The number of police officers has been allowed to drop and it is no surprise that at the same time crimes the police themselves define as ”more policeable crimes” have soared, Democratic Alliance (DA) Chief Whip Douglas Gibson said on Thursday.
Retrenched workers, especially women, in the South African textile and clothing industry have experienced a marked decline in living standards, an Ecumenical Service for Socio-Economic Transformation report said on Thursday.
The municipality of the City of Cape Town has appealed for assistance in conserving the city’s water supplies after warning on Thursday that the storage dams supplying the city were currently sitting at only 53,6% full, compared to 86,6% the previous year.
The South African Communist Party (SACP) and the predominantly white-member trade union movement Solidarity have held a meeting to discuss strategies for stimulating growth and development in South Africa.
The sudden influx of aid agencies after a conflict or disaster can hinder rather than help the rebuilding of devastated countries, a Red Cross report warns today.
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s main rebel leaders were sworn in as vice presidents in a new power-sharing government Thursday created to end the country’s nearly five-year-long civil war that has left over three-million people dead.
‘No turning back’ as DRC govt sworn in
President Thabo Mbeki has denied telling his United States counterpart George Bush that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe would step down in December.
No proof of treason say MDC lawyers
The slogan ”kill the farmer, kill the boer” has been defined as hate speech, the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said on Thursday.
More than three million South African children are registered for the Child Support Grant, it emerged on Thursday.
Gauteng has notched up the highest figure in South Africa for abandoned babies, accounting for 268 of the 409 babies abandoned nationally last year, according to Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang.