As trade unions plan to shut down the country on Wednesday, Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi says the strike will be about enforcing the economic rights of workers and the rest of civil society. Losi says part of this means putting pressure on government to end corruption, while pushing business to reinvest into the economy.
The investigation into the brazen killings and attempted murders of ANC officials in Nelson Mandela Bay has been escalated to the police’s top brass, with the elite Provincial Organised Crime Unit now hunting those responsible.
Wednesday April 27 marked the 28th anniversary of the first democratic elections in our country. I am reluctant to refer to the public holiday as Freedom Day.