Hundreds march to Parliament against budget cuts
Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwane confirmed what the protesters feared.
Economy
Cosatu marches for decent work and against inequality
The marches in Cape Town and Johannesburg highlighted growing poverty and inequality in the country while the government cuts back on social services.
Electricity tariff hikes ‘unsustainable’
Nersa-approved electricity charges are taking food and clothing out of household budgets.
EPWP workers to lose their jobs in eThekwini
The trade unions in local government in eThekwini are shocked at the cancellation of contracts of about 9,000 EPWP workers.
Gauteng charities face closure as Dept of Social Development stops funding
Gauteng Social Development department has capacity issues, and cannot do the work NGOs do,” says an NGO director.
Food prices must be investigated and Fall!
Amandla.Mobi is calling for the Competition Commission to investigate the food price difference between farm gate and retail store.
Brewing nationwide bus strike
Numsa says a strike in the passenger bus sector is likely at the end of March.
Prasa promises trains for Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain by year-end
Prasa promises trains to be running on Cape Town’s busiest line by the end of the year but has yet to relocate hundreds of families who built homes along the railway during the Covid lockdown.
The Xcluded call for ‘More, not less!’ from finance minister
The protesters called for increased funding of public services, education and social grants from the finance minister before he delivered his medium-term budget policy statement.
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