Newsflashes

SABC, SAHA Launch TRC Website

1 March, 2013

The SABC News and SAHA have launched a new website highlighting the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Call for Action on Learner/Teacher Rape Cases

1 March, 2013

SECTION27 calls on provincial education departments to help them with rape cases between teachers and learners

SA Taxpayers Not Too Generous

1 March, 2013

The Budget Review’s figures show that in the financial year 2010/11 the SARS lost a mere R118 million of potential revenue as a result of donations made by taxpayers, writes Crott

NERSA Grants Eskom Eight Percent Hike

1 March, 2013

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has granted Eskom an eight percent electricity tariff hike

NGO Receives Donation to Tackle GBV

1 March, 2013

Rape Crisis receives a R1.3m cheque from the Department of Social Development

Budget Required for NDP Goals

1 March, 2013

Proper implementation of the National Development Plan is required to achieve the lofty goal of more than doubling the working population by 2030, argues Charalambous

Chunk of Govt Budget for Services

1 March, 2013

A whopping chunk of the government’s expenditure for 2013/14 will go on social services, writes Rebecca Davis

1 March, 2013

The welfare sector will get a boost in this year’s budget, with an extra R600 million set aside to fund NGOs hard-hit by a drop in donor funding

NGO Exposes Trafigura's Dealings in Angola

27 February, 2013

An investigation by the Swiss NGO has found that a leading Swiss commodities company has shady business joint-ventures with corrupt government officials in Angola

Police Disrupt ActionAid Meeting

27 February, 2013

Zambian police attempt to disrupt a meeting by ActionAid where they were discussing the investigations into Zambia Sugar tax avoidance allegations

27 February, 2013

The Zambian government threatens to de-register NGOs critical of the ruling Patriotic Front

IEC to Involve CSOs in 2014 Elections

27 February, 2013

The IEC has called on civil society organisations to participate in the processes aimed at preparing the country for the 2014 elections

22 February, 2013

Sub-Saharan African countries have seen major advances in freedom and democracy, says ‘Freedom in the World 2013’ report

Foundation to Help Burn Victim

22 February, 2013

A five-year-old girl who sustained horrific burns to her body last year will undergo a high-tech skin transplant, says the "Pippie's Gesiggie" Foundation

22 February, 2013

FAWU accuses the police and the government of colluding with farmers following the arrest of more than 100 farmworkers in Ceres