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Daily news update: Israel ordered to immediately stop attacks in Rafah | Pikitup workers collect rubbish under guard | GBV and anti-corruption bills signed into law
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News today includes the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel to immediately stop its attacks in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
Meanwhile, as the second week of the Pikitup strike comes to an end, employees still working have been seen doing their rounds in Johannesburg under the protection of security officers.
Furthermore, President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Bill and the National Prosecuting Authority Amendment Bill into law.
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ICJ orders Israel to immediately stop attacks in southern Gaza city of Rafah
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel to immediately stop its attacks in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
The court delivered its order on South Africa’s latest request for a ceasefire in Gaza on Friday in a public sitting at the Peace Palace in The Hague.
The decision marked the third time this year the 15-judge panel has issued preliminary orders seeking to rein in the death toll and alleviate humanitarian suffering in Gaza.
CONTINUE READING: ICJ orders Israel to immediately stop attacks in southern Gaza city of Rafah
Oscar Mabuyane tells ANC volunteers to be friendly … just until elections
Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane got tongues wagging recently for telling ANC volunteers to answer their inboxes only until elections are over − remarks his office says were meant as a joke.
A video of Mabuyane’s remarks during the meeting in Gqeberha, held last month, was shared online.
In it, Mabuyane can be heard telling an audience that they must answer their inboxes for now, and after the elections tell the person the relationship has changed.
CONTINUE READING: Oscar Mabuyane tells ANC volunteers to be friendly … just until elections
Pikitup workers collect rubbish under guard as ‘some arrests’ are made
As the second week of the Pikitup strike comes to an end, employees still working have been seen doing their rounds in Johannesburg under the protection of security officers.
The waste management service provider’s COO, Angela Masia revealed on Friday that these workers would operate over weekends until the backlog was cleared.
Masia said there had been “some arrests” as striking casual workers had shut down depots, littered streets and blocked driveways to have their voices heard regarding a dispute with appointments.
CONTINUE READING: Watch: Pikitup workers collect rubbish under guard as ‘some arrests’ are made
Misconceptions about the two-pot retirement system: What you need to know
There has been a lot of interest in the two-pot retirement system that will be implemented in September and a lot of misconceptions as well.
The Two-Pot Retirement System will bring the most extensive changes in retirement legislation since the annuitisation of provident funds in 2017 known as T-Day, Blessing Utete, managing executive of Old Mutual Corporate Consultants, says.
Feedback Old Mutual Corporate gathered from people who attended various conferences revealed that many had the same questions or concerns about the practical implementation of this important retirement reform.
CONTINUE READING: Misconceptions about the two-pot retirement system: What you need to know
‘Corruption and GBV plague our country’: Ramaphosa signs GBV and anti-corruption bills into law
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Bill and the National Prosecuting Authority Amendment Bill into law.
“The signing of these two acts signals our determination to continue to build an ethical, capable state with strong institutions that can deliver on their mandate of improving the lives of every South African,” he said at the Union Buildings on Friday morning.
The president said the first bill is to work with civil society, communities, and other sectors to end gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide, and the second bill is to capacitate and strengthen law enforcement agencies and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in the fight against corruption.
CONTINUE READING: ‘Corruption and GBV plague our country’: Ramaphosa signs GBV and anti-corruption bills into law
In other news today:
- ‘If NPA can prove there’s no evidence in court then so be it’ – Mkhwebane on Mbalula’s Dubai trip
- Case against alleged ex-KPMG fraudster Fidelis Moema, co-accused postponed
- Election battleground: ANC to lose its birthplace in the Free State? Magashule to ‘muddy the waters’?
- ‘I’m mindful of UCT’s challenges,’ says new vice-chancellor Professor Mosa Moshabela
- Dudu Myeni corruption case postponed to November due to health scare
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