Bitter medicine could have been avoided had strikes been curbed – CDP “Higher taxes need to be handled with the utmost care to prevent a flow from the productive to the unproductive sectors,” said Rev. Theunis Botha, leader of the Christian Democratic Party’s response to…
Daar is al hoe minder werk vir wit en bruin in die staatsdiens, en die twee minderheidsgroepe is nou onderverteenwoordig volgens regstellende aksie (RA)-teikens om die demografie van die land te weerspieël, sê adv. Anton Alberts, die VF Plus se parlementêre woordvoerder vir staatsdiens en…
Minister Nhlanhla Nene, minister van Finansies, se beweegruimte in more se mediumtermyn-begrotingsrede is uiters beperk. Tussen al die finansiële eise op die staatskas deur sal die minister moet aantoon dat die regering die erns van Suid-Afrika se huidige finansiële krisis verstaan en bereid is om…
Pretoria - Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to five years in prison for the culpable homicide of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day last year. Pistorius was also sentenced to three years, suspended for five years, for firing a pistol under a table…
Statistiek toon Engels is al hoe meer besig om moedertaalonderrig in Afrikaans en ander tale uit die onderwysstelsel te druk, sê adv. Anton Alberts, die VF Plus se parlementêre woordvoerder oor basiese onderwys. Uit antwoorde op parlementêre vrae oor die aangeleentheid blyk dit dat veral…
Limpopo: Yesterday, the Louis Trichardt Regional Court in Limpopo handed down a hefty seven-year sentence to former Detective Constable Tshifhiwa Lawrence Matsedu of Musina for corruption. The disciplinary hearing committee of the South African Police Service dismissed 28-year-old Matsedu a few months after corruption allegations…
The Inkatha Freedom Party would like to send its condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the N12 accident in Alberton, involving two heavy trucks and 45 cars. "The IFP condemns the non-servicing of trucks that continually results in accidents on…
Met die verlammende poskantoorstaking nou reeds in sy vyfde week, is daar steeds geen einde in sig nie en luidens ʼn skrywe van een van die betrokke vakbonde blyk dit dat die kritieke punt reeds bereik is waar alle poskantoor-werksaamhede tot ʼn stilstand kan kom,…
The IFP in KwaZulu-Natal has rejected the recent pronouncement by the ANC chairperson in Sisonke, Mluleki Ndobe, that Ingwe Municipality and KwaSani Municipality will be amalgamated and now form one municipality called Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Municipality. "The IFP is concerned that the ruling party is…
Onheilspellende selfoonboodskappe waarin stakende poskantoorwerkers aan Marikana herinner word en aangesê word om hulself te bewapen met ‘pangas en alle soorte wapens’ hang tans soos ʼn donker wolk oor die SA Poskantoor (Sapo)–staking en onderhandelinge, sê adv . Anton Alberts, die VF Plus se parlementêre…