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Archive photo of the 2023 strike in Tshwane. (Photo: Provided) While the union Samwu is already lighting the bonfires over the possible re-employment of 43 Tshwane workers who were blocked in the road after the three-month violent and illegal strike in the metro in 2023, the union Imatu is not at all impressed. “These are those people who intimidated our members, who threw stones through bus windows and set buses on fire,” says Lynette Burns-Coetzee, Imatu’s manager in the Tshwane region. The DA threw the club in the pigeonhole with a media statement on Thursday in which it claims that…
Morgan Mentoor had many dreams. The one dream he was particularly sure about was to one day become a minister. (Photo: Gaynor Mentoor Mafutu/ Facebook) 12-year-old Morgan Mentoor had many dreams. The one dream he was particularly sure about was to one day become a minister. This is how Gaynor Mentoor remembers her son who apparently took his own life, because he was disappointed with his karate results. A few hours before his lifeless body was found in his room, the grade 6 learner from Outeniqua Primary was still standing next to the karate mat with a gold medal around…
Archive photo. (Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP) Almost 28 million voters are registered to vote at this stage, with two more registration weekends to come in the run-up to this year’s local elections. But how many of those 27.9 million voters will actually vote? Two experts that Maroela Media spoke to this week in the run-up to the first registration weekend, place this year’s voting percentage at around 45%, similar to 2021’s local election. “It is unlikely that the percentage will grow,” says Dirk Kotze, a professor of political science at Unisa, despite the optimism that prevailed there this week during the…
I want to be strong but gentle; I want to pursue a career and excel in it, but I want to be present with my family; I want to be independent; I want to be a good mother and a good wife. I want to be available, professional, ambitious. I want to be what I want.
Ronald Lamola, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation. (Photo: Kopano Tlape/GCIS) The US Department of State’s Bureau of African Affairs took on Ronald Lamola, South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, on X about his latest comments about Pres. Donald Trump and the MAGA movement. The bureau, which is responsible for the development and management of American policy regarding Africa, responded directly to Lamola’s statements in a post. FM @RonaldLamola, you blame concerns about violence and failed governance on “MAGA politics.” Ghana and Nigeria just airlifted their citizens out of your country. Thousands of South Africans are fleeing to America…
Nuseirat, Gaza – Fifty-year-old Murad Haji sits in silence in a dentist’s chair among the rubble of Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, hoping to find some relief from a pain that has plagued him for months.He holds his jaw, overwhelmed by a sharp throbbing ache. He had been given a quote of about 400 shekels ($142) for treatment – an amount that could feed his children for four or five days due to escalating food costs. But when the agonising pain spread from his tooth to his jaw, Haji was forced back to the dentist’s clinic to seek some relief.“I can…
In this week’s Net nog enetjie, Connie Mulder, Christel Cornelissen and Nico Strydom tackle the latest drama surrounding foot-and-mouth vaccines, while pressure increases on Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen after a major defeat in court.
Neil Retief, viticulturist from Van Loveren. (Photo: Jhua-Nine Wyrley-Birch/Maroela Media) Two weeks after the storms and floods hit large parts of the Western Cape in mid-May, numerous vineyards in the Robertson wine district are still buried under river mud. Bottles of wine lie scattered in muddy heaps, and numerous wine farms are trying to rebuild piece by piece. On some of these farms, however, it is not despair that rings loudest, but rather resilience. In the midst of the damage, the financial uncertainty and the emotional toll of one of the worst floods to hit this region in the last…
Two officials of the Prime Minister’s office in Mpumalanga have been arrested by the SAPS Tshwane Organized Crime unit in relation to the case of murdering the investigating officer Mr. Mabidi Mashaba. Mashaba was killed in September 2023 when his car was sprayed with more than 20 bullets on his way from Mpumalanga to Pretoria. His work laptop and documents were also taken. Mashaba was seriously injured and rushed to the hospital, where he later died. The first suspect, Eckson Mkondo has appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court for murder and conspiracy to murder, his case has been adjourned to…
Members of the Tshwane Metro Council shortly before the council meeting began. (Photo: Tania Heyns/Maroela Media) The Tshwane Metro Council approved its budget for the 2026-27 financial year on Thursday. This is the second fully funded budget tabled and passed under the multi-party coalition government. According to the metro, the budget meets the requirements of the Municipal Financial Management Act (MFMA) and has been endorsed as funded and compliant by the national treasury. Among other things, the budget prioritizes the upgrading of water and electricity infrastructure, roads and water systems, waste management, public safety, housing and economic development. Eugene Modise,…