Dec 18, 2024 · Marius Roodt and Terence Corrigan says productive action requires understanding severity of crisis South Africa is a violent society. It has one of the highest rates of murder in the world, along with dreadful levels of less lethal but nonetheless threatening “contact crime”. Property crime, too ...

Jan 17, 2025 · Eskom recognised as a Top Employer 2025 in SA 16 January 2025 The 2025 Top Employers have been announced and Eskom has been recognised as a Top Employer in South Africa. This prestigious accolade places us among an elite group of organisations globally acknowledged for their dedication to creating an exceptional workplace, by developing and embedding Human Resources (HR) policies and people ...

NUMSA’s vision for 2025 is extremely simple and ideologically clear. We are calling on all those who believe in building a society that advances humanity to unite. This is a vison which our people have been desperately looking for since the dark days of Apartheid, and also in today’s hollow democracy which gave us political power without economic power. The masses of …

COSATU welcomes the extension of AGOA benefits for South African exports 26 December 2024 The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) welcomes the extension of the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA) benefits for South African exports by the United States (US) administration. We further welcome the US Congress’ lapsing of a Bill seeking to review and possibly downgrade ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Inadvertent Institutional Enablement Robs Poor South Africans A Right of Response to Adv. Paul Hoffman We were all excited in the early years of post-apartheid South Africa when our new democratic dispensation saw the development of what was soon regarded as the most progressive Constitution in the world. With this Constitution came a Bill of Rights, also to be proud of, as well as a whole ...

Jan 16, 2025 · AfriForum, Solidarity and SCS kicks off legal fight against Bela Act 16 January 2025 AfriForum, Solidarity and the Solidarity Support Centre for Schools (SCS) have started with legal action against the promulgation of the Bela Act. According to these organisations, President Cyril Ramaphosa acted irrationally and in breach of various agreements, as well as a recommendation by the Minister of ...

Dec 22, 2024 · In this letter, De Villiers reportedly criticises University Chancellor Edwin Cameron for defending Wilgenhof in personal correspondence and conversations from the very start of the affair. The letter was not forwarded by Kriegler to Cameron for a response, presumably because the issues it raised fell completely outside the inquiry’s terms of reference. On 17 th January -- after the raid but ...

Willem Steenkamp on the late spy chief, and the role of the service in engineering the negotiated transition

Jan 9, 2025 · Extra focus on TRC cases welcome, but explanation for delays of justice still awaited 9 January 2025 This week’s announcement by Minister of Justice Mmamoloko Kubayi of the creation of 19 permanent National Prosecuting Authority posts to investigate TRC cases is good. It is good for the families and friends of victims of heinous crimes committed by apartheid forces to reach closure, it is ...

Jan 24, 2025 · The uMkhonto weSizwe Party ("MK Party") vehemently rejects the signing of the Expropriation Bill into law by Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa today. This legislation, disguised as a solution to South Africa's land question, is nothing but a continuation of injustice and a betrayal of our people's struggles for ...