# 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 […]
# The DA says the Constitutional Court judgment declaring the Public Procurement Act unconstitutional and invalid is a decisive victory for constitutional subsidiarity. The Western Cape Government and the amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism had challenged Parliament’s process, including the treatment of Chapter 4, which deals with the use of public procurement to advance socioeconomic […]
# The South African National AIDS Council Civil Society Forum has condemned the killing of nine women across Ekurhuleni, saying this highlights the grave and persistent crisis of gender-based violence and femicide in the country. Kempton Park is currently under lockdown, as investigations into these murders are ongoing. The forum’s spokesperson, Karabo Makgato, says they are […]
# The Department of Health says South Africa has recorded 18 laboratory-confirmed Mpox cases and one probable case between 14 August and 17 September. Fifteen cases have been recorded in Cape Town, three in Gauteng, and the one probable case is in KwaZulu-Natal. The affected individuals range in age from 23 to 50 years. The […]
# Die National Taxi Alliance het die regering gevra om ʼn geteikende brandstofkorting vir ʼn minimum tydperk van 12 maande in te stel vir kwalifiserende minibustaxi-operateurs, terwyl breër ekonomiese en openbarevervoer-hervormings afgehandel word. Operateurs het probleme soos stygende brandstofpryse, instandhouding, die prys van versekering, en pendelaars wat nie skerp stygings kan bekostig nie. Die NTA […]
# Minister of Trade, Industry, and Competition, Parks Tau, has requested the International Trade Administration Commission to review South Africa’s trade policy on paper products. This follows calls from local manufacturers for higher tariffs on international paper products, as they struggle to compete with cheaper imports, high electricity and transport costs, and squeezed profit margins. Tau […]
# Die Instituut vir Rasseverhoudinge sê raswette veroorsaak nie net regstreekse skade nie, dit het ook ander negatiewe gevolge. Dit belemmer groei en belegging en weerhou mense van geleenthede weens hul ras of geslag. Amerika het nuwe visumbeperkings op Suid-Afrika ingestel wat verband hou met raswette en onteiening sonder vergoeding. Die instituut se uitvoerende hoof, […]
