Workers belonging to trade unions Nehawu and the Public Service Association are expected to picket outside a parliamentary building in Plein Street on Friday morning, demanding health and safety rules be upheld by their employer. The workers allege that the building is unsafe and is a health risk to them[…]
Former Foreign Minister Pik Botha has died in the early hours of this morning. The 86-year-old former politician was recently hospitalised in Pretoria. His son, Piet Botha, has confirmed his death: “We did see it coming because his body was starting to turn against him after a pretty long innings,[…]
Government is considering fixing a maximum price for unleaded fuel to cushion the country from escalating prices, Energy Minister Jeff Radebe said on Thursday. “Government is deeply concerned by the rising cost of petrol in South Africa which is largely caused by the rand dollar exchange rate, and the price[…]
The Western Cape government has demanded that Police Minister Bheki Cele deploy extra police officers and reservists to the province within six months to stop a wave of crime, gangsterism, and attacks on trains. In a joint provincial cabinet statement, Premier Helen Zille said the Western Cape government and the[…]
DA leader Mmusi Maimane has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to “come clean” and “turn himself in” to the state capture inquiry. In a statement on Wednesday, Maimane said he agreed with Ramaphosa’s comments on Tuesday when the president said: “For the country to move forward, we need to establish[…]
Nehawu says the biometric enrollment for Sassa beneficiaries is a new function that workers were not consulted on. The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) workers affiliated to the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) are expected to go on a national strike on Wednesday morning. The labour action is over problems[…]
The patience of commuters will again be tested to the limit with trains in Cape Town running about an hour behind schedule. In the latest incident Tuesday afternoon, six carriages on two trains caught alight at Cape Town station. A man has been detained in connection with the latest fire. Two weeks[…]
Nehawu has threatened to bring all Sassa offices to a complete shutdown over biometric enrollment. South Africa Social Security Agency (Sassa) acting CEO Abram Mahlangu says they are shocked that Nehawu has resolved to take to the streets, because they have not yet received feedback from the task team that was[…]
Four men accused of the murder, kidnapping and rape of a Stellenbosch University student, and the attempted murder of another, are expected to appear in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday. Vernon Witbooi, Eben van Niekerk, Nashwill Julies, and Geraldo Parsons face charges in connection with the attack on[…]
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) is expected to brief Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Transport on Tuesday on its strategy for dealing with attacks on its trains. Cape Town’s railway stations have been beset by a string of train fires over the past several months, in addition to[…]
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