# Five people including a police officer have been killed last night when a Polo and a minibus taxi collided along the N3 Toll Route, just after the Marrianhill Toll Plaza in KwaZulu-Natal. The provincial Department of Transport’s spokesperson, Ndabezinhle Sibiya says a minibus taxi carrying 17 passengers travelling to Ixopo veered off the road […]
# Government is calling on all parents and caregivers to make sure children are fully immunised against the dangerous and highly contagious measles virus. Government says so far this year 379 laboratory-confirmed measles cases and 409 rubella cases were reported by the Measles Reference Laboratory at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases in South Africa. […]
# Vandag is Internasionale Koöperatiewe Dag, met die tema “Koöperasies: Die Dryf van Inklusiewe en Volhoubare Oplossings vir ‘n Beter Wêreld”. Die dag belig die belangrike rol van koöperasies in die bevordering van ontwikkeling en vrede. Die wêreldwye beweging strek oor sektore van landbou tot gesondheidsorg en bied innoverende, demokratiese oplossings wat gewortel is in […]
# Today marks International Cooperative Day, running under the theme, Cooperatives: Driving Inclusive and Sustainable Solutions for a Better World. The day seeks to highlight the vital role cooperatives play in advancing development and peace. The global movement spans sectors from agriculture to healthcare, offering innovative, democratic solutions rooted in shared ownership. The day also […]
# Die Adjunkminister van Indiensneming en Arbeid, Jomo Sibiya, sê arbeidsinspekteurs se onderwaardering ondermyn werkskepping en die beskerming van werkers se regte. Sibiya het tydens die departement se begrotingsdebat in die Parlement onthul meer as 310-duisend inspeksies is in die afgelope boekjaar uitgevoer, en meer as 78-miljoen-rand is verhaal vir onderbetaalde werkers. Hy bepleit sterker […]
# Employment and Labour Deputy Minister Jomo Sibiya says undervaluing labour inspectors undermines job creation and the protection of workers’ rights. Speaking during the department’s budget vote in Parliament, Sibiya revealed that over 310-thousand inspections were conducted in the past financial year, resulting in more than 78-million-rand being recovered for underpaid workers. He urged stronger […]
# AfriForum beweer die regering se planne om die 1998-witskrif oor Plaaslike Regering te hersien, sal betekenisloos wees tensy korrupsie in munisipaliteite direk gekonfronteer word. Deidré Steffens van die organisasie sê die besprekingsdokument verwys 47 keer na hervorming, maar verwys skaars na korrupsie. Steffens vra vir streng optrede teen oortredings, gereelde lewenstyloudits, en minder politieke […]
# AfriForum says government plans to revise the 1998 White Paper on Local Government will be meaningless unless corruption in municipalities is tackled head-on. The organisation’s Deidré Steffens says the discussion document mentions reform 47 times, but barely refers to corruption. Steffens calls for strict action against wrongdoing, regular lifestyle audits, and less political interference […]
# Die Departement van Indiensneming en Arbeid beplan om strenger beheermaatreëls in te stel na ‘n groot polisie-operasie wat bedrog in die Werkloosheidsversekeringsfonds oopgevlek het. Minister Nomakhosazana Meth verwelkom die inhegtenisname van verskeie verdagtes in Gauteng en die Vrystaat, insluitende ‘n departementele beampte in Bloemfontein, in verband met bedrieglike eise teen die fonds wat valsmaatskappye […]
