# The GOOD Party says new conditions imposed by the National Treasury on social grants are punitive and harmful to poor citizens. These rules include monthly bank checks, biometric screenings, and extensive data verifications that could block millions from receiving essential grants. This comes despite the High Court’s ruling in Pretoria declaring similar measures unconstitutional. […]
# Die minister van Menslike Nedersettings, Thembi Simelane, het provinsies aangespoor om die opgradering van informele nedersettings voorrang te gee ná ‘n brand in die Marikana-nedersetting in Boksburg waarin ses mense gesterf het. ‘n Sewe-jarige is gered en met ernstige brandwonde in die hospitaal opgeneem. Simelane noem die tragedie ‘n waarskuwing en het planne uitgelig […]
# Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane has urged provinces to prioritise upgrading informal settlements following a fire in Boksburg’s Marikana settlement that killed six people. A seven-year-old was rescued and has been hospitalised with severe burns. She called the tragedy a wake-up call. Simelane highlighted plans to upgrade over four-thousand informal settlements by 2029 and […]
# Die mynwerkersvakbond AMCU veroordeel Sibanye-Stillwater ten sterkste nadat 260 werkers ondergronds vasgekeer was in sy Kloof-myn in Gauteng. Die maatskappy het intussen bevestig alle mynwerkers is gered en geen beserings is aangemeld nie. AMCU se president, Joseph Mathunjwa, eis elke operasionele mynskag moet volgens wet ‘n ontsnappingsroete hê. Die vakbond vra dat Sibanye-Stillwater aanspreeklik […]
# Die Gautengse Gesondheidsdepartement sê hy is daartoe verbind om kankerbehandelingsdienste in die provinsie te verbeter om aan die groeiende vraag na radioterapiedienste te voldoen. Woordvoerder Motalatale Modiba sê dit sluit belegging in in die uitbreiding van infrastruktuur en gevorderde toerusting om kankerbehandeling te verbeter en tydige toegang tot sorg te verseker:
# Die digitale bateplatform, Luno, wat in Suid-Afrika gestig is, het ‘n mylpaaluitspraak van die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria verwelkom, waarvolgens ‘n hersiening van Suid-Afrika se verouderde kripto-regulasies vereis word. Regter Mandlenkosi Motha het bevind die land se valutabeheerwette van 1961 kan nie op digitale geldeenhede toegepas word nie en het dringende hervorming van die wet […]
# Mineworkers union AMCU has strongly condemned Sibanye-Stillwater after 260 workers were trapped underground in its Kloof mine in Gauteng. The company has since confirmed that all miners have been rescued with no injuries reported. AMCU president Joseph Mathunjwa insists that every operational mine shaft must legally have an escape route. The union is calling […]
# Sibanye-Stillwater has confirmed that all 260 workers trapped underground at its Kloof 7 gold mine, west of Johannesburg, have safely returned to the surface. The incident was caused by a malfunctioning skip door at Level 39. While no injuries were reported, operations remain suspended pending safety assessments. Unions are calling for a full investigation […]
# South African-founded digital asset platform, Luno, has welcomed a landmark ruling by the High Court in Pretoria, calling for an overhaul of South Africa’s outdated crypto regulations. Judge Mandlenkosi Motha found that the country’s 1961 exchange control laws cannot apply to digital currencies and called for urgent legislative reform. Luno’s general manager, Marius Reitz, […]
