# The agriculture organisation TLU SA has welcomed the arrival of the first batch of a 3.5 million-dose consignment of Argentina’s Biogénesis Bagó foot and mouth disease vaccines. This is the largest single consignment of FMD vaccines ever imported into South Africa. TLU SA’s Bennie van Zyl says the Department of Agriculture must establish an […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse aktivis Ebrahim Peters beweer Israelse magte het hom gemartel weens sy nasionaliteit nadat hy tydens ‘n humanitêre sending na Gaza aangehou is. Hy was onder ses lede van die Global Sumud-flottielje Suid-Afrika wat op see voorgekeer is. Die groep is intussen vrygelaat en word môre terug in Suid-Afrika verwag. Peters sê hulle […]
# Die Afrika-Unie en Indië het hul forumberaad uitgestel weens die verergerende Ebola-uitbreking in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo. Gesondheidsbeamptes sê die uitbreking het versprei na ‘n gebied in die Suid-Kivu-provinsie wat deur M23-rebelle beheer word. Die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie sê meer as 139 sterftes en 600 moontlike gevalle is aangeteken. Pogings om die uitbreking te beperk, […]
# Die vakbondfederasie Cosatu verwelkom die Internasionale Geregshof se uitspraak wat werkers se basiese reg beskerm om te staak. Die hof het gelas die reg om te staak word beskerm ingevolge die Internasionale Arbeidsorganisasie se 1948-verdrag oor Vryheid van Omgang. Matthew Parks van Cosatu sê om te staak is ‘n kerninstrument van gesamentlike bedinging:
# South African activist Ebrahim Peters claims he was tortured by Israeli forces because of his nationality after being detained during a Gaza-bound humanitarian mission. He was among six members of Global Sumud Flotilla South Africa who were stopped at sea. The group has since been released and is expected back in South Africa tomorrow. […]
# The African Union and India have postponed the India-Africa Forum Summit due to the worsening Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Health officials say the outbreak has spread to an area controlled by M23 rebels in South Kivu province. The World Health Organisation says more than 139 deaths and 600 suspected […]
# Union federation Cosatu has welcomed the International Court of Justice’s ruling in defence of workers’ inalienable right to strike. The court ruled that the right to strike is protected under the International Labour Organisation’s 1948 Freedom of Association treaty. Cosatu’s Matthew Parks says to strike is a critical tool of collective bargaining:
# Die MK-party vra die bedanking van die adjunkminister in die Presidensie, Steve Letsike, as vise-president van die Suid-Afrikaanse Aptekersraad. Die party sê Letsike se dubbele rol wek kommer oor bestuur, etiek en die onafhanklikheid van die reguleerder. Patrick Motubatse van die party het aan SABC News gesê ‘n dienende adjunkminister moenie ‘n pos in […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says several South African companies want to expand investments in Botswana to boost job creation and skills development. Speaking at the sixth South Africa-Botswana bi-national commission summit, Ramaphosa praised the long-standing ties between the two countries and thanked Botswana for supporting South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle. He says the commission remains important […]
