# The Department of Correctional Services cannot account for 27-thousand-797 high-risk parolees who have absconded, including offenders convicted of serious crimes of murder, rape, kidnapping, and armed robbery. An AmaBhungane investigation reveals that 15-thousand-860 are archived absconders, parolees who were released between 1991 and 2004 and whom the state has failed to trace and rearrest. […]
# Die burgemeester van Tshwane, Nasiphi Moya, moedig inwoners en sakeondernemings aan om deel te neem aan Tshwane se Adopt A Space-veldtog. Die program is gerig op onder- of gedeeltelik ontwikkelde munisipale gebiede wat as oop ruimtes geoormerk is. Dit laat inwoners en ondernemings toe om verwaarloosde gebiede, onwettige stortingsterreine en onontwikkelde parke in skoon, […]
# Die DA sê Suid-Afrika se naskoolse befondsingstelsel is onder geweldige en toenemende druk met universiteite en TVET-kolleges wat studenteskuld van 62-miljard-rand moet hanteer. Skuld aan universiteite beloop sowat 59-miljard-rand, insluitend ongeveer 29-miljard-rand van studente wat deur die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente befonds word. Delmaine Christians van die DA sê die oplossing vir studenteskuld […]
# Soccer: President Cyril Ramaphosa says Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has selected the best team to represent South Africa at the upcoming World Cup in the US, Canada and Mexico. Broos named uncapped defenders Olwethu Makhanya and Bradley Cross in his final 26-player squad, which will be captained by goalkeeper Ronwen Williams. South Africa face […]
# Die EFF eis dat die speaker van die Nasionale Vergadering, Thoko Didiza, president Cyril Ramaphosa se aansoek teenstaan om die Artikel 89-paneel se verslag te laat hersien. Hy het Dinsdag hofstukke by die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof ingedien om die verslag te laat hersien. Die paneel het bevind daar is prima facie-bewyse dat Ramaphosa moontlik die […]
# Die ANC Groter Johannesburg Streek sê die Stad Johannesburg se R97-miljard begroting vir die 2026/2027 boekjaar wys ‘n dappper en beslissende intrede wat gerig is op herstel van die metro. Die begroting is gerig op die versterking van bestuur, die verbeter van belastinginsameling, vermindering van elektrisiteit- en waterverliese en die bevordering van operasionele doeltreffendheid. […]
# UK spy agency GCHQ director, Anne Keast-Butler, says Britain is at a moment of consequence, with the country facing increasingly brazen behaviour from hostile nations, including Russia. She revealed her office’s annual threat assessment, saying they are helping to counter reckless sabotage and assassination attempts by the Kremlin. Keast-Butler says Putin is going backwards […]
# Cricket: Teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi powered the Rajasthan Royals to a 47-run victory over the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League eliminator match. Fifteen-year-old Sooryavanshi scored 97 off just 29 balls as the Royals posted 243 for eight in their 20 overs. In reply, Jofra Archer claimed three wickets as Sunrisers were bowled out […]
# Minister of Correctional Services, Pieter Groenewald, says overcrowding in prisons is driven by pressures in the criminal justice system, including delays in processing remand detainee cases and court referrals. Currently, the department has some 107-thousand beds available for inmates, with sentenced inmates already occupying at least 106-thousand-280 beds. Groenewald says the main pressure stems […]
