sê die stryd vir gehalte en gelyke onderwys is, 50 jaar sedert die historiese Soweto-opstand, nog nie afgehandel nie. SAFTU het ter herdenking van die protesoptogte teen Bantoe-onderwys op 16 Junie 1976, die studente vereer wie se optrede gehelp het om Suid-Afrika se bevrydingstryd te bepaal. Terwyl die federasie erkenning gee aan verbeterde […]
