Trainee nurses at Port Elizabeth’s Lilitha campus spent three weeks locked out of the college protesting against a new protocol that required them to wear their uniforms when attending lectures.
The nurses, who are based at Lilitha’s sub-campus at Dora Nginza hospital, felt that the college was overstepping its mandate as this was not part of the agreement they had signed when they enrolled for their nursing programme.
The recent announcement by the mining industry that it would be axing thousands of jobs sent shudders of dread across the country.
The 10 joint interventions by the stakeholders are meant to promote South African minerals, enhance productivity and an agreement that when mines were intended to be mothballed or sold, saving jobs would be prioritized.
The recent High Court ruling in which garnishee orders against 15 consumers were declared unlawful and was a victory for the poor.
The lack of Afrikaans teachers caused a week-long closure of schools in “coloured” areas of Port Elizabeth. Protests that started in Port Elizabeth’s Northern Areas […]
The recent spate of shack fires have left the community of Orange Farm in distress. Different shack fire incidents have claimed 10 lives in Orange […]
In February 2014, the Eastern Cape High Court in Mthatha ruled that the South African government and the provincial and national education departments had breached […]
During the 2008 xenophobic attacks that left 62 dead, the picture of the burning man, Ernesto Alfabeto Nhamuave captured the horror of South Africa’s xenophobic […]
The recent wave of xenophobic attacks have left a somewhat uneasy feeling among foreign nationals residing in some of the townships of South Africa. They […]
A recently launched report by the Alternative Information Development Centre (AIDC) has revealed that the international mining corporation, Lonmin has attempted to hide profits of […]
The ANC run Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s (NMBM) appointment of SAFA Boss, Danny Jordaan, as its new mayor has been met with mixed reaction from […]
Launched in 2004, the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) is a nationwide programme that gives short-term employment covering all spheres of government and state-owned enterprises. […]
Families of the slain and injured Marikana miners will file a civil and private prosecution against Lonmin, Cyril Ramaphosa and Nathi Mthethwa, the Marikana Support […]
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