# Trade union Solidarity has filed a complaint with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Washington, DC, against Amazon Web Services over a business development programme that requires applicants to be 100-percent black-owned. Solidarity’s Dirk Hermann says the requirement unfairly excludes businesses with any white ownership and goes beyond what South African law […]
# Gauteng Police are now investigating the deaths of seven women in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. This follows confirmation that a woman whose body was found floating in a stream in Clayville, near Tembisa Mall, on 7 September, will be included in the investigation. Acting provincial police commissioner Fred Kekana says forensic teams are working to identify […]
# Trade union Solidarity says progress has been made in resolving delays in the issuing of Red Seal certificates to artisans. Stakeholders have agreed on steps to clear the backlog and improve the certification process. The talks follow the union’s legal action on behalf of 87 artisans whose certificates had been delayed. Solidarity’s Stef Pretorius […]
# The National Arts Festival has opened applications for its 2027 Fringe programme in Makhanda, Eastern Cape, inviting artists from South Africa and around the world to submit their work. The festival is looking for a wide range of creative work, including new forms of art, digital technology and projects based on indigenous knowledge. Organisers […]
# Die minister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, sê Suid-Afrika moet onderskeid tref tussen ambisie en die werklike implementering in sy groenwaterstofprogram. Tydens sy voordrag by die Africa Green Hydrogen Summit in Kaapstad het Ramokgopa beklemtoon prioriteitstatus beteken nie ‘n projek is reeds in aanbou nie. Hy sê insluiting by die National Green Hydrogen […]
# Die Gautengse Polisie ondersoek nou die dood van sewe vroue in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. Dit volg op die bevestiging dat ‘n vrou wie se liggaam op 7 September in ‘n stroom in Clayville naby die Tembisa Mall gevind is, by die ondersoek ingesluit sal word. Die waarnemende provinsiale kommissaris van Polisie, Fred Kekana, sê forensiese […]
# Die vakbond Solidariteit sê vordering is gemaak met die oplossing van vertragings in die uitreiking van die Rooiseëlambagsertifikate aan ambagslui. Belanghebbendes het ooreengekom oor stappe om die agterstand uit te wis en die sertifiseringsproses te verbeter. Die samesprekings volg op die vakbond se regsoptrede namens 87 ambagslui wie se sertifikate vertraag is. Stef Pretorius […]
# Die voorsitter van die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Polisie, Ian Cameron, sê hy wag steeds vir ‘n ondersoekbeampte om aangewys te word nadat hy ‘n saak geopen het oor die voormalige polisiehond Sky. Cameron sê Sky het ernstige beserings opgedoen in die Roodeplaat-dierehospitaal in Pretoria en is verlede week van kant gemaak. Hy vra […]
# Solidariteit het ‘n klag by die Organisasie vir Ekonomiese Samewerking en Ontwikkeling in Washington, DC, teen Amazon Web Services ingedien oor ‘n besigheidsontwikkelingsprogram wat vereis aansoekers moet 100-persent in swart besit wees. Dirk Hermann van die vakbond sê die vereiste is onregverdig want dit sluit ondernemings met enige wit eienaarskap uit en gaan verder […]
