# Consulting Engineers South Africa says technical skills must be prioritised in implementing the National Water Action Plan. Cesa CEO Chris Campbell says infrastructure investment and institutional reforms will fail without qualified engineers, technicians and process controllers to operate and maintain water systems. He says the decline in municipal technical expertise has contributed to worsening […]
# The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union welcomes the Labour Court judgment handed down yesterday, dismissing an application for leave to appeal over the transfer of operations at the Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein, Free State. The court previously ruled that the transfer to the Department of Correctional Services, effective 1 July, triggered Section […]
# The Food and Allied Workers Union calls upon government to urgently address the broader structural challenges confronting the South African sugar industry. FAWU’s spokesperson, Dominique Martin says the state has a responsibility to protect local production, decent employment and the country’s industrial capacity from destructive import competition and policies that contribute to deindustrialisation. She […]
# Die Soil of Africa-beweging sê die debat oor migrasie moet verder strek as die vals keuse tussen die beskerming van Suid-Afrikaners of buitelandse burgers. Woordvoerder Luzuko Sofute sê Suid-Afrikaners is bekommerd oor ongedokumenteerde migrante, die druk op openbare dienste, werksgeleenthede, misdaad, korrupsie en die integriteit van die land se immigrasiestelsel. Hy sê hierdie kommer […]
# Mpumalanga police seized 630 kilograms of dagga worth more than four-million-rand in Tonga near the Eswatini border. Spokesperson Mpho Nonyane-Mpe says officials searched an articulated truck and trailer with Eswatini registration plates and discovered 49 bags of dagga. A suspect was arrested and detained. The truck, reportedly belonging to a logistics company based in […]
# The Soil of Africa Civic Movement says the debate on migration must move beyond the false choice between protecting South Africans and protecting foreign nationals. The movement’s spokesperson, Luzuko Sofute says South Africans have concerns about undocumented migrants, pressure on public services, employment opportunities, crime, corruption and the integrity of the country’s immigration system. […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse polisie het ʼn 16-jarige tiener van Malmesbury aangekeer in verband met ʼn internasionale netwerk wat kinders seksueel misbruik. Dit volg op ʼn gesamentlike operasie deur die Amerikaanse Federale Ondersoekburo, die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens se nasionale ondersoekspan vir Elektroniese en Reeksmisdade, die Amerikaanse ambassade en die nasionale sentrum vir vermiste en uitgebuite kinders. Polisiewoordvoerder […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Korrektiewe Dienste het kommer uitgespreek oor bewerings by die Kgosi Mampuru-tronk in Pretoria. Gevangenes beweer hulle moet 240-rand betaal vir toegang tot ʼn stapelbed. Dié wat nie kan betaal nie, moet op die sementvloer slaap in selle wat oorvol en vuil is. Die komitee sê hy is ook bekommerd oor […]
# Western Cape police have arrested a 16-year-old Malmesbury teenager linked to an international child sexual abuse network. This followed a joint intelligence operation involving the US’ Federal Bureau of Investigation, SAPS’ National Serial and Electronic Crime Investigations team, the US embassy, and the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children. Police spokesperson Amanda van […]
