# Die vakbondfederasie, Saftu, het kommer uitgespreek oor die energiereguleerder, Nersa, se skikkingsooreenkoms van 54-miljard-rand met Eskom. Dit volg nadat Nersa ʼn fout begaan het in die berekening van die kragvoorsiener se inkomste vir die huidige en volgende twee boekjare. Ná die prysbepaling se hersiening verhoog die tarief in elk van die volgende twee jare […]
# Die Malmesbury Streekshof in die Wes-Kaap het die gewese Springbok-afrigter Peter de Villiers vrygespreek op aanklagte van seksuele aanranding en crimen injuria. ʼn Vrou het beweer De Villiers het haar aangerand nadat hy haar verlede Januarie ná ʼn geleentheid by haar huis gaan aflaai het. Die GOOD-party het daarna De Villiers se lidmaatskap beëindig. […]
# Deputy minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Nomalungelo Gina, says there is a lot that South Africa could learn from Tunisia, as the country has one of the most progressive constitutions in the Arab world regarding gender equality. The deputy minister delivered the keynote address at the South Africa-Tunisia Women’s Day celebration in Pretoria […]
# The GOOD Party says South Africa urgently needs a proactive, national strategy to tackle racism in schools, one that does not rely solely on individual principals or concerned communities. Recently, a learner at York High School in George used the N-word against another pupil. In June, schools in Gauteng made headlines for racial insults […]
# Die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag se Batebeslagleggingseenheid sê hy word bygestaan deur internasionale finansiële instellings om geld wat die Guptas van die staat gesteel het, terug te kry. Volgens die Staatskapingskommissie het die staat sowat 72,3-miljard-rand aan die Guptas se misdaad-ryk betaal. Die nasionale adjunkdirekteur van openbare vervolgings, Ouma Rabaji-Rasethaba, het tydens ʼn paneelbespreking wat die […]
# Solidarity says it is concerned about Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa’s latest job cuts. The automaker will lay off more than 470 employees at its Struandale Engine Plant, in Gqeberha, and its Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria, as part of a realignment to match market demand. Solidarity deputy general-secretary, Willie Venter, says economic […]
# Federation union Saftu has expressed concern at energy regulator Nersa’s 54-billion-rand settlement agreement with Eskom. This is after Nersa made an error in determining the power utility’s revenue for the current and next two financial years. Following the revisions to the price determination, the tariff increases for the next two years will be 8.8-percent […]
# AfriForum sê hy is sterk gekant teen Mzwanele Manyi van die MK-party se voorgestelde 22ste Wysigingswetontwerp op die Grondwet. Die privaatlid-wetsontwerp wil Artikel 25 van die Grondwet herskryf en herdefinieer hoe grond en natuurlike hulpbronne besit en bestuur word. Dit stel voor alle grond en natuurlike hulpbronne word gesamentlik deur die mense besit met […]
# The Malmesbury Regional Court in the Western Cape has acquitted former Springbok coach Peter de Villiers in a sexual assault case. He was charged with sexual assault and crimen injuria after a woman alleged that the former Bok coach sexually assaulted her after dropping her off at home following an event last January. Subsequently, […]
