# Metalworkers union Numsa says the Eastern Cape faces a deepening jobs crisis as tyre manufacturer Goodyear South Africa moves to close its manufacturing plant in Uitenhage. Over 900 workers are expected to be affected. The union warns that this will worsen unemployment in the province, which already stands at 42-percent. Numsa’s Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says […]
# Die Gemeenskapsveiligheidskomitee van die Gautengse Wetgewer het provinsiale wetstoepassing geprys vir ‘n afname van 7,9-persent in ernstige misdade vanaf Januarie tot Maart vanjaar. Volgens statistieke het moord met 10,8-persent afgeneem, met polisie-optrede soos Operasie Shanela wat meer as 28-duisend arrestasies opgelewer het. Die komitee het egter diep kommer uitgespreek oor twee massamoorde, die dood […]
# The South African National Taxi Council in the Western Cape has condemned today’s deadly shooting at Mfuleni taxi rank, which left four people dead and three injured. SANTACO chairperson Mandla Hermanus called the attack a brutal and criminal act. He called on all operators to remain peaceful and exercise maximum restraint as efforts to […]
# Die menseregte-hoof van die Verenigde Nasies, Volker Turk, eis dat Amerika die sanksies wat hulle teen vier regters van die Internasionale Strafhof opgelê het, moet ophef. Regters Beti Hohler van Slowenië en Reine Alapini-Gansou van Benin het deelgeneem aan verrigtinge wat gelei het tot ‘n lasbrief vir die inhegtenisname van Israeliese premier Benjamin Netanyahu. […]
# The central African nation of Chad says it is suspending all visas to US citizens as a matter of reciprocity, after learning that it is one of a dozen countries whose nationals are banned from travelling to the US. President Mahamat Idriss Délby says Chad has neither planes to offer nor billions of dollars […]
# The political analyst, Levy Ndou, says Floyd Shivambu’s replacement as secretary-general must work closely with MK Party leader Jacob Zuma and strengthen party structures nationwide. Shivambu, redeployed to Parliament just six months into the role, now serves as an ordinary member of Parliament following his visit to Shepherd Bushiri’s church in Malawi. Ndou stresses […]
# Social Development minister Sisisi Tolashe says stabilising her department and fighting poverty remain top priorities under the government of national unity. Tolashe told the media that her immediate focus includes fast-tracking the appointment of key leadership, expanding psychosocial support for victims of gender-based violence, and finalising long-term plans for the 370-rand social relief grant. […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare sê die gebrek aan beheer oor menslike hulpbronne het winsgewend geword vir krimineelgesinde mense wat salarisse ontvang sonder om in diens te wees in staatsdepartemente, semistaatsinstellings en munisipaliteite. Die woordvoerder van die vereniging, Claude Naiker, sê alle vlakke van regering en staatsbeheerde maatskappye betaal miljoene rand aan spookwerkers. Hy sê […]
# United Nations human rights chief, Volker Turk, has demanded the United States lift sanctions it imposed on four International Criminal Court judges, saying they were contrary to the rule of law. Judges Beti Hohler of Slovenia and Reine Alapini-Gansou of Benin took part in proceedings that led to an arrest warrant issued for Israeli […]
