Asbestos roofing was erected over millions of township houses across South Africa under the Apartheid government, despite expert findings that the material could cause deadly lung cancers.
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Limpopo MEC calls for communities to preserve the marula tree and exploit all business opportunities that could change livelihoods.
Unions have accused security companies of failing to adhere to the agreement, deducting money from workers’ salaries but failing to provide the health care benefits or using other service providers either than the one appointed by the NBCPSS.
Employee representatives continue with action to demand employers pay-back an estimated R75 million deducted ‘irregularly’ from over 30,000 security guards
these workers are generally unorganized and vulnerable, and without the introduction of the National Minimum Wage Act, they would have continued to endure exceedingly low wage levels and poverty.”
The National Taxi Alliance (NTA) is of the view that this switch to a green public transport system in South Africa is a pipe dream that has more barriers than possibilities, unless a drastic changes occur.
UNESCO’s World Inequality Database on Education shows that, globally, children being taught in a language they speak at home are 30% more likely to read with understanding by the end of primary school than those who do not speak the language of instruction. Evidence also shows that learning in first language or mother tongue education improves children’s social skills.
Despite police minister Bheki Cele’s recent pronouncements that police would “intensify operations to detect and remove illegal firearms,” there has been no further investigation into the sources of these firearms or the allegations that Durban Central police members were running guns.
We would like to once again urge guests not to attempt to cross any bridges that are overflowing as the dangers of being washed away remain high. Guests are further advised not to open or travel on any roads which have been closed and not to use gravel road.
The National Association of Artisanal Miners (NAAM) is advocating for the speeding up of the implementation on formalization and decriminalization of artisanal mining in SA.