Category: South Africa

Johannesburg – Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has appealed to student who were not required to return to campuses to stay home. Nzimande said universities could only allow 33% of final year students on campus under level-3 lockdown. He said this would require a readjustment of the academic year. Nzimande also spoke about the impact […]

Johannesburg – Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi says refugees have a right to employment in South Africa. The minister says there must be a balance that includes international convention when it comes to job creation in South Africa. This comes after truck drivers took to the streets to protest the hiring of foreign nationals […]

Johannesburg – North West police have opened an inquest docket after the ex-boyfriend of murdered officer Mamoitoyi Bouwer was found hanging from a tree. The body of Sando Khandile was found just outside Orkney over the weekend. This comes just a week after his former girlfriend Sergeant Bouwer was found dead at her home. Bouwer’s […]

Johannesburg – Truck drivers have threatened to shut down the country on Tuesday. They are protesting against the employment of foreign nationals in most sectors of the economy, and giving them lower wages. The drivers want the government to intervene. Spokesperson of All Truck Drivers Forum Michael Masimini says employers are contravening the Employment Services […]

Johannesburg – Former VBS Mutual Bank CFO, Philip Truter has been granted bail of R50,000 and intends to plead guilty. Truter appeared in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Palm Ridg on Monday. Truter is 8th suspect arrested in connection with the VBS bank heist. The other seven suspects were granted bail of R100,000 each. […]

 Johannesburg – A number of leading economists and academics have come together, to lobby for the scrapping of Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s supplementary budget. The group says it plans to take the matter to court, as they don’t agree with Mboweni’s plan and remedy for the economy. Co-Director of the Institute for Economic Justice, Neil […]

Johannesburg – Sex workers continue to call on government to protect and support them during the nationwide lockdown. “During the lockdown, it became even more apparent to us. Sex workers will call and says I’m going to the store to get essentials and I’ve just been harassed. Police officers have just violated me…” said Nosipho […]

Johannesburg – The Gauteng Health Department has assured the family of Shonisani Lethole – the man who tweeted that he had not been fed for over 48 hours at Tembisa Hospital and later died – that an investigation was under way. A team from the office of the Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku visited Lethole’s […]

  Johannesburg – Four unions are ready to sign severance packages at the South African Airways. The National Transport Movement, Satawu, the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union, the Aviation of Southern Africa and Solidarity are ready to sign. Staff at the airline could each be paid a maximum of R32,000 a month. The […]

Cape Town – There was been widespread outcry over the eviction of a naked man from a shack in Khayelitsha. Human Settlements Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, says the Western Cape government must urgently get to the bottom of this matter. Parliament said it also needs answers. In video footage seen on social media, police officers are […]