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The Western Cape provincial government has proposed changes to South Africa’s driving laws to better protect workers and those being transported on the back of bakkies. This follows another accident in the province last week which left 35 farmworkers severely injured and hospitalised. The DA’s Western Cape spokesperson on Agriculture, …

Despite the days of idolizing celebrity couples fast dwindling, one of our local celebrity couples Kwesta and Yolanda Vilakazi just made the internet swoon with their latest romantic moment. Award-winning rapper and hip hop artist Kwesta (real name Senzo Mfundo Vilakazi) signed the deal again by pulling out all the …

New research by Stellenbosch University shows that the Department of Basic Education needs to urgently consider making changes to South Africa’s school system to make up for teaching time lost during the Covid-19 pandemic.   ALSO READ:KZN education department to inspect schools damaged in weekend floods SA SCHOOLS DURING LOCKDOWN …

The powerful trade union to strike work on June 16 to demand wage increase and oppose President Saied’s privatisation plans. Tunisia’s powerful UGTT trade union has called for a national strike on June 16 to demand an increase in wages and oppose President Kais Saied’s proposed spending cuts and privatisation …

The proposed extension of the Gautrain rapid rail route has moved a step closer to becoming a reality, with the determined route for phase one of the expansion published in the Gauteng Provincial Gazette. Gauteng MEC for Public Transport and Roads Infrastructure Jacob Mamabolo said on Wednesday the route determination …

Most of the points are self-explanatory, and of course, I adopted some of the metrics of the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business (EODB), which I believe is only partially correct. Businesses do need energy to stay alive, anyhow you slice and dice it. Right now, the tariffs have gone …

Although it is almost two years since the Constitutional Court ruled that the Electoral Act amendment must allow for independents to be parliamentarians, the overall problem in the legislation has not been addressed. Elections analyst Michael Atkins said independent candidates would still be disadvantaged by the proposed amendment before parliament. …

The European Commission proposed new rules on Wednesday to force online service providers to detect, report and remove child pornography from their networks. The plan calls for a European centre to combat child sexual abuse, based in The Hague and working with the EU police agency Europol. “We are failing …

Civil rights group Afriforum will challenge new proposals by the ruling ANC which would see a shake-up of property rights in the country. The ANC wants farmers to donate land for redistribution to emerging black farmers as part of a significant shift in land expropriation policy. The proposal is a …

Anti-apartheid hero Chris Hani’s family in the Eastern Cape wants his remains to be reburied at his home in Comfivaba, much to disagreements from his widow Limpho Hani. The former uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) commander, who was also a leader of the SACP, was gunned down outside his Boksburg home …