# Cosatu says it whole-heartedly supports the Department of Employment and Labour’s compliance inspections of working and living conditions on farms across the country. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Zanele Sabela says recently in North West, the inspections uncovered contraventions including unlawful deductions that had the effect of undermining the minimum wage, appalling living conditions, race segregated living […]
# Cosatu verwelkom die regering se poging om ArcelorMittal Suid-Afrika se twee sleutel-staalfabrieke in Newcastle en Vereeniging in werking te hou. Dit volg nadat die onderneming die besluit om sy lang staalbesigheid te sluit, tot 31 Augustus uitgestel het, omdat hy ‘n lening van 1,68-miljard-rand van die regering se Nywerheidsontwikkelingskorporasie ontvang het. Cosatu se woordvoerder, […]
# Tax Justice SA founder Yusuf Abramjee says the South African Revenue Service’s recovery of 30-billion-rand from syndicated crime over the past year underscores both a significant victory and a stark warning. SARS revealed that the 30-billion-rand was recovered through just 198 complex investigations into syndicated crime. Abramjee says these figures should serve as a wake-up […]
# Die Komodo Nasionale Park in Indonesië is die mooiste plek op aarde volgens reisigers wat aan TimeOut se meningspeiling deelgeneem het. Die UNESCO-wêrelderfenisgebied is ‘n uitsonderlike plek met drie reusestrande met wit, swart en pienk sand. Tweede op die lys is die Victoria-waterval op die grens tussen Zimbabwe en Zambië wat die grootste waterval […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile has appointed former Free State Finance MEC Gadija Brown as his Special Economic Advisor. According to the Presidency, Brown, a seasoned professional with extensive experience in commercial banking and government, has held key roles in finance, agriculture, infrastructure, and economic development. She holds a degree in management and leadership, majoring […]
# Cosatu has welcomed the government’s effort to keep ArcelorMittal South Africa’s two key steel mills in Newcastle and Vereeniging operational. This is as the company has deferred the decision to wind down its long steel business by at least six months, to August 31st, as it has received a 1.68-billion-rand loan from the government’s […]
# Die Departement van Water en Sanitasie het ʼn derde sluis by die Vaaldam oopgemaak om die uitvloei te verhoog en invloei te bestuur. Die dam se huidige watervlak staan op 107,30-persent. Die departement se woordvoerder, Wisane Mavasa, sê die groter uitvloei van die Vaaldam sal die Bloemhofdam na verwagting binne drie tot vier dae […]
# COPE vra die Parlement om ʼn begroting te aanvaar wat gebaseer is op gelykheid, nie besuiniging nie. Die parlementêre komitee vir Finansies het die fiskale raamwerk wat die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana ingedien het, goedgekeur. Dit baan die weg om vandag in die Nasionale Vergadering aanvaar te word. COPE se woordvoerder, Pakes Dikgetsi, […]
# The Komodo National Park in Indonesia has been ranked as the world’s most beautiful place by travellers surveyed by TimeOut. The UNESCO World Heritage Site offers one of the most unique sights in the world, namely three giant bays of white, black, and pink sand. Second is Victoria Falls, known to be the world’s […]
