# The Water and Sanitation Department is calling on South Africans to rethink how water is used during celebrations and everyday life. This follows widespread water wastage during Spring Day activities where people were throwing water at each other. Spokesperson Wisane Mavasa says this concern is even more pressing as South Africa anticipates the effects […]
# The D449 near Tshedza Ha-Mailula in Limpopo has been temporarily closed following a three-vehicle collision. The provincial department of Transport and Community Safety spokesperson Mashudu Mabata says law enforcement and emergency teams are managing the scene. Motorists are urged to use alternative routes. She calls on motorists to be vigilant, drive with extreme caution […]
# Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, says the fight against corruption is yielding significant financial recoveries. The National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit has recovered 8.3-billion-rand in unlawfully obtained gains. Of this, 3.68-billion-rand was paid to victims, and 4.6-billion-rand went to the Criminal Assets Recovery Account. The Special Investigating Unit has recovered assets […]
# The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa joined COSATU, the broader trade union movement and progressive organisations globally in expressing its solidarity with the people and workers of Eswatini as they continue their struggle for democracy, freedom and social justice. DENOSA supports the Global Week of Action for Democracy in Eswatini and the solidarity […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu is bekommerd oor die inentingskrisis van kinders, wat die Gesondheidsdepartement tot openbare gesondheids-noodtoestand verklaar het. Die hoeveelheid kinders onder een wat nie ingeënt is nie, het gestyg van 12,1-persent in 2017 tot 36,3-persent vroeër vanjaar, wat een uit elke drie babas weerloos laat. Woordvoerder Matthew Parks sê dit keer die groot […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum vra president Cyril Ramaphosa om meer fondse beskikbaar te stel en die werksaamhede van die Madlanga-kommissie te verleng. Honderd-47-miljoen-rand is aanvanklik begroot, waarvan 123-miljoen-rand reeds bestee is terwyl bykomende befondsing gesoek word. Woordvoerder Dennis Bloem sê Ramaphosa kan nie vir Suid-Afrikaners vertel daar is nie geld nie terwyl 700-miljoen-rand beskikbaar […]
# Amnestie Internasionaal Suid-Afrika sê die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing in November is ‘n kritieke oomblik van aanspreeklikheid weens die groot ontevredenheid met dienslewering en sigbare mislukkings in vele munisipaliteite. Volgens die verslag van die Ouditeur-generaal het net 39 van die 257 munisipaliteit ‘n skoon oudit gekry in die jongste ouditeursverslag. Amnestie Internasionaal SA sê kiesers moet […]
# Union federation Cosatu is concerned over South Africa’s child immunisation crisis, which the Health Department has declared a public health emergency. The proportion of infants under one year receiving no vaccines has tripled from 12.1-percent in 2017 to 36.3-percent earlier this year, leaving more than one in three babies completely unprotected. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks […]
# Die landbou-organisasie TLU SA vra die regering om beslissend op te tree om die verspreiding van staats-vuurwapens na misdadigers teen te werk. Hy verwys na die gewese polisieman Christiaan Prinsloo, wat tussen 2007 en 2015 sowat twee-duisend vuurwapens uit polisiebewaring aan misdadigers verskaf het.Bennie van Zyl van TLU SA sê die wapens moes vernietig word, […]
