Pension Funds Adjudicator Vuyani Ngalwana’s proposal to have hidden pension charges declared illegal can be achieved with registrar’s recommendation and minister’s consent, the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> has established. "The registrar and the minister have the power under the provisions to declare such practices undesirable," Ngalwana’s deputy, Naleen Jeram, told the <i>M&G</i>.
Thousands of hawkers handed over a memorandum to Johannesburg mayor Amos Masondo’s office on Thursday, demanding an end to the confiscation of their goods in the inner city. The protest march was also intended to introduce the new Johannesburg Traders’ Alliance to the mayor.
Residents of a village in Limpopo marched to the Chamber of Mines in Johannesburg on Thursday, protesting against being ”forcibly removed” to make way for an Anglo Platinum mine. The community of GaPila, near Mokopane, was moved to Sterkwater to allow an Anglo Platinum mine to use the area, the protesters said.
