The Black Land First movement, in solidarity with the Zonkizizwe community in Ekurhuleni, embarked on a service delivery protest on Monday
“Today we gathered together with the community against service delivery,” the BLF chairperson in Ekurhuleni, Happy Zonke, said.
Besides service delivery issues, Zonkizizwe community members were also protesting for government to provide them with shopping malls, schools, adequate transport systems and land expropriation.
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The department of military veterans on Friday said it was deeply concerned after receiving information that there were some military veterans planning to undertake “an illegal march” to its offices in Pretoria next week
“The department acknowledges and respects the constitutional rights of the military veterans to raise their issues with the department regarding the benefits the department provides, as well as related services. However the department urges the military veterans to do so in line with the laws of the country and to use the channels which have been established for this purpose,” spokesperson Mbulelo Musi said in a statement.
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The Durban University of Technology has pushed back it’s opening date.
The institution’s Alan Khan says they’re yet to reach an agreement with administrative staff – who have been striking for weeks.
“The lectures were meant to start on 5 February but the executive committee took a decision today to only commence the academic programme on Monday, 12 February. There’s still a deadlock regarding the salary impasse. At this stage, the university has taken a decision to delay the start of the 2018 academic year,” he says.
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