# Union federation Saftu says it unequivocally rejects the expansion of Operation Vulindlela. It calls the project a neoliberal structural reform agenda that is accelerating the privatisation of South Africa’s public infrastructure through stealth and euphemism. The federation’s spokesperson, Newton Masuku says under Phase Two, launched by president Cyril Ramaphosa, it is witnessing an intensified […]
# AfriForum sê hy is kommerwekkend dat die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Dion George, stilbly oor Tenbosch Mining se aansoek om ‘n steenkoolmyn naby die Krugerwildtuin te vestig. Die burgerregteorganisasie het in April die departement en SANParke versoek om ‘n openbare verklaring uit te reik oor hul standpunt rakende die aansoek. Lambert […]
# Three young men aged 18 to 22 have been arrested after a shoe was thrown at Kenyan president William Ruto during a rally in Migori County, Western Kenya, on Sunday. The government condemned the act as disgraceful, while activists say it symbolises growing frustration over economic hardship and rising living costs. Despite scrapping tax […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa says the government of national unity is a conspiracy to facilitate the privatisation of public assets, and the weakening of environmental regulations, all in the name of unlocking growth. President Cyril Ramaphosa launched the second phase of Operation Vulindlela aiming to unlock more rapid and inclusive […]
# ActionSA has termed the DA in Johannesburg’s motion of no confidence against mayor Dada Morero and speaker Nobuhle Mthembu as a desperate distraction from its own failures. ActionSA’s provincial chairperson in Gauteng, Funzi Ngobeni, accuses the DA of political grandstanding, saying the move deepens instability in an already broken city. Ngobeni has defended Mthembu’s […]
# Qatar Airways het aangekondig dat een van sy weeklikse vlugte vanaf Doha na Kaapstad vanaf 1 Junie met ‘n Boeing 777 sal wees, wat gratis ultra-vinnige Starlink wi-fi sal insluit. Die lugredery het reeds die wêreld se grootste vloot Starlink-toegeruste 777’s en is ook die eerste om die stelsel op Airbus A350’s aan te […]
# Die Nelson Mandelabaai-munisipaliteit en die Uitenhage-distriks-taxivereniging gaan twee brûe herbou wat in die Junie-oorstromings ineengestort het. Die Nasionale Tesourie het ná vergaderings met rolspelers befondsing van 89-miljoen-rand goedgekeur. ‘n Deel daarvan is vir herstelwerk en instandhouding van paaie. Die voorsitter van Uitenhage se distriks-taxivereniging, Mbuyiseli Mfengu, het aan die SABC gesê die samewerking tussen […]
# Die Stad Kaapstad sê hy gaan voort met die ondersteuning van projekte om die metro se wêreldverbintenisse per lug en ter see uit te brei. ‘n Uitstekende voorbeeld is die Air Access and Cruise Cape Town-inisiatiewe wat Wesgro bestuur. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Ekonomiese Groei, James Vos, sê nuwe vlugte en passasierskeepsvaarte beteken meer toeriste, […]
# Qatar Airways has announced that from June 1st, it will operate one of its weekly Doha to Cape Town flights using a Boeing 777, offering passengers complimentary ultra-fast Starlink wi-fi. The airline, already boasting the world’s largest Starlink-equipped 777 fleet, is also the first to fit the system to Airbus A350s. Celebrating 20-years in […]
