# ANC Gauteng spokesperson and member of the provincial legislature, Mzikayifane Elias Khumalo, known as Mzi, has passed away at the age of 54. He died after being rushed to hospital in the early hours of yesterday morning. Khumalo served in many positions throughout his political career, including the MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional […]
# Rugby: Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has called up veteran utility forward Deon Fourie to the national squad for the forthcoming Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series against the All Blacks. The 39-year-old, who doubles up as a loose forward and hooker, last played for the Boks in the 2023 World Cup final against New Zealand in Paris. Following […]
# Rugby: SA Rugby has paid tribute to former Springbok hooker Piston van Wyk, who passed away at the age of 82 over the weekend. He played for Northern Transvaal and Natal, now the Bulls and Sharks, and made 15 Test appearances for the Boks between 1970 and 1976. SA Rugby president Mark Alexander says […]
# At least 111 people have died after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit western Colombia yesterday. The epicentre was located in San José del Palmar in the Chocó region. Several buildings collapsed or were damaged, including the Manizales Cathedral. Colombia’s president, Abelardo De La Espriella, established a Unified Command Post to coordinate the response to the […]
# Acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia says a person of interest has been taken in for questioning in relation to the murder of four people in Reiger Park, Ekurhuleni. Two Anti-Gang Unit officers and two civilians were fatally shot in Reiger Park over the weekend. A Gauteng multidisciplinary team led by the Hawks has recovered […]
# The GOOD Party says National Treasury’s decision to appeal a court ruling ordering government to increase and expand access to the Social Relief of Distress Grant is disgraceful. Treasury estimates that implementing the ruling by the High Court in Pretoria to widen access to the SRD grant could cost government an extra 93.5-billion-rand a […]
# The Forum for South Africa has expressed concern at allegations that confidential Crime Intelligence information may have been shared with Members of Parliament. State Advocate Drushantha Ramsamy of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption claimed at the Madlanga Commission that ActionSA’s Dereleen James received top-secret Crime Intelligence documents passed under the door of her parliamentary […]
# The South African Communist Party says the escalating levels of violent and organised crime expose a deeper crisis within the country’s security architecture, particularly the South African Police Service. Over the weekend, eleven people were shot dead in three separate incidents in the Western Cape, while four people including two officers of the SAPS […]
# Amnesty International South Africa has questioned the reliability of the statistics presented by government on crimes against women and children. This is after the South African Police Service suspended publication of disaggregated crime data in August last year, including statistics on the murder and assault of women and children. Amnesty International SA executive director, […]
