Somalia seeks to avert looming food crisis
NAIROBI – Three years to the day since a famine that eventually killed more than a quarter of a million people was declared in Somalia, aid agencies warned Sunday the country faced a new catastrophe without urgent aid. A joint statement issued by a group of charities and aid agencies said there were more […]
Long strikes could be held in check with plan for interest arbitration
by Natasha Marrian – THE Department of Labour is examining the introduction of “interest arbitration” in a bid to end protracted strikes. The five-month strike in the platinum sector this year caused the economy to contract, nearly tipping the country into recession. The government has expressed frustration about its limited capacity to intervene in that […]
Zuma’s nephew to submit ‘huge’ land claim
SAPA – DURBAN – The nephew of President Jacob Zuma has launched a land claim targeting more than 60 farms in Impendle in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, The Citizen newspaper reported on Monday. “I do not think there is any dispute around that — that entire land was historically under the kwaNxamalala Tribal Authority,” Inkosi Simpiwe […]
SPII cleans up Newtown for Mandela Day
SPII decided to keep it local and picked up litter along Bree Street and around Mary Fitzgerald Square for Mandela Day. In less than 30min we had each filled a full bag and had to begin a second round. We hope that this small initiative will encourage all of us to take responsibility and […]
ANC: Clean up for Mandela
BY SAPA – Government encourages all South Africans to work together and dedicate 67 minutes of their time to clean up South Africa on 18 July [Friday], Nelson Mandela International Day,” government said in a statement. Read full article here
Khaya Dlanga: Qualifications are not the be-all and end-all to employment
Qualifications are not the be-all and end-all to employment, In South Africa, the graduation rate among South Africa’s 23 public universities is 15%. These figures are from the 2013 department of higher education and training’s first annual statistical report, published this year, which looked at the “size and shape of post-school education and training in […]
Mamelodi protesters block road
By SAPA – Johannesburg – Around 500 residents of Stoffelpark informal settlement in Mamelodi, Pretoria sat in the middle of a road in an apparent protest, police said on Thursday. “There are between 400 to 500 people sitting in the middle of Tsamaya Road next to Mahube Valley,” spokesman Constable Sam Shibambo told Sapa. […]
SADC BIG E-NEWSLETTER ISSUE 4
The latest SADC Basic Income Grant Campaign Newsletter June Issue is out. Click here for more.
PRESS STATEMENT: NORMS & STANDARDS CONFERENCE DECLARATION
CONFERENCE DECLARATION MICHAEL KOMAPE NORMS & STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLEMENTATION CONFERENCE We learners, parents, teachers, principals, government officials, members of social movements, civil society organisations, professional bodies and trade unions, ordinary citizens and community members have come together with one goal: to see the Minimum Uniform Norms and Standards for Public School Infrastructure (Norms […]
Wage gap must be narrowed ‘urgently’
BY LINDA ENSOR – Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant said on Tuesday, that there was an urgent need to tackle the wage gap between top executives and workers as this posed the “biggest risk” to the institutional framework of the labour market. While she acknowledged the need to “fast-track transformation of the workplace” Ms Oliphant did […]
