# EFF Gauteng chairperson Nkululeko Dunga has condemned the setting on fire of the Germiston Home Affairs office, highlighting the city’s efforts to evict illegal occupants from municipal housing in Pharoe Park. Dunga stressed that evictions target those not paying rent, rates, or taxes, while ensuring alternative accommodation is provided. Dunga called for a quick […]
# Mynbouproduksie in Suid-Afrika het in Junie met twee-persent gestyg in vergelyking met dieselfde maand verlede jaar, hoofsaaklik te danke aan toenames in platinumgroep-metale, steenkool en chroomerts. Mineraalverkope het egter in Junie jaar-op-jaar met 14-persent in gedaal, hoofsaaklik weens dalings in goud-, mangaan- en steenkoolverkope. Juan-Pierre Terblanche van Statistieke Suid-Afrika sê verkope in platinumgroep-metale het […]
# The ANC in Ekurhuleni has strongly condemned the torching of the Germiston Home Affairs offices, calling it a criminal act instigated by disgruntled protesters being evicted. Regional secretary Jongizizwe Dlabathi urges swift law enforcement action to bring perpetrators to justice. Dlabathi described the destruction as a violation of human rights and an attack on […]
# Minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela, says the government will stabilise the National Student Financial Aid Scheme and begin rolling out a new sustainable student funding model within three months. Manamela told the media this aims to ensure reliable financial support for students and improve access to post-school education, helping more young […]
# New research from Stellenbosch University reveals a strong correlation between alcohol consumption and residential fire incidents in Cape Town. During South Africa’s first Covid-19 alcohol ban in April 2020, residential fires dropped by 32-percent, with informal settlements seeing a 28-percent decrease. The study notes alcohol impairs judgment and raises fire risks, especially in informal […]
# Die minister van Hoër Onderwys en Opleiding, Buti Manamela, het belowe om oorsig oor die Sektorale Onderwys- en Opleidingsowerheid te versterk om die gehalte van die opleiding te verbeter en die lewering van meetbare resultate te bevorder. Dit volg nadat president Cyril Ramaphosa die vorige minister, Nobuhle Nkabane, uit die pos verwyder het na […]
# Die werkersvakbond GIWUSA veroordeel ten sterkste die voortgesette xenofobiese veldtog, gelei deur Operasie Dudula, March and March, ActionSA, en die PA, wat toegang tot gesondheidsorg aan migrante weier. Die president van GIWUSA, Mametlwe Sebei, sê klinieke en hospitale laat inwoners in die steek en daar is ook ‘n tekort aan kritieke gesondheidsorgpersoneel. Sebei sê […]
# Lerato Ngobeni van ActionSA het die brandstigting by die kantoor van Binnelandse Sake in Germiston tydens ‘n uitsettingsprotesaskie veroordeel. Twee mense is gearresteer. Ngobeni het aan Newzroom Afrika gesê die uitsetting van vier-honderd-families van Pharoe Park was volgens die regte prosedure as gevolg van onwettige besetting en huurwanbetaling, en erfbelasting en belasting wat nie […]
# Rugby: Red Bull further extended their interests in sport by investing in rugby union for the first time by taking over English top-flight strugglers Newcastle. The Austria-based energy drinks company already has significant interests in football, motor racing and winter sports. The club will now be known as Newcastle Red Bulls. Red Bull’s CEO […]
