Farm women marched in Worcester in the Western Cape against the use of harmful pesticides. Photos: Liezl Human The Department of Agriculture will phase out some pesticides over the next two years and ban them completely by June 2024. Farm women marched in Worcester on Tuesday and handed over memos to the departments of health and agriculture. They want this to be recognised as … [Read more...] about Department of Agriculture to ban use of certain pesticides by 2024
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Concourt rules that Copyright Act is unconstitutional
The Constitutional Court has ruled that sections of the Copyright Act are unconstitutional and Parliament has 24 months to fix it. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks The Constitutional Court has ruled that sections of the Copyright Act are unconstitutional and given Parliament 24 months to fix it. Meanwhile blind people may convert written material into accessible formats without … [Read more...] about Concourt rules that Copyright Act is unconstitutional
These graphs show PRASA’s disastrous state
One of the main consequences of the grand scale corruption over more than a decade is that there are not enough trains. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks 1. Revenue from train fares has plummeted while the state subsidy has skyrocketed Nothing quite conveys the disastrous state of PRASA like graph 1 below. What it shows is this: In 2008, PRASA collected R1.2-billion in fares (blue line). … [Read more...] about These graphs show PRASA’s disastrous state
We want more toilets and better access to water, say Centurion shack dwellers
Residents of Choba informal settlement in Olievenhoutbosch, Centurion, want the City of Tshwane to give them more water tanks, among other services. Photos: Ezekiel Kekana The Choba informal settlement in Olievenhoutbosch, Centurion, settled by people hoping to benefit from the surrounding housing project, has grown and is home to about 500 people. Before the Covid pandemic, … [Read more...] about We want more toilets and better access to water, say Centurion shack dwellers
Yet again no trains operating in Eastern Cape
A rusty train stands at Uitenhage main station. Archive photo: Thamsanqa Mbovane There has been no train service in the Eastern Cape for over a month now. Train services for East London were suspended on 15 August, and for Gqeberha on 22 August. This is due to “procurement processes” to get new locomotives, according to the spokesperson for the Passenger Rail Agency of South … [Read more...] about Yet again no trains operating in Eastern Cape
