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A nationwide strike against all trucking companies to remove non-South African drivers and replace them with local drivers. The National Joint Operational Structure has instructed law enforcement to ensure that the National Truck Shutdown is sufficiently policed on Tuesday. The shutdown was sparked by attacks on trucks on national roads across the country, including threatening social…

The National Assembly re-established the committee to amend Section 25 of the Constitution to allow expropriation without compensation.The original committee lapsed because it could not complete its work by the end of May deadline due to the lockdown.The new deadline is 31 December. The National Assembly adopted a motion to re-establish an ad hoc committee…

Minister of Trade and Industry Ebrahim Patel. The National Lotteries Commission will by next month reveal a list of beneficiaries of its controversial R150 million Covid-19 relief fund.The list of beneficiaries has been kept under wraps for months and prompted the DA to submit a PAIA application.A string of reports about alleged corruption in the payment…

Parliament. (Ashraf Hendricks, GroundUp, file) The National Assembly has adopted rules for virtual meetings.The EFF questioned in terms of which rule this took place, but the National Assembly has rules for unforeseen eventualities, which applied in this case.The rest of the sitting went smoothly, adopting three bills.  The National Assembly had its first vote in the…

National ministers are to be deployed to the Western Cape to assist in the province's fight against Covid-19, a report says. It is still unclear what the ministers' mandate is, but they will be sent to hotspots.While some in the DA raised micromanagement concerns, Premier Alan Winde and Minister Jackson Mthembu denied this, saying it…