# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Kamer van Handel en Nywerheid sê Suid-Afrika se sakevertroue toon steeds ’n positiewe neiging en het gestyg van 107.8 in Mei 2024 tot 125.8 in Februarie vanjaar. Uitvoerende hoof Alan Mukoki sê hoewel daar in Maart ’n effense daling na 123.5 was, bly die sentiment steeds sterker as die vorige jaar. Mukoki […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare vra die Grensbestuursowerheid en die Departement van Binnelandse Sake om die instelling van die liggaamskamera-beleid onmiddellik te staak. Die vakbond vra ’n deursigtige en inklusiewe raadplegingsproses en dat die owerheid in daadwerklike dialoog met georganiseerde arbeid moet tree om saam ’n beleid te ontwikkel wat eties, wettig en volhoubaar is. […]
# Die voorsitter van Tshwane se Artikel 79-oorsigkomitee, Ngoako Seanego, het die plasings van ‘n wyksraadslid op sosiale media veroordeel, waarin gesê word inwoners moet bome in die middel van die straat plant as ‘n vorm van verset. Seanego beskou hierdie vorm van uitdrukking as opsetlike beskadiging. Hy sê hulle weet die onlangse swaar reën het strate beskadig, […]
# KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Thulasizwe Buthelezi, has condemned the assassination of Induna Aaron Gwala, in eMaphephetheni, eThekwini. Reports indicate that unknown assailants shot and killed him at his residence on Sunday afternoon. The department’s spokesperson, Senzelwe Mzila says he was a hardworking Induna who served the Gwala Traditional Authority with […]
# Israel’s Defence minister Israel Katz says the country would continue to block humanitarian aid from entering the war-battered Gaza Strip, where intense aerial and ground assaults have resumed. He says blocking this aid is one of the main pressure levers preventing Hamas from using it as a tool with the population. Earlier the UN […]
# Remedial work is in full swing at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital as the Gauteng Health Department marks four years since a fire damaged parts of the facility. The department has announced a planned shutdown of the medical gas supply today to allow for demolition work. The department’s spokesperson Motalatale Modiba says patients […]
# Build One South Africa says it is outraged by the revelation that over 5.2-million-rand earmarked for school infrastructure has been misappropriated in the Eastern Cape. BOSA’s spokesperson, Roger Solomons says according to Basic Education minister Siviwe Gwarube’s reply in Parliament, the misappropriated funds were part of the School Infrastructure Backlogs Grant and were misused […]
# The Charlotte Maxeke Hospital is facing an urgent court challenge after refusing to assist a 15-year-old Zimbabwean girl in need of a liver transplant. Diagnosed with auto-immune hepatitis, her mother says the hospital demanded valid documents before treatment. Human rights lawyer Simba Chitando calls it a blatantly xenophobic act as the teenager’s condition continues […]
# The Public Servants Association is calling on the Border Management Authority and the Department of Home Affairs to immediately pause the rollout of the body-worn camera policy and initiate a transparent and inclusive consultation process. The union is urging the BMA to engage in genuine dialogue with organised labour to co-develop a policy that is ethical, lawful, […]
