# AfriForum is warning that the Mineral Resources Development Amendment Bill will entrench environmental destruction and corruption by formalising destructive illegal mining. The bill, amongst other things, aims to introduce artisanal and small-scale mining permits, change the definition of community and meaningful consultation, and speed up mining projects. AfriForum’s Marais De Vaal says signing the bill into law […]
# The Freedom Front Plus in Gauteng is warning the Ekurhuleni Municipality against being lulled into a false sense of security by its current bank balance of 1.1-billion-rand. This equates to 21 days of operating costs. FF Plus’ Denise Janse van Rensburg says the figure is misleading, as it does not account for the 5.79-billion-rand […]
# Die polisie- en gevangenisvakbond, Popcru in Limpopo versoek die provinsiale Departement van Vervoer om dringend die prosedures met die vervoer van gevangenes te ondersoek en versterk. ‘n Polisievangwa wat elf gevangenes na die hof in Mokgophong vervoer het, het gister teen ‘n vragmotor gebots. Ses van die gevnagenes en ‘n polisiebeampte is dood. Phuti […]
# Die GOOD-party sê die Wes-Kaapse veiligheidsplan van ʼn multimiljoen-rand werk nie. Die plan sou die moordsyfer oor ʼn tienjaartydperk met 50-persent verminder en geweld oor die algemeen verlaag. Daar was tussen Mei en Julie vanjaar meer bende-verwante massaskietvoorvalle as in dieselfde tydperk verlede jaar. GOOD se sekretaris-generaal, Brett Herron, sê in Julie alleen is […]
# Die vakbondfederasie Saftu sê dis nie ‘n daad van empatie om ongedokumenteerde werkers te huur nie, maar ‘n hartelose kapitalistiese taktiek om die hoogste wins te maak deur die mees weerlose mense uit te buit. Om ongedokumenteerde migrante aan te stel is ‘n misdaad en oortreding van die Immigrasiewet. Die woordvoerder van Saftu, Asive […]
# The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union in Limpopo is calling on the provincial Department of Transport to urgently assess and strengthen inmate transportation procedures. A police van that was transporting eleven inmates to court in Mookgophong collided with a heavy-duty truck yesterday. The accident claimed the lives of six inmates and one police […]
# The GOOD Party says the multi-billion-rand Western Cape Safety Plan is not working. The plan has a goal of reducing murder by 50-percent in ten-years and reducing violence overall. The province has already seen more gang-related mass shootings between May and July this year than in the same period last year. GOOD’s secretary general Brett […]
# Gauteng se LUR vir Paaie en Vervoer, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, waarsku die minibustaxi- en e-taxi-verenigings wat by die Maponya-winkelsentrum in Pimville, Soweto, bedrywig is, om hul geskille op te los deur platforms te gebruik wat die departement voorsien. Dit volg na Woensdagaand se skietvoorval by die winkelsentrum toe ʼn e-taxibestuurder vermoor en twee voertuie aan die […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says the hiring of undocumented workers is not an act of compassion; it is a ruthless capitalist tactic to maximise profits by exploiting the most vulnerable. Employing undocumented migrants is a criminal offence and a breach of the Immigration Act. Saftu’s spokesperson, Asive Dyani, says they are calling […]
