# The Cape Independence Advocacy Group condemns minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni’s remark that those who feel South Africa is not good for them should leave, calling it abhorrent and hypocritical. Spokesperson Phil Craig says citizens protesting crime, racial discrimination and chants calling for murder are performing civic duty, not being unpatriotic:
# ActionSA says president Cyril Ramaphosa’s address on gender-based violence was too late and failed to acknowledge the ongoing crisis and weakened criminal justice system leaving women and children vulnerable. The party’s Herman Mashaba says while welcoming the case audit, SAPS detectives are overwhelmed and cannot process cold cases. Mashaba says leaders report police operating […]
# Forum for South Africa says president Ramaphosa’s address on gender-based-violence offers little new, though it welcomes commitments. The group’s Tebogo Mashilompane says South Africans heard promises before while women continue to die. He calls for decisive action to close legal loopholes, prioritise law reform, strengthen enforcement and ensure perpetrators face consequences. Mashilompane urged public […]
# Action Society says women don’t need president Cyril Ramaphosa to again identify government’s failures in tackling gender-based violence and femicide; they need him to explain why his government has allowed this crisis to continue. The president announced a series of measures including an audit of unresolved cases involving women and children, and ways to […]
# The South African Social Security Agency says it is reviewing the social grant payment dates for November due to a clash in dates with the local government elections. Under the original schedule, the Older Persons Grant was set to be paid on November 3, followed by the Disability Grant the next day and the […]
# The Solidarity Movement and AfriForum announced proposed answers to five questions from the US government. These aim to resolve the diplomatic dispute and protect 500-thousand jobs linked to US trade and the African Growth and Opportunity Act. They cover race-based laws, rural safety, “Kill the Boer”, property rights and the refugee programme. Spokesperson Arno […]
# The South African Reserve Bank says the economy’s decline in the second quarter was largely due to weaker production. Mining, manufacturing and trade bore the brunt of higher costs, softer demand and logistical constraints. Mining contracted by three-percent, with production down across seven of 12 mineral groups including platinum group metals, manganese, gold and […]
# The South African Council of Churches says a national day of mourning should be considered in light of the recent spate of mass killings. Twenty-eight people were killed in shootings in Gauteng and the Western Cape over the weekend. The council’s general secretary, Reverend Mzwandile Molo, says South Africans have become desensitised to violence, […]
# The Vice-Chancellor of University of Fort Hare in the Eastern Cape, Sakhela Buhlungu, has resigned, but the institution’s Council says he cannot leave immediately. Buhlungu resigned yesterday just before presenting his defence at a disciplinary hearing where he faces charges of gross misconduct, insubordination and bringing the university into disrepute, including unlawfully appointing two […]
