# Die minister van Indiensneming en Arbeid, Nomakhosazana Meth, sê die nasionale minimumloon bly noodsaaklike beskerming vir sektore waar oorheersend vroue werk: huiswerk, landbou, gasvryheid en kleinhandel. Die nasionale minimumloon is 30-rand-23-sent per normale werksuur. Meth sê dis kommerwekkend dat ʼn aansienlike deel van ekonomies aktiewe vroue in Suid-Afrika in die informele sektor werk wat […]
# Swem: Die Olimpiese kampioen, Tatjana Smith, het ʼn aanmaning aan Swem Suid-Afrika gerig en eis die betaling van rente op prysgeld wat na bewering al meer as ʼn jaar lank teruggehou word. Sy beweer Swem Suid-Afrika hou rente terug teen die huidige koers op 560-duisend-rand en 650-duisend-rand prysgeld wat sy by die 2023 Wêreld […]
# Kanada se eerste minister, Mark Carney, sê handelsgesprekke met Amerika kan hervat word wanneer Washington ernstig raak oor onderhandelings. President Donald Trump van Amerika het verlede week ʼn uitvoerende bevel onderteken wat Lake Ontario se naam na Lake America verander – ʼn stap wat die Kanadese verwerp. Die Trump-administrasie het tariewe van 50-persent op […]
# Die voorsitter van die parlementêre Ampsklagkomitee, Makashule Gana, het politieke partye tot Vrydag kans gegee om nog benoemings vir ʼn getuienisleier in te dien. Die komitee het sy besluit herroep om advokaat Thandazani Madonsela as getuienisleier aan te stel van sy ondersoek teen president Cyril Ramaphosa oor die Phala Phala-sage. Ramaphosa het beswaar gemaak […]
# Minister of Employment and Labour, Nomakhosazana Meth, says the National Minimum Wage remains a critical protection for sectors where women are concentrated: domestic work, agriculture, hospitality and retail. The national minimum wage is 30-rand-23-cents per ordinary hour worked. Meth says it is concerning that a significant proportion of economically active women in South Africa […]
# Swimming: Olympic champion Tatjana Smith has issued Swimming South Africa with a letter of demand seeking payment of interest on prize money allegedly retained for more than a year. She alleges that SSA retained the interest that accrued on 560-thousand-rand at the current exchange rate and 650-thousand-rand at the time in prize money earned […]
# Canadian prime minister Mark Carney says trade talks with the US can resume when Washington gets serious about negotiations. Last week, US president Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America, a move rejected by Canadians. The Trump administration has levied 50-percent tariffs on Canadian goods, while […]
# Parliament’s Impeachment Committee chairperson, Makashule Gana, has given political parties until Friday to submit further nominations for an evidence leader. The committee rescinded its decision to recommend advocate Thandazani Madonsela as the evidence leader of its inquiry into president Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala saga. Ramaphosa objected to the appointment, citing potential conflicts […]
# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse has welcomed Eskom’s decision to stop its process to cut electricity to parts of Johannesburg after the city settled five-billion-rand in overdue debt. OUTA says the immediate threat of power cuts has been removed, but questions remain about how the debt was paid and whether the solution will last. […]
