·30 Apr 2026
A new Private Members’ Bill is on the way to Parliament, looking for fairer salary and pay transparency for jobs in South Africa, including ending the use of past salaries to determine new ones.
Member of Parliament and Deputy leader of Build One South Africa (BOSA), Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster, gazetted her intention to table the draft Bill in Parliament.
The draft Bill aims to amend the Employment Equity Act (EEA) to eliminate certain employment practices that undermine “the…
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Fun South African Fact: South African Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first heart transplant on 3 December 1967 at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. The groundbreaking surgery was carried out on Louis Washkansky and Dr. Barnard was assisted by a large and exceptional team of surgeons, nurses and technicians. One of Dr. Barnard’s assistants was Hamilton Naki, a black laboratory assistant who had worked previously as a gardener and went on to work in the animal laboratory at the University of Cape Town. He had assisted Dr Barnard with research leading to the transplant. In the apartheid days, Naki had no access to higher education due to his race. Despite being unable to access formal training, he learned from and assisted university researchers and went on to do unbelievable work.