# Union federation SAFTU says thousands of abandoned, derelict and inadequately secured mines have become death traps, environmental hazards and breeding grounds for organised criminal syndicates. A rockfall at a mine at Nkaneng near Rustenburg in North West killed 14 illegal miners yesterday, most of them from Lesotho. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani says this tragedy once […]
# The SABC needs 120-million-rand to provide fair and comprehensive coverage of November’s local government elections. The chairperson of Parliament’s portfolio committee on Communications and Digital Technologies, Khusela Sangoni-Diko, says the funding is needed for editorial operations, technology, results data and digital services. She warns the public broadcaster is on the brink of collapse and […]
# The Border Management Authority says the recent mass repatriations have not deterred foreign nationals from trying to re-enter South Africa. A total of 89-thousand-936 people had been repatriated through the country’s ports of entry by August 7, at a cost of almost 293-million-rand. The BMA has intercepted four-thousand-229 individuals who have tried to enter […]
# The Mining Affected Communities United in Action says organised illegal mining, violence, trafficking and the illicit trade in minerals require an effective State response. Cabinet has decided to advance the General Mining Laws Amendment Bill, which government says is intended to strengthen the legislative response to illicit mining. MACUA’s Christopher Rutledge says it is […]
# Die mynwerkersvakbond N-U-M se nasionale uitvoerende komitee gaan Eskom se herstrukturering in die hof uitdaag en sê hy sal tot by die Konstitusionele Hof gaan. President Cyril Ramaphosa het verlede maand ʼn plan ondersteun vir die vestiging van ʼn onafhanklike transmissiestelsel-operateur. Dit sal Eskom se eeu-oue alleenheerskappy beëindig en privaat vervaardigers en handelaars toelaat […]
# Die EFF sê Statistiek Suid-Afrika se jongste Kwartaallikse Arbeidsmagopname is ‘n veroordeling van die regering se huidige ekonomiese beleidsrigting en ‘n aanduiding van ‘n duidelike behoefte aan nuwe leierskap. Suid-Afrika se amptelike werkloosheidsyfer het in die tweede kwartaal van die jaar tot 33,6-persent gestyg, ‘n toename van 0,9 persentasiepunte teenoor die 32,7-persent in die […]
# The EFF says Statistics South Africa’s latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey is a clear indictment of government’s current economic policy direction and the evident need for new leadership. South Africa’s official unemployment rate rose in the second quarter of this year to 33.6-percent, an increase of 0.9 percentage point from 32.7-percent in the first quarter […]
# The National Union of Mineworkers’ national executive committee has decided to legally challenge Eskom’s restructuring, saying it is willing to take the matter as far as the Constitutional Court. Last month, president Cyril Ramaphosa backed a plan for the establishment of an independent transmission system operator, ending a century-old monopoly by Eskom, and bringing […]
# Landwye Shanela Twee-operasies het die naweek gelei tot die inhegtenisneming van 20-duisend-211 verdagtes, insluitend 275 vermeende seksoortreders. Neëntig persone is in verskillende dele van die land weens verkragting aangekeer. Die polisiewoordvoerder, Amanda van Wyk, sê nakomingsinspeksies by sakeondernemings en aktiwiteite wat met onwettige optrede verband hou, is ook uitgevoer en 484 ongelisensieerde drank-verkooppunte is […]
