# Missing in Southern Africa sê motorfietsryers, die polisie, nooddienste en gemeenskapsgroepe het in Johannesburg saamgetrek vir ‘n ondersteuningsrit vir vermiste kinders. Die geleentheid in Turffontein is gehou ter ere van Milano Tladi, wat twee was toe hy op 30 Junie vermis geraak het. Sy ouers, Monique en Thebogo Tladi, het die geleentheid bygewoon. Woordvoerder […]
# The Public Servants Association says the government must increase investment in the education sector to support teachers and improve learning. Commemorating World Teachers’ Day, the union believes educators need better working conditions and support as they face overcrowded classrooms, staff shortages, safety concerns, limited resources and growing administrative pressure. The PSA’s Claude Naiker calls […]
# Ekurhuleni se burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Finansies en Strategie, Jongizizwe Dlabathi, sê die Gautengse metro se begroting van 70,9-miljard-rand vir die nuwe boekjaar sal sy vermoë versterk en herstel om sy funksies uit te voer. Die metro pak tekortkominge in inkomste-invordering en druk op sy kontantvloei aan. Dlabathi sê die stad het sy leningsbehoeftes verminder, terwyl […]
# AfriForum calls on acting national police commissioner Puleng Dimpane to urgently intervene in ongoing violence between suspected illegal-mining groups in Schoemanskloof, Mpumalanga. Six suspected illegal miners were shot dead in August, while further gunfire was reported in the area last week. AfriForum’s Jacques Broodryk urges police to investigate the wider criminal networks behind illegal […]
# The High Court in Johannesburg has found a dispute of facts in ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula’s defamation case against ANC National Executive Committee member Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. She has accused Mbalula of vote-buying during the party’s 2022 Nasrec conference. Acting Judge Henno Viljoen has ordered oral hearings, saying the dispute cannot be resolved through written […]
# The National Shelter Movement has accused government of failing to prevent gender-based violence, saying authorities continue to react only after women have been harmed. The organisation, representing about 100 shelters, points to the bodies of women found in Ekurhuleni and Soweto since July. It says President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address last week offered audits and […]
# The National Union of Mineworkers declared support for World Day for Decent Work on Wednesday and calls on workers to join nationwide pickets led by COSATU. NUM’s Mpho Phakedi says decent work remains critical amid unemployment, poverty and inequality, demanding living wages, safe workplaces and respect for collective bargaining and the right to strike. […]
# Die Regterlike Dienskommissie begin vandag in Sandton, Johannesburg, met onderhoude om drie vakatures in die Appèlhof te vul. Vyf kandidate sal vir Suid-Afrika se tweede hoogste hof ondervra word: regters Gerald Bloem, Busisiwe Masipa, Ingrid Opperman, Violet Phatshoane en Esther Steyn. Hoofregter Mandisa Maya sal die proses van twee weke lei om 22 vakatures […]
# Die Vryemarkstigting sê die debat oor die Wysigingswet op Basiese Onderwyswette word voorgehou as ‘n stryd tussen die selfstandigheid van skoolbeheerliggame en staatsgesag, maar die werklike probleem lê in Suid-Afrika se gemengde stelsel van onderwysbestuur van 1996. Die wet het ten doel om bestuur in die onderwyssektor te versterk. Die stigting sê die probleem […]
