Four years ago, news emerged that a Cape Town company with suspected links to the 28s gang was awarded a housing tender in an area where thugs were threatening contractors. Daily Maverick has established that the provincial Department of Human Settlements is still doing business with the compan.
At a media briefing on Sunday, the National Education, Health, and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) said that on Monday, 13 March, it would intensify its strike for better wages and conditions. However, an interdict from the Labour Appeal Court seems to have halted momentum as minimal disruptions.
Live updates from Cape Town City Hall where Cyril Ramaphosa is delivering the Sona 2023. It is the president's seventh address on the state of the nation.