insert_link World New York’s top court orders congressional map redraw New York's top court has ordered the state to redraw its new Congressional maps - handing a major victory to Democrats ahead of the 2024 elections. Toni Waterman has more. b todayDecember 13, 2023 14
insert_link South Africa The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa is concerned about the collapse of the steel industry The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa has expressed alarm over the crumbling state of the steel industry. Concerns escalate as ArcelorMittal South Africa is expected to commence layoffs of three-thousand-500 jobs this week. The company cites weak demand, ongoing infrastructure issues, persistent rail logistics challenges, and intensified load-shedding as factors prompting the closure of its long steel operations. The federation’s president Elias Monage told eNCA the retrenchments […] todayDecember 13, 2023 23
insert_link South Africa SA’s Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse says municipalities need more accountability for spending SA's Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse says municipalities need to rethink how they raise revenues and apply more accountability and consequence management when it comes to spending or misspending revenues. A recent report by the National Treasury revealed that municipal collection rates stood at a staggeringly low 56.1-percent as opposed to the budgeted 83.1-percent collection anticipated. Outa’s Jonathan Erasmus says there seems to be a tendency among municipalities to budget for […] todayDecember 13, 2023 12
insert_link World UNGA calls for humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza The United Nations General Assembly has voted in favor of a draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. More than three-quarters of the 193-member General Assembly backed the move which was vetoed by the United States in the Security Council last week. Jody Jacobs reports from the United Nations in New York... todayDecember 13, 2023 16
insert_link Namibia Nghoshi urges youth to refrain from illegal activities Erongo Regional Youth Forum Chairperson, Serron Nghoshi, has called on the youth in the region to refrain from indulging in illegal activities that will result in them ending up on the wrong side of the law, especially during the festive season. Nghoshi, in a festive season message, urged the youth to rather focus on being responsible and respectable and to identify the opportunities that are being presented to them to […] todayDecember 13, 2023 3
insert_link World Harvard board backs university president over antisemitism row Harvard's governing body has defied calls to sack the university's president Claudine Gay in a row over antisemitism on campus. Gay and several other universities faced criticism for comments made on the issue at a recent congressional hearing. Our U.S. correspondent William Denselow reports. todayDecember 13, 2023 20
insert_link South Africa South Africa’s Trade union Solidarity condemns the appalling hostage drama at Gold One Modder East mine South Africa's Trade union Solidarity condemns the appalling hostage drama at Gold One Modder East mine in Springs, Gauteng, where approximately 440 miners were reportedly held captive, assaulted and humiliated. This follows a similar incident in October that led to the dismissal of 52 miners. The latest incident stemmed from a sit-down strike objecting to the dismissals. Solidarity says white supervising managers were specifically targeted. The union demands swift action […] todayDecember 13, 2023 3
Namibia Katutura Central constituency leadership plans to involve NamFISA to tackle City Of Windhoek debt interest "These people don't want long-lasting solutions ,and they use pensioners to try and make it seem as if they are putting in effort but the reality is they not ,they are running a social service like a private business." says Shaun Gariseb- a local leader in Katutura Central constituency. This is in regards to the City Of Windhoek's "write-off" of debts for pensioners,business and other debtors. todayDecember 13, 2023 18
insert_link Namibia Namibian Association of Medical Aid Funds says tariffs will remain unchanged going into 2024 The Namibian Association of Medical Aid Funds recently informed the industry that the 2023 tariffs will remain unchanged going into 2024. This effectively amounts to a reduction of member benefits, as funds will not cover members for inevitable medical inflation. Eben de Klerk :Legal Advisor of the Namibia Private Practitioners Forum. todayDecember 13, 2023 21