# The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa says it regards the retrenchments by Ford Motor Company SA as an attack on the working class. The company plans to cut at least 470 jobs at its Pretoria and Eastern Cape plants in a bid to respond to evolving market demands. Numsa’s spokesperson, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, […]
# The University of Pretoria will confer 169 doctoral degrees during its spring graduation ceremonies at the Hillcrest campus this week. In total, more than two-thousand-100 students will be capped and robed. Alongside the doctoral graduates, the university will also award 494 master’s degrees, 460 honours degrees, 392 postgraduate diplomas, 355 bachelor’s degrees, and 237 […]
# Not In My Name International eis dat ʼn onderwyser by die Prinshof Skool vir Blindes in Pretoria afgedank word. Dit volg na bewerings dat ʼn onderwyser in 2024 ʼn 14-jarige leerder seksueel aangerand het. Die beweging het gister ʼn vreedsame betoging buite die skool gehou. Not In My Name International se woordvoerder, Themba Masango, […]
# Civil society movement Not in My Name International is demanding the dismissal of a teacher at the Prinshof School for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Pretoria. This follows allegations that a 14-year-old learner was sexually assaulted by a teacher in 2024. The movement staged a peaceful demonstration outside the school yesterday. Not in My Name […]
# Beskuldigde nommer vier in die Senzo Meyiwa-moordsaak, Mthokoziseni Maphisa, sal vandag hoor of die aanklagte teen hom laat vaar word. Dit volg nadat hy aansoek gedoen het vir ʼn Artikel 174-ontslag onder die Strafproseswet. Maphisa voer aan die staat het misluk om hom te verbind met die beweerde plan om die Bafana Bafana-kaptein te […]
# Accused number four in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Mthokoziseni Maphisa, will find out today if the charges against him will be dropped. This is after he applied for a Section 174 discharge under the Criminal Procedure Act. Maphisa has argued that the State has failed to link him to the alleged plot to […]
# Die DA in Tshwane sal ‘n mosie voor die Raad indien om munisipale swembaddens te heropen. Die swembaddens is sedert 2024 gesluit ten spyte van ‘n verligting in watertekorte. Die DA-leier in Tshwane, Cilliers Brink, sê die ander metros het nie hul swembaddens permanent gesluit gehou en inwoners, afrigters en skole se toegang ontneem […]
# The DA in Tshwane will table a motion in Council to reopen municipal swimming pools, which have remained closed since 2024 despite water shortages easing. DA leader Cilliers Brink says no other metro has kept pools permanently closed, with residents, coaches, and schools deprived of access. He argues that a clear policy is needed […]
# Die Stad Tshwane het vandag Boomplantmaand in Hammanskraal afgeskop, met Santam wat bome ter waarde van 250-duisend-rand skenk om die stad se stedelike vergroeningsprogram te ondersteun. Die projek is daarop gemik om 300-duisend-bome binne ‘n drie-jaar tydperk in townships en informele nedersettings te plant. Zintle Mahlati van die stad vra inwoners en organisasies om […]
