# Cosatu says the Labour Migration Policy and the Employee Services Amendment Bill provide a long overdue response to the flood of undocumented migrant labour into the economy over the past decade. Last week, the cabinet approved the bill for submission to Parliament and approved the white paper on National Labour Migration Policy for implementation. […]
# The Freedom Front Plus in Gauteng says the Emfuleni Municipality’s draft unfunded budget means projected expenditure will exceed expected revenue, potentially hampering service delivery and causing further financial instability. The budget for the 2025/2026 financial year was approved last week. The FF Plus’, Gerda Senekal, says the budget includes significant tariff hikes, such as […]
# The Department of Employment and Labour says misinformation is fuelling unnecessary fear around the amended Employment Equity Act. Addressing an employment equity roadshow in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, deputy director Niresh Singh assured workers that no one would be dismissed because of affirmative action. Singh says the law aims to transform workplaces in line with national […]
# Die Departement van Indiensneming en Arbeid sê waninligting veroorsaak onnodige vrees rondom die gewysigde Wet op Gelyke Indiensneming. Die adjunk-direkteur, Niresh Singh, het werkers tydens ‘n gelyke indiensneming-inligtingstoer in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal meegedeel dat niemand weens regstellende aksie ontslaan sal word nie. Singh sê die wet is gemik op die transformering van werkplekke in ooreenstemming met […]
# The ANC Youth League has paid tribute to the Congress of South African Students as it marks its founding anniversary today. Formed in 1979, COSAS played a vital role in resisting apartheid’s Bantu Education and mobilising learners. The league hailed the fearless student leaders who laid the foundation and reaffirmed its commitment to political […]
# Die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid het ‘n tussentydse bevel van die Spesiale Tribunaal verkry om ‘n pensioenuitbetaling van 3,3-miljoen-rand aan Matilda Gasela, die voormalige hoof van Gauteng se Landboudepartement, te keer. Gasela word daarvan beskuldig dat sy 6,5-miljoen-rand in onreëlmatige betalings aan Enviro Mobi vir onafgelewerde afvalvoertuie gemagtig het. Die ondersoekeenheid beweer sy het die Wet […]
# Die ANC-jeugliga het die studentevakbond COSAS gelukgewens met die viering van sy stiging vandag 54 jaar gelede. COSAS is in 1979 gestig en het ‘n groot rol gespeel in die stryd mobilisering van leerders en die stryd teen apartheid se Bantoe-onderwys. Die liga het hulde gebring aan studenteleiers wat hy beskryf as vreesloos en […]
# Die minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Velenkosini Hlabisa, het die Veilige Gebruiklike Inisiasie-bewustheidsveldtog in Bloemfontein van stapel gestuur. Met die tema “Mabaye Bephila, Babuye Bephila” doen die veldtog ‘n beroep op nul sterftes hierdie winterseisoen. Dit volg op 90 sterftes verlede jaar. Die minister het beklemtoon dat inisiasie ‘n reis na die […]
# Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister, Velenkosini Hlabisa, has launched the Safe Customary Initiation Awareness Campaign in Bloemfontein. Under the theme “Mabaye Bephila, Babuye Bephila,” the campaign calls for zero deaths this winter season. This follows 90 fatalities last year. The minister emphasised that initiation must be a journey to life, not death, as […]
