# Die Verenigde Nasies se hoëkommissaris vir Menseregte, Volker Türk, vra op Wêreldomgewingsdag meer beskerming vir omgewings- en grondbeskermers. Byna 600 van hierdie aktiviste is die afgelope drie jaar wêreldwyd vermoor of het spoorloos verdwyn, terwyl baie ander in minstens 55 lande aangehou is. Türk sê dis skokkend dat mense wat kinders se toekoms verdedig, […]
# Die MK-party steun ten volle die anti-immigrasie-organisasie, die March and March-beweging. Die groep het ongedokumenteerde buitelanders tot 30 Junie tyd gegee om Suid-Afrika te verlaat en dreig om die land tot stilstand te dwing as dit nie gebeur nie. Dit is ‘n poging om buitelanders terug te stuur na hul eie lande. Die party […]
# Die Tshwane Metropolisie maak steeds vordering met sy optrede om padveiligheid te verbeter, nakoming van openbare vervoerregulasies af te dwing en pendelaars te beskerm. Die Openbare Vervoer-eenheid het hierdie week 38 voertuie geskut tydens geteikende operasies in Atteridgeville en die Pretoriase middestad omdat hulle sonder geldige permitte bedryf is. TMPD moedig eienaars van openbare […]
# The Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa has warned that severe flooding in key citrus-producing regions will reduce export volumes by at least five-percent. The worst-affected areas include Patensie in the Eastern Cape, and Citrusdal and Boland in the Western Cape. The association says damage assessments are ongoing, with some growers still unable to […]
# Union federation Cosatu applauds the strong support given to South Africa’s efforts to achieve employment equity, by the International Labour Organisation’s Committee for the Application of Standards. This follows a case advanced by Business Unity South Africa, alleging non-consultation on the Employment Equity laws. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says key to unlocking economic growth is […]
# Olympic Games: Casey Wasserman says he is not planning on resigning as chairperson of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Earlier this year, LA mayor Karen Bass called on him to resign given his past ties with Jeffrey Epstein’s confidant, Ghislaine Maxwell. Wasserman has previously stated his 2003 email exchanges with Maxwell, who is serving a […]
# The Public Servants Association says it is concerned about the ongoing Technical and Vocational Education and Training placement crisis. More than 30-thousand students are still awaiting workplace training opportunities. PSA’s Claude Naicker says the problem is exacerbated by the fact that there are about 165-thousand students whose certificates are withheld by tertiary institutions of […]
# The MK Party says it fully supports the anti-immigration civic group March and March Movement. The group has given undocumented foreigners until 30 June to leave the country, otherwise it plans to hold a national shutdown in a bid to send them back to their countries of origin. The MK Party’s secretary-general, Sibonelo Nomvalo, […]
# Die DA verwelkom die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid se ondersoek na bewerings van wanadministrasie en onregmatige optrede deur die Reguleringsowerheid vir die Privaat Sekerheidsbedryf, PSIRA, en die Werkloosheidsversekeringsfonds. Die eenheid sal die verkryging en kontraktering van opleidingsdienste namens die instellings ondersoek. Ian Cameron van die DA sê staatsgeld wat werklose burgers moes help, is gebruik vir […]
