# The ANC has welcomed the clarification by Trade, Industry and Competition minister Parks Tau, regarding the recently published Draft National Credit Regulations. Spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu says the ANC noted with appreciation the minister’s assurance that the proposed regulations are not intended to prejudice students indebted to institutions of higher learning, but rather to strengthen access […]
# COSATU says it supports the call for life imprisonment of seven Chinese nationals convicted of human trafficking and child labour. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Zanele Sabela says they were arrested in November 2019 after a joint raid found 91 undocumented Malawian nationals, 37 of whom were children, locked in a factory in Village Deep, Johannesburg. She […]
# The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union says it demands that government must come with urgent practical steps to reduce police killings and injuries, whether on or off duty. POPCRU spokesperson Richard Mamabolo says between April last year and March this year, 27 police officer were killed across the country. He says POPCRU demands […]
# The minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi has condemned the assassination of Johannesburg insolvency attorney, Bouwer van Niekerk. Van Niekerk was shot and killed on Friday at his law firm offices in Avonwold. The ministry’s spokesperson, Terrence Manase, says the news of his killing came shortly after the department received word of […]
# The Campaign to Scrap the Labour Law Amendment Bills says it rejects Employment and Labour minister, Nomakhosazana Meth’s promulgation of the new Code of Good Practice on Dismissal. The campaign’s spokesperson, Patrick Mlaba, says the new code fundamentally shifts the balance of power in favour of employers. He says the power and control of employers […]
# AfriForum Youth has called on the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality to urgently repair broken street lights and install new ones around the University of Pretoria’s Hatfield campus. Investigations revealed many streets, including Prospect, Hilda, and Lynnwood Roads, are poorly lit or in total darkness, raising crime risks. AfriForum’s Yvonne Gerber demands repairs within 30-days and […]
# The ATM is calling upon government to officially declare the teenage pregnancy crisis a national pandemic, prompting immediate allocation of resources and attention. The party says over two-thousand-716 girls aged ten to 14 gave birth in just one year, and more than 100 of these cases were reported in the Eastern Cape alone from […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum says the killings in the Western Cape, especially in Cape Town, need urgent and drastic intervening to save the lives of innocent people in gang infested areas. Activists and Citizens Forum spokesperson, Dennis Bloem says almost every week, South Africans hear of mass killings in African townships in Cape Town. […]
# Soccer: Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 139th and 140th international goals as Portugal thrashed Armenia 5-0 in their first match over the weekend since the death of Diogo Jota in a car accident in July. A minute’s silence was held before the World Cup qualifier in honour of Jota, who won 49 caps for Portugal, […]
