# Die Congress of the People sê die volgehoue bloedbad oor werkgeleenthede in die land is die ANC se skuld. ArcellorMittal SA gaan aan die einde van September sluit met ‘n gevolglike drie-duisend-500 werkverliese. Die Ford Motormaatskappy SA beplan ook 474 afleggings by sy aanlegte in Pretoria en Gqeberha. Die waarnemende nasionale voorsitter van COPE, […]
# The National Council of SPCAs says it has lodged a detailed submission in opposition to the proposed regulations for the exportation of live animals by sea. The Department of Agriculture published the regulations for public comment in July. NSPCA’s Nazareth Appalsamy says in the regulations, there is no mandatory embargo on exports to the Middle East […]
# ActionSA sê hulle is uiters verontwaardig dat lede van die Parlement se Ad Hoc-komitee deur die media moes verneem dat getuies onbehoorlik geroep is om voor die komitee te verskyn. Die komitee se taak is om die bewerings van die KwaZulu-Natalse polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, oor korrupsie in die strafregstelsel te ondersoek. Matthew George van […]
# The Congress of the People says the ANC is to blame for the ongoing jobs bloodbath in the country. ArcellorMittal SA is set to shut down by the end of September, resulting in three-thousand-500 job losses. Ford Motor Company SA also plans to cut 474 jobs at its plants in Pretoria and Gqeberha. COPE’s […]
# Die GOOD Party sê hulle is erg bekommerd oor Burkina Faso se terugwaartse wysigings aan hul Persone- en Gesinskode, wat deur die land se Oorgangsparlement aangeneem is. Die party sê die wysigings kriminaliseer selfdegeslag-verhoudings, wat ‘n gevaarlike stap terug vir menseregte op die Afrika-kontinent aandui. Keagen Gertse van GOOD sê Burkina Faso sluit hom […]
# ActionSA says it is outraged that Parliament Ad Hoc Committee members have had to learn through media reports that witnesses have been improperly called to appear before the committee. The committee is tasked with investigating the allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi of corruption in the criminal justice system. ActionSA’s Matthew George […]
# Die adjunkminister van Finansies, David Masondo, sê infrastruktuur is steeds ‘n katalisator vir volhoubare en inklusiewe ekonomiese groei. Die regering sal oor die volgende drie jaar meer as 940-miljard-rand aan infrastruktuur bestee, wat 375-miljard- rand in besteding deur staatsinstellings insluit. Dié befondsing sal paaie en brûe opknap, damme en waterweë bou, hawens en lughawens […]
# Cosatu doen ‘n beroep vir onmiddellike regeringsoptrede om stygende kragpryse te verlaag ten einde ‘n werksgeleentheid-slagting te voorkom. Die vakbondfederasie sê sedert beurtkrag in 2006 begin het, het kragpryse met meer as 450-persent gestyg. Matthew Parks van Cosatu sê die ekonomie nie langer die massiewe finansiële verliese van Eskom se vermoë om bekostigbare elektrisiteit […]
# Ekurhuleni mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza says the metro is making progress in strengthening its financial position, having addressed a 2.1-billion-rand revenue shortfall. The metro’s current bank balance stands at nearly 1.2-billion-rand. Ekurhuleni’s investment balance is now at 672-million-rand, up from 245-million-rand. Meanwhile, Xhakaza says an internal disciplinary process against officials implicated in the metro’s missing […]