Youth vote for jobs, not sentiment
Johannesburg – As South Africa’s fifth general elections ended on Wednesday night, young South Africans voted for a better, brighter future. Qinisela Hlongwa, 26, said youth unemployment needed to be dealt with. “Finding employment is the biggest challenge, even those that are employed complain that most companies do not want to give them permanent posts.” […]
EDITORIAL: Help business create jobs
TO GO into election day with official statistics showing that unemployment is worse than it was last time around cannot be a happy turn of events for the African National Congress. Statistics South Africa’s quarterly labour force survey shows that 122,000 jobs were lost in the first quarter of this year, with the unemployment rate […]
Department ‘violated right to education’ in not delivering textbooks
By Sapa The High Court in Pretoria ruled that the basic education department violated pupils’ rights to education by failing to deliver textbooks in Limpopo, according to a report online on Tuesday. Delivering judgment in the Limpopo textbooks case, Judge Neil Tuchten said the department had violated pupils’ rights to education by failing to ensure […]
School buses rebranded for ANC
By Sapa – A row over the rebranding of two school buses in ANC colours erupted this week with the company that donated them demanding the buses be returned to their intended purpose. The two school buses, donated by German electronics company Siemens, were rebranded at a cost of R90,000 through former president Nelson Mandela’s […]
Amcu to continue strike, say mining companies
By Sapa – Trade union Amcu will continue its marathon strike in the platinum mining sector, the mining companies said on Tuesday. “The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) has informed the companies of the union’s decision to continue with the strike which is entering its 15th week,” Lonmin, Impala Platinum, and Anglo American […]
Inequality is new apartheid in SA
By Simon Kuper – WHEN I close my eyes and think back to apartheid, it’s 1984 and I’m sitting on my grandparents’ veranda in Johannesburg. It’s a blazing December day, and I’ve just had a swim in their pool. Nesta, the black maid who lives behind the kitchen, is cutting cake. In the garden below, […]
Mines ‘stalling’ silicosis claims
By Loni Prinsloo – MINING groups have been accused of saving themselves millions by dragging out silicosis litigation and payment of compensation to victims. Richard Meeran, an attorney who has been fighting big mining companies for compensation for ill workers for the past decade, says families of workers fear they will die during court delays, […]
Op-Ed: Abahlali’s choice
By Julian Brown – Political identity is a strange thing. In the run-up to an election, we are asked – over and over again – to identify ourselves with political parties. We are asked to remember our histories and follow our family’s old allegiances. We are instructed to forget those histories, and face the future. […]
‘It’s not good at all’: SA’s unemployed speak out
South Africa Votes 2014 In February 2014, the South African job market lost 118,397 jobs. According to the Adcorp Employment Index, it was the largest monthly loss in almost three years. While unemployment is rife, citizens battle to understand why there are no jobs. RA’EESA PATHER reports for SOUTH AFRICA VOTES 2014 from Cape Town. […]
Zuma: Police should’ve been more firm ahead of Marikana
By Sarah Evans While blaming Amcu and Lonmin, Jacob Zuma told Afrikaans community leaders that fewer miners would’ve died at Marikana if the police had been firmer. According to President Jacob Zuma, fewer miners would have died at Marikana if the police had been allowed to be “more firm” in the days leading up to […]
