South Africa’s domestic work sector has increased by 6.2% from last year, adding another 50 000 workers, talking the total number to 858,000 across the country. Whether it be garden work, indoor housework, or travelling home, it can be easy to overlook the risks that domestic workers face. Accidents with a lawnmower, electrical appliances or even a severe allergic reaction to a cleaning agent can put a life at risk when […]
Workers in the public sector are expected to take part in pickets countrywide after wage talks collapsed. The pickets come amid growing threats of a strike action against government’s 3% wage offer. Last week, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement unilaterally accommodated a 3% increase in public wages. Several unions including Cosatu’s public sector unions and the PSA have criticised the move. The unions are demanding up to 10% […]
Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga will on Sunday morning brief the media on the state of readiness ahead of the commencement of the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations, in Pretoria. A total of 753 964 full-time and 167 915 part-time candidates are registered for the upcoming matric examinations scheduled to officially commence on Monday across the country. However, some practical examinations have already been written. A total of 6 […]
Spokesperson for the South African National Parks (SANParks) Lauren Howard Clayton confirmed that the blaze on Table Mountain was ‘100% contained’. Mop-up operations have begun Clayton said that it was contained on the evening of Saturday, 29 October. Mop-up operations in the area are ongoing. According to Clayton, a team of 20 firefighters from the Nature Conservation Corporation (NCC) Wildfires began the mop-up operations along the fire line in areas […]
The construction of a Turkish drone manufacturing plant in Ukraine will be completed in two years despite the Russian invasion, drone maker Baykar said on Thursday. Haluk Bayraktar, the CEO of Baykar, the company which produces the renowned TB2 Bayraktar drones, told Reuters that the detailed design phase for the plant had been completed. “Our plan is moving ahead. And we will move ahead with construction actually... within two years we […]
Early this morning, a multi-agency integrated operation was conducted in the Wynberg area of Ebor road. At 04h00 on Friday the 28th of October and under the authority of a search warrant, members from the CCT's Metro Police, Law Enforcement and Traffic Services, along with the South African Police Services Anti-Gang Unit and the Department of Home Affairs, surrounded the target area. The Main road was temporarily closed to vehicle […]
Ramallah, occupied West Bank – The Israeli army has shot and killed two Palestinian men at a military checkpoint south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian officials. The Palestinian health ministry announced just before 2am (11:00 GMT) on Friday that 47-year-old Imad Abu Rasheed was killed with bullets to his stomach, chest and head, with two others seriously wounded. At 6:30am (03:30 GMT), officials reported that Ramzi […]
The Czech Republic has opened its embassy in Qatar, as the two nations develop growing ties especially amid the looming energy crisis in Europe. Czech Foreign Minister, Jan Lipavsky, today concluded his two-day working visit to Qatar, in which he first took part in the ceremonial opening of the first Czech embassy in the capital, Doha. Lipavsky also met with his Qatari counterpart, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, as well as with the […]
Last month, It was announced that the construction mafia had interrupted work on the new Manenberg School of Skills, an R84 million project scheduled to take 87 weeks to complete. Unfortunately, another delay over which the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has no control, has now struck the build. A company that was not awarded the tender, initiated an interdict and review application against the award of the tender contract. […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
