# 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 […]
# Die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, het die Internasionale Handelsadministrasie-kommissie versoek om Suid-Afrika handelsbeleid oor papierprodukte te hersien. Dit volg op versoeke van plaaslike vervaardigers vir hoër pryse vir internasionale papierprodukte aangesien hulle sukkel om mee te ding met goedkoper ingevoerde produkte, hoër elektrisiteit en vervoerkoste, en druk op winsgrense. Tau […]
# Die Departement van Gesondheid sê Suid-Afrika het tussen 14 Augustus en 17 September een onbevestigde en 18 bevestigde a-pokke-gevalle gehad. Vyftien gevalle is in Kaapstad aangeteken, drie in Gauteng, en die onbevestigde een in KwaZulu-Natal. Die betrokke individue is tussen 23 en 50 jaar oud. Die departement se woordvoerder, Foster Mohale, waarsku mense om […]
# Union federation COSATU is concerned about the dangers posed by the Constitutional Court ruling setting aside the Public Procurement Act. The legislation aimed to create uniform rules for how government institutions, provinces, and municipalities spend public money on goods and services. The court ruled the National Assembly failed to allow reasonable public participation following significant […]
# The Gauteng government has accused the DA of exploiting the tragic killings of women in Ekurhuleni for political gain. Earlier this week, the party offered to add 500-thousand-rand to the police’s 400-thousand-rand cash reward for information that could assist the investigation into the murders of nine women. Provincial government spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga says the […]
# Survivors Unite moedig Suid-Afrikaners aan om vandag swart te dra ter herinnering aan die nege vroue wat reg oor Ekurhuleni vermoor is en alle vroue wat onder geweld ly. Die organisasie sê hierdie moorde is ‘n pynlike herinnering daaraan dat vroue in die land steeds onder die daaglikse werklikheid van geweld leef. Hy sê […]
