No ordinary strike as Numsa fights for more than money
By Natasha Marrian – WHEN metal and engineering workers down tools next week, it will be no ordinary strike. The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa), led by general secretary Irvin Jim, has a political point to prove. There is a lot at stake as the union seeks to position itself as the last, […]
Dust is clearing on Africa’s path to middle-income status
By Graham Bell – AMONG several theories, the name “Africa” is said to have originated from the Phoenician word “afer”, meaning dust. Not a very auspicious nominal beginning (circa 1000 BC) for the planet’s second-largest continent. More recently, in the 19th century, explorers such as Henry Morton Stanley referred to Africa as the “Dark Continent” […]
Some good news for SA on keeping up ‘social wages’
By Hilary Joffe – IN THE past couple of budgets, the finance minister has made mention of work the Treasury has been doing on fiscal sustainability — essentially, whether the government’s social spending path can be sustained over the long term. Though the Treasury’s modelling exercise started to yield results some time ago, and has […]
Child poverty declined – report
By SAPA – Child poverty in South Africa has declined but more still needs to be done, according to a report released by the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on Wednesday. “Poverty has declined, but that does not mean that the situation is good,” Prof Servaas van der Berg said. He was presenting the […]
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Sarb warns on inflation
Reuters – Pretoria – The deputy governor of the South African Reserve Bank, Daniel Mminele, says inflation is “uncomfortably high” and could increase further. He said inflation was above its 3% to 6% target band and could rise further in a deteriorating domestic economic environment. “Monetary policy in South Africa is currently facing an increasingly […]
Shock over Malema’s JSC appointment
By SAPA Cape Town – Opposition parties have reacted with shock after EFF leader Julius Malema was included as a new member of the Judicial Services Commission, which is responsible for appointing the country’s judges. Sapa reported on Tuesday that Malema was appointed as one of the 10 new members of the JSC, along with […]
More women, children taken in Nigeria
By Bukar Hussain – Suspected Boko Haram militants have abducted more than 60 women and girls, some as young as three, in the latest kidnappings in north-east Nigeria and over two months since more than 200 schoolgirls were seized. Read full article here
Platinum strike finally ends
By Sapa The five-month-long strike in the platinum sector finally ended on Monday with labour union Amcu accepting the employers’ offer. “Platinum will never be the same again… What other unions could not do in more than 20 years, you could do in five months,” Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa told around 20,000 union members at […]
Wits to recruit more black students for health sciences
By SAPA Top performing black students from rural and low quintile schools will take up 60 percent of health sciences faculty admissions, the University of the Witwatersrand said. The remaining 40 percent of places would go to top performing candidates based on their academic merit, Rowland said. The 60 percent would be divided into three […]
