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Daily news update: Extra resources to probe Ditebogo Phalane Jr’s murder | Unemployment increased again | Zuma will appear on ballot for MK
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News today includes additional resources will be allocated to the investigative team handling the case of Ditebogo Phalane Jr’s murder, Police Minister Bheki Cele has confirmed.
Meanwhile, unemployment increased again in the first quarter of 2024, from 32.1% in the fourth quarter of 2023 to 32.9%, while the unemployment rate according to the expanded definition also increased by 0.8 of a percentage point to 41.9% compared to the fourth quarter.
Furthermore, the outcome of the legal battle between the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) and the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party over the candidacy of former president Jacob Zuma won’t affect the ballot.
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Extra resources made available to cops probing Ditebogo Phalane Jr’s murder – Cele
Additional resources will be allocated to the investigative team handling the case of Ditebogo Phalane Jr’s murder, Police Minister Bheki Cele has confirmed.
Cele visited Soshanguve, located in the north Pretoria, on Tuesday after Phalane was fatally shot last week.
The five-year-old boy reportedly ran outside his home to welcome his father, who had returned from running his errands around 10:30pm on Friday.
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Disappointment, concern and court after Ramaphosa decides to sign NHI Bill
Disappointment, concern and dismay that the president will sign the NHI Bill at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Wednesday were evident in comments from medical and civic organisations on Tuesday. Legal proceedings are also starting.
Everybody knew that the president said in his State of the Nation Address that he is just looking for a pen to sign the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill into law. Some of us held on to the hope that he would, as custodian of the Constitution, refer it back to the National Assembly because it is clearly unconstitutional.
But politics won.
As part of the electioneering drive of the ruing party, he decided to sign it. Not in his office like any other piece of legislation, but at a public ceremony at the Union Buildings.
CONTINUE READING: Disappointment, concern and court after Ramaphosa decides to sign NHI Bill
Unemployment increased again in first quarter
Unemployment increased again in the first quarter of 2024, from 32.1% in the fourth quarter of 2023 to 32.9%, while the unemployment rate according to the expanded definition also increased by 0.8 of a percentage point to 41.9% compared to the fourth quarter.
According to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey, for the first quarter of 2024 released by Statistics SA on Tuesday, the youth, defined as people between the ages of 15 and 34, remain vulnerable in the labour market.
The ruling overturned the commission’s decision to bar Zuma to stand for public office as a candidate for the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party.
CONTINUE READING: Unemployment increased again in first quarter
George building collapse: Another deceased worker recovered, 193 hours into rescue operation
The death toll in the George building collapse tragedy in the Western Cape has risen to 33 as of 3pm on Tuesday.
According to reports, most of the artisans working at the site of the residential building at the time of the collapse were foreigners from Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe.
Their case was postponed to 11 October for a trial date. All parties agreed that the state would reply by 17 September 2024 to further particulars from the defence attorneys.
CONTINUE READING: George building collapse: Another deceased worker recovered, 193 hours into rescue operation
Zuma will appear on ballot for MK party regardless of ConCourt outcome – IEC
The outcome of the legal battle between the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) and the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party over the candidacy of former president Jacob Zuma won’t affect the ballot.
This is according to IEC chief electoral officer (CEO) Sy Mamabolo.
Mamabolo briefed the media on Tuesday ahead of the special international votes set to take place on 17 and 18 May.
CONTINUE READING: Zuma will appear on ballot for MK party regardless of ConCourt outcome – IEC
In other news today:
- Fast Guns gang member sentenced to life for reign of terror in Riverlea
- City of Joburg’s VIP policy heads to court
- Inside plans to move Sandton and Soweto from Eskom grid
- SA healthcare going into ICU? What you need to know about the NHI Bill
- AKA-Tibz murder: 2 brothers remain in eSwatini after case postponed to June
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