# President Cyril Ramaphosa says much work remains to be done, particularly in addressing gender-based violence and femicide, which government has classified as a national disaster. The United Nations Women puts the rate at which South African women are killed at five times the global average. He led the commemorating of the 70th anniversary of […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the freedom of women is indivisible, as no culture, religion, government or ideology can justify reducing women to lesser human beings. He delivered the keynote address at the National Women’s Day commemoration event at the Union Buildings in Pretoria yesterday. Ramaphosa says since the advent of democracy, South Africa has […]
# Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a 15-point Gaza peace plan proposed by US president Donald Trump’s Board of Peace. The plan includes the complete disarmament of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza, which Trump last week called a monumental step toward lasting peace and security. Netanyahu says the Israeli military […]
# Rugby: Luke Jacobson will captain the All Blacks for the first time for their clash against the Sharks in Durban on Wednesday. Seven players from the New Zealand team that beat the Stormers 38-21 have again been named in the 23 for this second match of the tour. Bradley Slater, who joined the squad […]
# Rugby: A late try from Faf de Klerk helped the Cheetahs claim a 31-26 victory over the Stormers-23 in their Currie Cup clash at the Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on Sunday. The visitors outscored the Capetonians by five tries to four. The win lifts the Cheetahs to second on the log, level on points […]
# Nobel Peace laureate, Malala Yousafzai, has called on South Africa to stand with Afghan women and girls facing what she described as “gender apartheid” under the Pakistani Taliban rule. She was among the speakers at the National Women’s Day celebrations in Pretoria yesterday. Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban in October […]
# Former Bergview College principal, Jaco Pieterse, says he hopes his case against EFF leader Julius Malema will help protect ordinary citizens against politicians and people in power. Malema is set to face prosecution for crimen injuria after the National Prosecuting Authority accepted representations by AfriForum over his public claims that Pieterse raped a seven-year-old […]
# Acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia says increased measures have been rolled out to combat organised and violent offences, encompassing both gang criminality and illicit narcotics. Yesterday he visited the scene in Reiger Park, Ekurhuleni, where two civilian women and two members of the Anti-Gang Unit were killed on Friday night. Cachalia says gangsters are […]
# Die Parlement se Gekose Komitee oor Maatskaplike Dienste vra geïntegreerde, voldoende befondsde optrede om MIV en seksueel oordraagbare siektes, tienerswangerskappe, dwelmmisbruik, armoede en geslagsgeweld te bekamp. Dit volg op die Suid-Afrikaanse VIGS-Raad se kommer oor MIV- en seksueel oordraagbare siektes, veral tussen 13-50-jariges. Die komitee beklemtoon die behoefte aan jeuggesentreerde ingrypings wat regstreeks op […]
