# Minstens 15 babas het vanoggend doodgebrand tydens ʼn brand by die Pakistan Instituut vir Mediese Wetenskappe, wat die grootste hospitaal in die Pakistanse hoofstad, Islamabad, is. Volgens berigte het die brand ontstaan toe ʼn lugversorger se kompressor in die kinderafdeling ontplof het. Reddingspanne kon een baba red. Owerhede sê ʼn ondersoekkomitee onder leding van […]
# The Mining Affected Communities United in Action, together with several other organisations, say the engagement with Parliament’s portfolio committee on Mineral and Petroleum Resources could open a new chapter for South Africa’s mining communities. During the engagement yesterday, the organisations outlined concerns relating to the socio-economic and environmental consequences of mining operations and closures, […]
# Die ANC se sekretaris-generaal, Fikile Mbalula, sê die party se wyksraadslid-kandidate wat nie matriek het nie, sal voor die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing in November om kwytskelding moet aansoek doen. Dit volg nadat sommige provinsiale sekretarisse kwytskelding gevra het vir voornemende raadslede wat nie matriek het nie. Die ANC se Nasionale Uitvoerende Komitee werk tans aan […]
# Rugby: All Blacks loose forward Anton Segner has been ruled out of the remainder of Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour of South Africa through injury. He was a late withdrawal from the match-day squad for the first Test at Ellis Park, after complaining of a swollen ankle. Coach Dave Rennie has confirmed that Segner has […]
# Die vakverbond SAFTU het president Cyril Ramaphosa se bekendstelling van Fase Drie van die vennootskap tussen die regering en sakeondernemings veroordeel. Hy beskryf dit as ʼn verskerping van korporatiewe inmenging in die regering. Die vennootskap se derde fase fokus op die bespoediging van ekonomiese groei en uitbreiding van werksgeleenthede. SAFTU-woordvoerder Asive Dyani sê daar word verwag […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse E-taxivereniging en Operasie Ubuntu vra die Suid-Afrikaanse Lughawensmaatskappy en die polisie om dringend op te tree teen die voortgesette aanslag op e-taxibestuurders op die Kaapstadse Internasionale Lughawe. Volgens berigte intimideer en val mans met klapmusse e-taxibestuurders aan. Operasie Ubuntu se woordvoerder, July Eccles, sê ACSA en die polisie se gebrek aan optrede […]
# At least 15 infants have been burnt to death in a fire at the Pakistan Institute for Medical Sciences, the largest hospital in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, this morning. According to reports, the blaze appears to have been triggered by an air conditioning compressor explosion inside the nursery. Rescue teams managed to save one baby. Authorities […]
# ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula says party ward councillor candidates who do not have a matric qualification will be required to apply for a waiver ahead of the November local government elections. This comes as some provincial secretaries have written to the party seeking waivers for some new prospective councillors who do not have […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions has criticised president Cyril Ramaphosa’s launch of Phase Three of the Government-Business Partnership, describing it as an intensification of corporate influence over the government. The third phase of the partnership will focus on accelerating economic growth and expanding employment opportunities. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani says workers are expected to accept […]
