# Die Instituut vir Rasseverhoudinge vra universiteite om rasseklassifikasie-mandate wat die regering opgelê het, te verwerp. Die organisasie het aan al 26 universiteite geskryf om meriete bo ras- en geslagskwotas te bepleit met die nuwe verslagtydperk oor gelyke indiensneming wat in September begin. Die instituut se woordvoerder, Makone Maja, waarsku gedwonge rasseklassifikasie kan akademiese uitnemendheid […]
# Two British men, Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers, have been found guilty of criminal damage for deliberately felling a landmark sycamore tree in northern England. The tree, at a spot known as Sycamore Gap, was located on the historic UNESCO World Heritage listed Hadrian’s Wall, which was constructed almost two-thousand years ago to guard […]
# Soccer: The Western Cape government has launched a new partnership with SAFA Cape Town, MTN South Africa, and Golden Arrow Bus Services to support school soccer. MEC Ricardo Mackenzie says over 12-thousand young players will benefit monthly from pre-loaded smart cards to use scheduled buses. MTN will cover card costs and run educational campaigns. […]
# KwaZulu-Natal police are urging fans attending tomorrow’s Nedbank Cup final between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates at Moses Mabhida Stadium to behave responsibly. The stadium is sold out, and authorities caution those without valid tickets to stay away, following a ticketing system glitch that led to overselling. KZN deputy police commissioner, Phumelele Makoba, warned […]
# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse and the Johannesburg Community Action Network say Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero’s state of the city address failed to present real solutions to the city’s growing service delivery crisis. They warn that residents are fed up with broken promises and demand immediate action, better oversight, and proper budgeting. JoburgCAN’s Julia […]
# Die Gautengse Etiek-adviesraad het sy tweede twee-jaarlikse Verslag oor die Stand van Etiek aan die provinsiale regering voorgelê. Die verslag beklemtoon beduidende bekommernisse, onder andere dat slegs 170 uit 750 senior bestuurders deur die Staatsveiligheidsagentskap nagegaan is. Verder is meer as 150 amptenare uitgewys wat na bewering sake doen met die staat en die […]
# The Institute of Race Relations calls on universities to reject government-imposed racial classification mandates. In letters sent to all 26 universities, the organisation urges the institutions to prioritise merit over race and gender quotas when the new employment equity reporting period begins in September. The institute’s Makone Maja warns that forced racial classification risks […]
# Amerikaanse media berig president Donald Trump se administrasie beplan om volgende week die eerste groep wit Suid-Afrikaners in die Verenigde State te hervestig. Die Amerikaanse ondersoekende nuusagentskap, The Lever, het eerste berig oor die vestigingsplan en ‘n dokument van 30 April aangehaal waarin gesê word Suid-Afrikaners is geskeduleer om “binne ‘n paar dae” daar […]
# Werknemers by die Nasionale Loterykommissie het na die Departement van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging in Pretoria opgeruk, vir beter salarisse en werksomstandighede. Die werknemers eis ‘n verhoging van 8.5-persent nadat die kommissie 6.5-persent aangebied het. Die Nasionale Lotery Kommissaris, Jodi Scholtz, sê ‘n verhoging van 7-persent is vir 2024/25 ingestel, wat ‘n pensioengewende verhoging […]
