# Johannesburg Water says the improvement in its Blue Drop Risk Rating is a testament to the effectiveness of the measures implemented to strengthen water quality management systems. The water utility has achieved its Blue Drop Progress Assessment Tool target, recording a rating of 28.05-percent, which is significantly below the national target threshold of less […]
# Die waarnemende minister van Polisie, Firoz Cachalia, sê ‘n aanval op politieke verteenwoordigers of ondersteuners, ongeag hul party-verbintenis, is ‘n aanval op die demokratiese regte van alle Suid-Afrikaners. Dit volg na ‘n vlaag vermeende politieke moorde tydens die afgelope naweek se kieserregistrasieveldtog. ‘n DA-tussenverkiesingskandidaat is in Kaapstad doodgeskiet, terwyl ‘n ANC-wyksraadslid in Gqeberha vermoor, […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu verwelkom die Gelykheidshof se onlangse uitspraak wat haatspraak teenoor die LGBTQIA+ gemeenskap veroordeel. Regslui vir Menseregte en die Suid-Afrikaanse Menseregtekommissie het die saak teen ʼn openbare figuur, Ngizwe Mchunu, aanhangig gemaak. Dit volg na ʼn vlaag aanlyn haatspraak, teistering en diskriminasie teen LGBTQIA+ persone. Cosatu-woordvoerder Nonzuzo Dlamini sê haatspraak en haatmisdade het […]
# The Public Servants Association has called for an urgent and independent forensic investigation into lost investment by the Public Investment Corporation. The PIC’s Isibaya Fund invested more than 18.2-billion-rand in 23 companies, which ultimately recorded an internal rate of return of minus 100-percent, meaning the investments lost all their value. PSA’s Claude Naicker says the […]
# Acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia says an attack on political representatives or supporters, regardless of party affiliation, is an attack on the democratic rights of all South Africans. This follows a spate of suspected political killings during this past weekend’s voter registration drive. A DA by-election candidate was killed in Cape Town, while an […]
# Union federation Cosatu has welcomed the recent Equality Court judgement condemning hate speech towards the LGBTQIA+ community. The case was brought forward by the Lawyers for Human Rights and the South African Human Rights Commission against a public figure, Ngizwe Mchunu, following a spate of online hate speech, harassment and unfair discrimination against LGBTQIA+ persons. Cosatu’s Nonzuzo Dlamini says offences of hate […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad sê geweld teen wetstoepassers kan nie geregverdig word nie. Dit volg nadat Metropolisie-beamptes die naweek tydens die uitvoering van hul pligte aangeval is. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Veiligheid en Sekuriteit, JP Smith, sê daar is Saterdag op Metro-beamptes in Manenberg geskiet toe hulle op berigte van geweervuur gereageer het. Hy sê in […]
# Die Iranse ministerie van Buitelandse Sake het bewerings deur die Amerikaanse visepresident JD Vance weerlê, dat hulle na die naweek se onderhandelinge in Switserland, ingestem het om kernmonitors in die land toe te laat. Teheran het in Julie verlede jaar samewerking met die Internasionale Atoomenergie-agentskap opgeskort, nadat Washington aanvalle op die land se kernverrykingsfasiliteite […]
# Die MK-party veroordeel ʼn artikel in TimesLive wat volgens hom partyleier Jacob Zuma by die bespreking rondom die betogings in Julie 2021 betrek en by implikasie ook by volgende week se optogte teen onwettige immigrasie. Hy sê die artikel hou nie by feite nie, maar gebruik anonieme aansprake van bronne wat na bewering na […]
