GNU ministers snub tribunal on pesticides killing pupils
Four ministers of government of national unity (GNU) appear to have shunned an event organised to discuss the danger of pesticides that killed several school kids... Read more.
Bidvest loses bid to avoid paying employee shot during strike
The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein has dismissed Bidvest Protea Coin’s appeal to avoid paying damages to Mandla Mabena, an employee who lost sight in... Read more.
Warrant of arrest issued for EFF’s Collen Sedibe over death threats
A warrant of arrest has been issued against Mpumalanga EFF leader Collen Sedibe. Sedibe is alleged to have threatened the life of a service provider connected to... Read more.
Major win for security guards who feared they’d never see their pensions
Former security guards who battled for years to access their hard-earned pension funds have scored a major legal victory after the Johannesburg High Court dismissed... Read more.
Sex pest deputy principal finally suspended
Four grade 5 Mpumalanga primary school pupils endured the trauma of seeing their alleged abuser daily as the authorities dragged their feet to bring the alleged... Read more.
No punitive action against official who spent R2m on guardhouse
Mpumalanga Department of Education head Lucy Moyane and officials implicated in the dubious spending of more than R2-million on, a security guardhouse are yet to... Read more.
Legal Aid SA calls for more funding to fight land injustices
Legal Aid South Africa has called for additional funding to support its land rights management unit, which provides legal assistance to farm occupiers, labour tenants,... Read more.
Meyiwa murder investigator’s life in danger, researcher warns
A prominent anti-crime activist and researcher has warned that the life of one of the investigators in the Senzo Meyiwa trial “remains in great danger” and that... Read more.
Corruption and land reform failures fuel hunger
Corruption, land reform failures, and sky-rocketing electricity prices are worsening South Africa’s hunger crisis, with one in five households now facing severe... Read more.
Parly committee fails brutalised black Mpumalanga farm tenant
Parliament’s land reform and rural development committee has failed to rescue a distressed farm labour tenant’s family from the abuse and intimidation by a white... Read more.
