Treatment Action Campaign warns against shutdown of UNAIDS

[File Image] A student displays his hands painted with messages as he poses during an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign to mark the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, in Chandigarh, India, on May 20, 2018. The civil society organization Treatment Action Campaign has raised concerns over the plans to shut down UNAIDS, a United Nations body that coordinates the…

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Molefe Morutse re-elected as Ditsobotla Local Municipality Mayor

Ditsobotla Municipality head office building The embattled Ditsobotla Local Municipality council has re-elected Molefe Morutse as Mayor. This move comes after national government intervened to address the municipality’s chronic governance and administrative failures, including financial mismanagement and service delivery breakdowns. Earlier this month, the national Department of Cooperative Governance visited the troubled municipality and instructed…

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Government doesn’t have an answer to ‘jobs bloodbath’: Vavi

SAFTU General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi addresses workers during a General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA) meeting. The South African Federation of Trade Union (Saftu) President Zwelinzima Vavi says workers are facing a job-loss “bloodbath” in the face of the current retrenchments across different sectors in the country. Vavi says to address the issue…

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Godongwana to table this year’s MTBPS on 12 November

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. This year’s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) will be tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on the 12th of November. The National Assembly will consider and adopt it on the 13th of January next year. Parliament says this year’s consideration of the MTBPS is the direct knock-on effect…

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Baby Proteas beat Malawi at Netball World Youth Cup

Baby Proteas in action against Malawi. South Africa have all but secured a quarterfinal berth at the Netball World Youth Cup in Gibraltar. The Baby Proteas secured a third successive victory, beating Malawi 64-33 in their Pool D match in what was by far their toughest match to date. The unbeaten South African under-21’s occupy…

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