Over 100 trade union members from farms across the Western Cape gathered for the Fourth Commercial Stevedore Agricultural and Allied Workers Union (CSAAWU) National congress. The two day conference in Surrey Estate, which started on Friday, will consider climate change, women and youth on farms, migrants, and the proposed minimum wage amongst other things. CSAAWU..
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Unions call for R8,500 instead of R3,000 for farm workers
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Mbalula issues call-up for more than 600 former ‘freedom fighters’
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The minister of police has called up 600 members of the so-called non-statutory powers (NSM) after a meeting on Friday. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss promotions and possible fears that Mbalula wants to “buy” such loyalty for the December ANC election as well as the 2019 election. The call also includes members..
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Union tells government to ‘fix the mess’ at KZN’s health department or else …
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Gigaba: SA To Raise Revenue By R15bn In 2018’s Budget To Curb Debt
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South Africa will implement spending cuts of R25 billion rand and raise revenue by R15 billion in next year’s budget to contain growing debt, Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba told Parliament on Wednesday. Gigaba said the extra R40 billion, or 0.8% of GDP, would be used to tackle rising public debt which otherwise could balloon beyond..
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VICIOUS ATTACK ON ELDERLY WOMAN – ATTACKER BITES FINGERS TO GET RINGS
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Knysna News: A Narnia Village woman was viciously attacked by a man she called a “yellow-eyed animal”, who tried to bite the rings off her fingers on Sunday morning 19 November. A shaken Ethne Hillhouse this week said her sunny morning turned into a sudden brush with death when the man appeared from nowhere. She..
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ANC regime is the reason why South African citizens live in poverty
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Two equal evils, poverty and inequality lie at the root of South Africa’s economic problems. Both should be treated equally. If the focus is only on inequality, it will create an economy where everyone is equally poor, except the elite which holds power, said adv. Anton Alberts, chairman of the FF Plus. Adv. Alberts said..
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Lesufi must stop harassing Afrikaans schools in Gauteng Province
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The FF Plus in Gauteng said that the Gauteng Education MEC, Panyaza Lesufi, must stop picking on Afrikaans schools in the province. This was in response to the latest incident in which the MEC attacked Primary School Danie Malan, situated in Pretoria North, in the media and on social media on account of its language..
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Mob attack alleged child rapist after cops ‘fail to arrest him’
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An alleged child rapist from Delft was assaulted by an angry mob on Monday after an 11-year-old girl was attacked. Residents say police failed to arrest the 32-year-old man for an entire day after the case was reported and he was subsequently assaulted in the street and a tyre placed around his neck. The girl’s..
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Bob is out, will it be Zuma’s turn to go?
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Jacob Zuma and the ANC regime must note that voters’ patience is a hanging on a thread if they are the victims who are living in poverty because of their government’s corruption and power abuse. The peaceful revolution of Zimbabwe can easily float to SA. This was the FF Plus’s leader, Dr. Pieter Groenewald point of..
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Malema: Any fool can be president
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Presidents are just people who go around cutting ribbons and any “fool” can be one‚ including President Jacob Zuma. This is according to Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema who told the BBC that just like anyone else he could also be a president. “I think I can be a president… presidents are just..
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Vital clinic in Eastern Cape has only 1 doctor twice a month
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Close to eight villages in Nxarhuni outside Mdantsane in East London depend on Newlands Clinic. But the clinic has only one doctor who comes in twice a month, according to a GroundUp report. A clinic committee member who did not want to be named said: “The doctor comes on the first Monday of the month,..
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SA Author Ruben Groenewald’s UK boxing exposé ebook unveiled on Amazon
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A South African writer Ruben Groenewald’s e-book ‘Broken Dreams: The Untold Truth’ has just made his appearance on the famous Amazon platform. This new story from Groenewald’s pen is based on a true event that deals with the love and deception of boxer. Lionel is an 8 year old boy who was forced by his..
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