# Today marks 13 years since police in Marikana, North West, gunned down 34 mineworkers. Ten other people, including security guards and police officers, were killed in the six-week wildcat strike at Lonmin mine before the massacre. In addition to the deaths, at least another 78 of the miners were severely injured, and approximately 250 […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Menseregtekommissie ondersoek die minister van Sport, Kuns en Kultuur, Gayton McKenzie, se vorige plasings op sosiale media. Dit volg op verskeie klagtes van politieke partye en individue rakende beweerde rassistiese plasings en xenofobiese uitsprake deur die minister. Die plasings dateer tussen 2011 en 2017. Wisani Baloyi van die kommissie sê, gegewe sy […]
# The South African Human Rights Commission has launched an investigation into Sports, Arts and Culture minister Gayton McKenzie’s past social media posts. This follows several complaints from political parties and individuals regarding the racist posts and alleged xenophobic utterances by the minister. The posts are dated between 2011 and 2017. The commission’s Wisani Baloyi […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Internasionale Betrekkinge het alle staatsdepartemente versoek om president Cyril Ramaphosa diplomatieke aangeleenthede met die VSA te laat lei. Die voorsitter Supra Mahumapelo het beklemtoon dat slegs gemagtigde amptenare ingewikkelde buitelandse betrekkinge moet bestuur, veral te midde van die 30-persent-tariefverhoging. Hy het ‘n beroep gedoen op spesiale gesant Mcebisi Jonas om […]
# The Parliament portfolio committee on International Relations has urged all government departments to let president Cyril Ramaphosa lead diplomatic matters with the US. Chairperson Supra Mahumapelo stressed that only authorised officials should manage complex foreign relations, especially amid the 30-percent US tariff hike. He called for special envoy Mcebisi Jonas to guide trade talks, […]
# Die Forum for South Africa versoek die regering om die storting van goedkoop Amerikaanse hoender- en varkprodukte in die plaaslike mark te stop. FOSA waarsku dat hierdie invoere plaaslike boere, fabrieke en werksgeleenthede bedreig en werkloosheid en armoede kan vererger. Tebogo Mashilompane van die forum dring daarop aan dat owerhede produkte wat gestort word […]
# The Forum for South Africa calls on the government to stop the dumping of cheap American chickens and pork products into local markets. FOSA warns that these imports threaten local farmers, factories, jobs, and could worsen unemployment and poverty. The forum’s Tebogo Mashilompane urges authorities to ban or limit dumped products and protect the […]
# Die familie van die oorlede voormalige Zambiese president, Edgar Lungu, het hulle tot die Konstitusionele Hof gewend in ‘n dringende poging om teen die uitspraak van die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria te appelleer. Die hof het bevind dat die Zambiese regering geregtig is om Lungu se oorskot te repatrieer vir ‘n staatsbegrafnis. Lungu se weduwee, […]
# The family of the late former Zambian president, Edgar Lungu, has turned to the Constitutional Court in an urgent bid to appeal the judgment by the High Court in Pretoria. The court found that the Zambian government is entitled to repatriate Lungu’s remains for a state funeral and burial. In an affidavit, Lungu’s widow, […]
