# National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza has cautioned the ad hoc committee against straying beyond its mandate, saying it must speedily conclude its work and submit its report for adoption. The committee, which is investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the justice system, was granted a sixth extension last week to […]
# Die vakverbond COSATU is bekommerd oor die nadele wat die Konstitusionele Hof-uitspraak oor die Wet op Openbare Verkryging kan inhou. Die wetgewing sou eenvormige reëls voorskryf oor die manier waarop regeringsinstellings, provinsies en munisipaliteite staatsgeld vir goedere en dienste gebruik. Die hof het bevind die Nasionale Vergadering het nie redelike openbare deelname toegelaat ná […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola is on a working visit to the US, where he will attend a series of engagements in Washington, ahead of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York. His visit comes just days after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced new visa restrictions targeting […]
# Die onderwysersvakbond SADOU sê geweld teen vroue is nie net ‘n uiterste oortreding van menseregte nie, maar vernietig ook gesinne en ondermyn die basis van die gemeenskap. Dit volg op die ontdekking van nege vroue se liggame in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. SADOU se woordvoerder, Nomusa Cembi, sê hulle verwerp alle vorme van geweld. Sy sê […]
# Die DA sê die Konstitusionele Hof se uitspraak wat die Wet op Openbare Verkryging ongrondwetlik en ongeldig verklaar, is ʼn oorwinning vir grondwetlike afwenteling. Die Wes-Kaapse regering en die amaBhungane-sentrum vir ondersoekende joernalistiek het die parlementêre proses uitgedaag, insluitend die hantering van Hoofstuk 4, wat handel oor die gebruik van openbare verkryging in die […]
# Union UNTU calls on government to urgently step up efforts to curb rising gender-based violence and femicide. A multidisciplinary police team is investigating the murders of nine women whose bodies were discovered across Ekurhuleni in Gauteng the past two months. UNTU spokesperson Atenkosi Plaatjie says the burden can never be placed on women to […]
# The South African Communist Party says it stands with the Congress of South African Trade Unions’ unity and the broader unity of the entire progressive trade union movement. This comes after COSATU’s 15th national congress collapsed earlier this week over a squabble over leadership and delegate credentials. SACP’s Alex Mashilo says it respects COSATU’s organisational […]
# Die Burgerlike Samelewingsforum van die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Vigsraad het die moord op nege vroue in Ekurhuleni veroordeel en sê dit beklemtoon die ernstige en voortslepende geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord in die land. Kemptonpark is tans ingeperk terwyl ondersoeke na die moorde voortgaan. Die forum se woordvoerder, Karabo Makgato, vra ʼn dringende veiligheidsbepaling in gebiede waar vroue […]
# Teachers’ union SADTU says violence against women is not only a gross violation of human rights, but also devastates families and undermines the very foundation of society. This follows the discovery of nine women’s bodies in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. SADTU spokesperson Nomusa Cembi says they condemn in the strongest terms all acts of brutality. She […]
