Mineral and Petroleum Resources minister Gwede Mantashe is demanding that the owners of Lily Mine in Mpumalanga take responsibility for retrieving the container and the bodies of the mineworkers who died in the 2016 disaster. Addressing the mine health and safety summit in Kempton Park, Gauteng, Mantashe said mine owners cannot benefit from mining operations, […]
# Die ANC-vroueliga sê daar is ‘n behoefte aan eenheid en gesamentlike optrede ná die toenemende aantal vroue wat in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, vermoor is. Volgens die party blyk dit die moorde volg ‘n kommerwekkende patroon en het vrese laat ontstaan dat ’n reeksmoordenaar daarvoor verantwoordelik kan wees. Die sekretaris-generaal van die liga, Nokuthula Nqaba, doen […]
# The body of a man believed to be missing Table Mountain hiker Wayne Barnard has been found. Police and rescue teams found the body late yesterday after Barnard was reported missing while hiking alone. He was last heard from at about 11 am on Wednesday, when he shared his location and a photo from […]
# Die liggaam van ‘n man, vermoedelik die van Wayne Barnard, ‘n stapper wat op Tafelberg vermis geraak het, is gevind. Die polisie en reddingspanne het die liggaam laat gister opgespoor nadat Barnard as vermis aangemeld is. Hy het alleen gaan stap. Daar is laas op Woensdag omstreeks 11:00 iets van hom gehoor toe hy […]
# Die Minister van Minerale en Petroleum Hulpbronne, Gwede Mantashe, dring aan die eienaars van die Lily-myn in Mpumalanga moet verantwoordelikheid aanvaar vir die herwinning van die houer en die liggame van die mynwerkers wat in die ramp van 2016 omgekom het. Mantashe het die beraad oor mynveiligheid en -gesondheid in Kemptonpark, Gauteng, toegespreek en […]
# Research by the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Social Development in Africa has found that social grants are mainly used for essential household needs, but can also support productive livelihood activities. Social Development minister Dina Pule says the research found that receiving the 370-rand Social Relief of Distress grant was associated with a 25-percentage-point increase […]
# ANC Eastern Cape secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi is threatening legal action against the party’s secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, over claims that he was responsible for the late submission of candidate lists to the Electoral Commission. Ngcukayitobi denies the claims, including that he altered a list approved by the National Executive Committee and has demanded a full […]
# Die sekretaris van die ANC in die Oos-Kaap, Lulama Ngcukayitobi, dreig met regstappe teen die party se sekretaris-generaal, Fikile Mbalula, oor bewerings dat hy verantwoordelik was vir die laat indiening van kandidaatlyste by die Verkiesingskommissie. Ngcukayitobi ontken die bewerings, insluitend dat hy ’n lys wat deur die Nasionale Uitvoerende Komitee goedgekeur is, gewysig het, […]
# The ANC Women’s League says there is a need for unity and collective action following the growing number of women murdered in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. According to the party, the killings appear to follow a concerning pattern and have raised fears that a serial killer could be responsible. The league’s secretary-general Nokuthula Nqaba calls for […]
