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Solidarity demands action as Assmang considers Beeshoek Mine closure
# Solidarity will push for decisive intervention after the mining group Assmang issued a notice regarding the possible closure of its Beeshoek iron ore mine near Postmasburg in the Northern Cape. The mine’s sole major client, ArcelorMittal SA, is under severe financial pressure. Solidarity says it will participate during retrenchment consultations as 688 permanent jobs […]
ActionSA accuses Health Department of misleading South Africans on vaping
# ActionSA says the Health Department is misleading South Africans with radio adverts claiming vaping is just as harmful as smoking. The party argues this is false propaganda and undermines Parliament while the Tobacco Bill is still under review. ActionSA’s Matthew George says the party has lodged a complaint with the Advertising Regulatory Board to […]
ActionSA calls for decisive action from government to protect every citizen [SOUND]
# ActionSA says it is deeply concerned about government’s glaring failure to address ongoing lawlessness and intimidation by some taxi operators in the communities. The party says this followed the murder of an e-hailing driver at Maponya Mall in Pimville, Soweto last week. ActionSA’s Zwelithini Mtshali says ActionSA is calling on government to take proactive […]
Minister Chikunga takes time off to recover following a health scare [SOUND]
# The Ministry in the Presidency for Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities has confirmed that minister Sindisiwe Chikunga is well and recovering after a health scare during the Y20 meeting yesterday in Ekurhuleni. The department’s spokesperson, Cassius Selala says Chikunga has been advised to take time off her official schedule to rest and recuperate following […]
Forum sê Ramaphosa is verantwoordelik vir verkwisting van belastingbetalers se geld op nasionale konvensie [KLANK]
# Die Activists and Citizens Forum sê president Cyril Ramaphosa moet persoonlik verantwoordelik gehou word van die verkwisting van belastingbetalers se geld op die nasionale konvensie wat die afgelope naweek in Pretoria gehou is. ‘n Bedrag van 450-miljoen-rand is daarvoor bewillig waarvan 20-miljoen-rand reeds gebruik is vir die onlangse eerste konvensie. Die woordvoerder van die […]
Traditional Leaders Imbizo looks into rural development and social cohesion
# Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister, Velenkosini Hlabisa, is attending the 2025 Traditional Leaders Imbizo in Gauteng, hosted by the National House of Traditional and Khoi-San Leaders today. The three-day event will host 300 delegates under the theme ‘Sourcing Inspiration from the Past to Deliver a Better Future for Our People’. Kings, queens, political leaders, […]
JustMoney sê rentekoers het gedaal, maar daar is geen plek vir oorgerustheid nie [KLANK]
# Suid-Afrikaners kan nie oorgerus wees waar dit by geldbestuur kom nie, selfs al het die rentekoers gedaal. Dis die mening van Just Money se bedryfs- en verkoopsbestuurder, Sarah Nicholson. Die Reserwebank het verlede maand die terugkoopkoers met 25 basispunte verlaag tot sewe-persent. Dit beteken handelsbanke se prima-uitleenkoers het tot 10,5-persent gedaal. Nicholson sê versigtigheid […]
LUR Chiloane veroordeel mes-aanval op skoolhoof van Roodepoort [KLANK]
# Gauteng se LUR vir Onderwys, Matome Chiloane, het gister se gewelddadige skermutselings tussen leerders van West Ridge High School en die Hoërskool Roodepoort veroordeel. Roodepoort se skoolhoof is met ʼn mes in die hand gesteek toe sy gemoedere probeer kalmeer het. Die departement se woordvoerder, Steve Mabona, sê volgens voorlopige berigte het die geweld […]