# The DA criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to clear SANDF Chief General Rudzani Maphwanya after his political visit to Iran, which violated the military’s apolitical code. The DA’s Chris Hattingh says the president failed to hold the general accountable, undermining the SANDF’s credibility, national security, and South Africa’s international standing. Hattingh says this sets […]
# Die minister van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling, Mmamoloko Kubayi, sê die bevordering van menseregte is onafskeidbaar verbind met ekonomiese en maatskaplike regte. Sy het die 63ste jaarlikse byeenkoms van die Asiaties-Afrika-regsraadgewende organisasie-konferensie in Uganda toegespreek. Kubayi sê Suid-Afrika bly vasbeslote om die organisasie se unieke rol te ondersteun in die versterking van Asië en […]
# The Global Sumud Flotilla says its vessel, the ‘Family Boat’, was struck by a suspected drone off Tunisia’s Sidi Bou Said port today. All six on board, including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, were unharmed. Tunisian authorities have dismissed the claims, saying a fire broke out, caused by ignited life jackets. The flotilla says the […]
# Cosatu sê hy steun die vakbond Popcru se versoek dat polisielede se sterftetoelaag verhoog word. Sewe-en-twintig polisielede is tussen 1 April verlede jaar en 31 Maart vanjaar aan diens dood. Cosatu se woordvoerder, Zanele Sabela, sê dis onaanvaarbaar dat die sterftetoelaag sedert sy ontstaan op 250-duisend-rand bly en voeg by dit kan nie na […]
# Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, says the promotion of human rights is inseparable from economic and social rights. She addressed the 63rd Annual Session of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organisation Conference in Uganda on Monday. Kubayi says South Africa remains firmly committed to supporting AALCO’s unique role in amplifying the collective […]
# Cosatu says it supports the demand by the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union for an increase in the death grant for police officers. Twenty-seven officers died in the line of duty between 1st April 2024 and 31st March this year. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Zanele Sabela, says it is unacceptable that the death grant of […]
# PNA wil vanjaar 2,5-miljoen-rand insamel as deel van sy jaarlikse, landwye fondsinsameling om gemeenskappe in Suid-Afrika en Namibië op te hef. Die veldtog wat op 18 Julie op Nelson Mandela-dag begin het, eindig Vrydag met PNA se Prettige Sokkie-dag. Die geleentheid ondersteun vier organisasies sonder winsbejag: Breadline Africa, die CHOC-kinderkankerstigting, Rally to Read en […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa beantwoord vandag vrae van parlementslede in die Nasionale Vergadering in Kaapstad. Die hooffokus is op samewerking met die Amerikaanse regering vir die bereiking van ‘n handelsooreenkoms en die verlaging van tariewe. ‘n Evaluering van Suid-Afrika se presidentskap van die G20 is ook op die agenda. Die Presidensie sê Ramaphosa sal ook […]
# Die Nasionale Werkgewersvereniging van Suid-Afrika, NEASA, gaan nie die regering se rassekwotas nakom nie en sê hy gaan nie diskriminasie op grond van ras of geslag verdra nie. Die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria het onlangs NEASA en Sakeliga se aansoek vir ʼn interdik teen die nuwe indiensnemingsteikens van die hand gewys. Die teikens vir sogenaamde […]
