# Die vakbond, Saftu, sê hy is bekommerd oor die styging in lewenskoste en gevolglike verswakking van die werkersklas se lewenstandaard. ʼn Onlangse meningspeiling van Debt Rescue South Africa het onthul huishoudings is verplig om te besnoei op noodsaaklikhede soos kos en vervoer bloot sodat die ligte kan aanbly. Saftu-woordvoerder Newton Masuku sê die krisis […]
# The Freedom Front Plus in Tshwane is urging residents of Centurion to exercise restraint and patience as the repair work at the Brakfontein Substation unfolds. The substation was damaged by a fire two weeks ago leaving parts of Centurion without power supply. The FF Plus’, Lenor Janse van Rensburg, says repairs to a substation […]
# Government is urging citizens to prioritise road safety as the country heads into the Easter long weekend. A total of 335 fatalities were recorded in the 2024 Easter weekend compared to 252 for 2023. Government Communication and Information System, Nokululeko Mtshali, says government launched the Easter Period Road Safety campaign last month, as part of […]
# The GOOD Party welcomes the long-awaited momentum in the quest to hold apartheid-era criminals accountable. The National Prosecuting Authority has reopened the inquests into the deaths of struggle stalwarts Chief Albert Luthuli and Griffiths Mxenge. In another matter, the Gauteng High Court has ruled that two former apartheid policemen can be prosecuted for crimes […]
# The City of Cape Town says the continuous vandalism of stormwater infrastructure and illegal dumping into the stormwater system, have a major impact on the overall functioning of the metro’s stormwater system. These illegal activities lead to localised flooding during heavy rainfall events. Mayoral committee member for Urban Mobility, Rob Quintas, says the cost […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says it is alarmed at the ongoing rise in the cost of living and the consequent erosion of working-class living standards. A recent Debt Rescue South Africa survey reveals that households are being forced to cut back on essentials such as food and transport simply to keep […]
# Die uitvoerende hoof van Business Leadership South Africa, Busisiwe Mavuso, sê om ‘n bekwame staat te bou is onmoontlik sonder moderne IT-stelsels. Mavuso het in haar weeklikse nuusbrief die mislukte Staatsinligtingstegnologie-agentskap gekritiseer oor korrupsie, swak diens en verpolitisering. Mavuso steun voorstelle om departemente toe te laat om hul eie IT-dienste te bekom, en verwys […]
# Vandag is Wêreld-Chagas-siektedag, met die fokus op die tema: ‘Voorkom, Beheer, Versorg: Almal se Rol in Chagas-siekte. Chagas-siekte, wat dikwels die ‘stil siekte’ genoem word, raak ongeveer sewe miljoen mense wêreldwyd, met meer as tien duisend sterftes jaarliks. Die direkteur-generaal van die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, het die belangrikheid van vroeë opsporing en behandeling […]
# Die DA sê ‘n agtjarige seun van Soweto se opname in die hospitaal vir voedselvergiftiging bewys dat Gauteng nie daarin slaag om voedselveiligheidsregulasies af te dwing nie. Die kind het glo siek geword nadat hy versnaperinge van ‘n plaaslike spazawinkel geëet het. Sergio Isa dos Santos van die DA beweer dat meer as 15-duisend […]
