# Build One South Africa says it is using International Equal Pay Day, which is today, to mobilise support for its Fair Pay Bill, currently before Parliament. The bill seeks to close the gender wage gap, confront wage exploitation in key sectors, and create a more equal and transparent economic environment. BOSA spokesperson, Roger Solomons, […]
# FNB says the risk of digital banking fraud is on the increase, as South Africans head into the last stretch of the year and spending rises. According to the South African Banking Risk Information Centre, digital banking fraud incidents increased from 31-thousand-612 cases in 2023 to 64-thousand in 2024. FNB’s Chris Boxall says scammers are […]
# AfriForum says it condemns the government’s secretive attempts at the National Economic Development and Labour Council to push through proposed amendments to the Firearms Control Act, without any representation from civil society. Nedlac denies leading the amendment process. AfriForum’s Jacques Broodryk says they will be filing a Promotion of Access to Information Act application to force […]
# Eskom het ‘n samewerkingsooreenkoms met BYD Auto Suid-Afrika onderteken met die oog op skoner mobiliteit. Dit volg op die bekendstelling van die BYD Dolphin Surf, ‘n kompakte, bekostigbare volledig elektriese voertuig. Eskom se woordvoerder, Daphne Mokwena, sê hulle sal saam met BYD Suid-Afrika se poging ondersteun om koolstof uit vervoer te verwyder en die […]
# Samewerking tussen Read with Wimpy en Ladles of Love het bygedra dat meer as een-duisend-200 splinternuwe boeke aan net meer as 600 kinders by 17 vroeëkinderjare-ontwikkelingsentrums in Johannesburg oorhandig is. Die samewerking spreek twee dringende kwessies aan: honger en geletterdheid. Elke kind ontvang twee boeke wat versigtig gekies is: een in hul moedertaal om […]
# Die ANC sê die Madlanga-kommissie se werk sal ʼn belangrike rol speel om vertroue in die regering te herstel en demokratiese aanspreeklikheid te versterk. Die kommissie se sitting het gister in Pretoria begin met getuienis deur KwaZulu-Natal se polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Die kommissie moet bewerings van misdadigheid, politieke inmenging en korrupsie in die strafregstelsel ondersoek. […]
# Altesaam 303 leerders van 35 streke regoor Suid-Afrika asook 16 internasionale deelnemers sal in Oktober aan die Eskom Ekspo vir Jong Wetenskaplikes se Internasionale Wetenskapsfees in Gauteng deelneem. Deelnemers van Suid-Afrika, Lesotho, Namibië, Zimbabwe, Mexiko, Ierland, Indië en Rusland sal hul projekte uitstal. Parthy Chetty van Eskom sê pryse sluit in beurse van altesaam […]
# Die DA sê hy ondersteun die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Verdediging en Militêre Veterane se voorsitter, Dakota Legoete, se kommer oor die welstand van Suid-Afrikaanse weermaglede. Dit volg nadat 813-miljoen-rand wat as toelaes vir soldate bedoel was, elders aangewend is. Nicholas Gotsell van die DA sê hulle verwelkom Legoete se oproep vir dringende optrede nadat […]
# The ANC says the work of the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry will play a vital role in restoring confidence in governance and strengthening democratic accountability. The commission started its hearings in Pretoria yesterday, with KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, testifying. The commission is tasked with investigating allegations of criminality, political interference and corruption in the criminal […]
