Day: August 21, 2026

COMPENSATION FUND TAKES ITS AGRICULTRAL ENGAGEMENTS TO THE NORTHERN CAPE

On the 21 st and 22 nd August 2026, the Department of Employment and Labour’s Compensation Fund will host a two (2) day workshop in Prieska on Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Disease Act (COIDA) compliance with stakeholders in the Agricultural sector. These will be the second workshops to be held by the Fund during […]

TRUMP DECLARES ECONOMIC WARFARE ON IRAN

Last night Trump announced “the MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER TAKEN AGAINST ANY COUNTRY!” This operation against Iran “will be Economic Warfare and Isolation on an unprecedented scale.” “Today, I am also announcing that ANY country that allows its financial institutions, businesses, airports, or government entities to provide any type of lifeline to Iran will […]

NO CHILD SHOULD HAVE A PRICE TAG

There is something profoundly disturbing about the idea that an 11-year-old child could be treated as a source of income. But what should disturb us even more is that we can look at a case like this, call it horrific and move on, without asking how many other children are being exploited right under our […]

WHEN BLACK THEOLOGY MEETS BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS: THE MOSALA CHRONICLES

There are few experiences more acutely painful than witnessing parents bury their child. It is an experience that defies imagination and one that no parent should ever have to endure. Yet, in the midst of such profound grief, I was struck by another experience at the funeral of a friend and mentors’ son: the extraordinary […]

APPEAL TO POPE LEO XIV TO ORGANIZE A GLOBAL LEADERS SUMMIT

The following open letter to Pope Leo XIV was issued on August 19: We appeal to you, Pope Leo, as the leader who has made the greatest effort to speak for humanity as a whole, instead of for specific nations, religions, or constituencies, to call for an emergency international summit to guide the world away […]