The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) has passed the Civil Union Amendment Bill prohibiting marriage officers from objecting to marrying same-sex couples.The Bill will afford same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual couples.Chairperson of the NCOP’s Select Committee on Security and Justice Shahidabibi Shaikh said the Bill would ensure equality for all.Marriage officers who refuse…
Strict hygiene protocols have been implemented at schools to ensure they minimise the risk of contracting the coronavirus. A teachers' union has filed papers to appeal a judgment in its bid to halt the reopening of schools.The High Court previously struck the case off the roll due to a lack of urgency.The union wants schools…
Union County, the rural northeastern Oregon county home to the state’s largest coronavirus outbreak, voluntarily returned to Phase 1 of Gov. Kate Brown’s coronavirus reopening plan Wednesday. The county is the first in Oregon to step backward under the governor’s gradual reopening guidelines. The move came after the county recorded a giant spike in coronavirus cases,…
A union demands Dis-chem test its employees working for a company warehouse. Valentina Russanov/Getty Images The National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers plans to shut down a Dis-Chem warehouse following multiple positive Covid-19 cases.Nupsaw claims the company has not carried out adequate screening and tracing processes.Dis-Chem says it has adhered to all requirements…
The National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers wants Far East Rand Hospital to be shut down for decontamination.The union says there are five Covid-19 cases at the hospital.The Gauteng health department says the affected units were decontaminated a week ago.The National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (Nupsaw) is calling for Far East…
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4 min read IT'S ONLY NATURAL to compare yourself to the guy lifting next to you. It doesn’t matter if he’s bigger and stronger or smaller and scrawnier—everyone wants a benchmark against which to gauge their strength and skill. If that bench (or squat rack, or power platform, or rubberized flooring) happens to be just
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