# Die Protea-Landdroshof het die saak teen die beskuldigdes in die moord op die Gautengse verkeersbeampte Chesnay Keppler na die Hooggeregshof in Johannesburg oorgeplaas vir ‘n voorverhoor vanaf volgende Donderdag. Die voormalige polisiebeampte Mandla Buthelezi en sy medebeskuldigde, Llewellyn Mayers, staan tereg op aanklagte van onder meer moord, poging tot moord, regsverydeling en oortreding van […]
# Die vakbondfederasie Saftu sê die motorbedryf staan voor ‘n bloedbad ná Ford se plan om poste te besnoei by sy aanlegte in Gauteng en die Oos-Kaap. Die federasie het by die metaalwerkersvakbond Numsa aangesluit om die afleggings te veroordeel en waarsku dit volg op die hakke van besnoeiings by Mercedes-Benz en ArcelorMittal Suid-Afrika, wat […]
# Die Vakbondfederasie Saftu sê ArcelorMittal Suid-Afrika se sluiting van lang staalbedrywighede in Newcastle en Vereeniging, en die bedreigde toekoms van Vanderbijlpark, is ‘n nasionale ramp. Die federasie blameer dekades van privatisering, korporatiewe gierigheid en regeringsmislukking vir die ineenstorting, en waarsku dat duisende werksgeleenthede en hele gemeenskappe in gevaar is. Asive Dyani van Saftu doen ‘n […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority has welcomed the Pretoria High Court’s dismissal of a Section 174 application by accused number four, Mthokozisi Maphisa, in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial. Judge Ratha Mokgatlheng ruled there is prima facie evidence requiring answers. Maphisa and four co-accused face charges including murder, attempted murder, and robbery. NPA spokesperson Lumka […]
# Gauteng MEC for Education, Matome Chiloane, has called for calm following learner protests at Tiyelelani Secondary School and nearby schools in Soshanguve. The unrest was sparked by allegations of sexual misconduct involving a teacher and a bus driver, and claims that the principal failed to act on these reports. One learner was injured. The […]
# Employment and Labour minister, Nomakhosazana Meth has expressed deep concern over the ongoing retrenchments, resulting in heavy job losses. ArcelorMittal plans to shut down ots long steel business by the end of this month, which will cut over three-thousand jobs and put another 100-thousand downstream at risk. Ministry spokesperson Thobeka Magcai, says Ford has […]
# The Protea Magistrate’s Court has transferred the case against the accused in Gauteng traffic warden Chesnay Keppler’s murder to the Johannesburg High Court for a pre-trial hearing from next Thursday. Former policeman Mandla Buthelezi and co-accused Llewellyn Mayers face charges including murder, attempted murder, defeating the ends of justice, and contravening the Independent Police […]
# Union federation Saftu says the motor industry faces a jobs bloodbath following Ford’s plan to cut jobs at its plants in Gauteng and the Eastern Cape. The federation has joined metalworkers’ union Numsa in condemning the retrenchments, warning they come on top of cuts at Mercedes-Benz and ArcelorMittal South Africa, which threaten the country’s […]
# Union federation Saftu says ArcelorMittal South Africa’s closure of long steel operations in Newcastle and Vereeniging, and the threatened future of Vanderbijlpark, is a national disaster. The federation blames decades of privatisation, corporate greed, and government failure for the collapse, warning thousands of jobs and entire communities are at risk. Saftu’s Asive Dyani calls […]
