# International Relations minister Ronald Lamola criticised US President Donald Trump’s Afrikaner resettlement programme, accusing Washington of applying a race-based approach. Lamola made the remarks at the African Diaspora Forum in Washington, where he is engaging policymakers to rebuild ties. This comes amid strained relations after new US restrictions on South African officials over land […]
# The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment says sardine deaths are diminishing, with no renewed widespread mortality reported. The only new case in the past week was an isolated stranding near the Wild Coast in Pondoland, in the Eastern Cape. Spokesperson Zolile Nqayi says a temporary precautionary measure implemented remains until 2 October. […]
# The DA says months after minister Gayton McKenzie’s World Cup trip, his Department of Sport, Arts and Culture still cannot produce a final close-out report for the nearly 31-million-rand spent. The minister has faced criticism for failing to provide a detailed financial breakdown of the expenditure and why a large delegation of 151 people […]
# National Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Andy Mothibi ordered lifestyle audits for Investigating Directorate Against Corruption investigators, prosecutors and National Prosecuting Authority bosses. This follows damning testimony at the Madlanga Commission about IDAC. According to the Special Investigating Unit, only 16 national and provincial government departments and state-owned entities have asked it to conduct lifestyle […]
# The Gauteng government has welcomed the breakthrough in the police’s murder investigation involving the ninth victim in the series of murder cases involving women in Ekurhuleni. A man and two women have been arrested in connection with the murder of 28-year-old Gracious Nkomo, whose body was found in Dawn Park, Boksburg, last week. Provincial […]
# Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi today provided a comprehensive update on key provincial governance programmes, touching on crime statistics, high-profile gender-based violence cases, public health initiatives, and anti-corruption measures. He express sadness over the discovery of eight women’s bodies in Ekurhuleni. Lesufi says contact crimes declined by 3-percent in the first quarter, with Operation Shanela […]
# The Johannesburg Metro Police Department says the bodies of eight females found in Kempton Park and the surrounding Ekurhuleni in Gauteng areas confirm that gender-based violence is a national crisis that crosses municipal boundaries. Spokesperson Xolani Fihla says the department is on heightened alert, particularly along border areas, transit hubs and isolated spaces, while […]
# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis launched his fourth pledge as part of the DA’s local government election campaign, to keep essential services reliable and affordable. He launched the pledge in Rocklands, Mitchell’s Plain, today. Hill-Lewis says in the last term the city quadrupled sewer pipe replacement to 100-kilometres a year and doubled fresh-water pipe […]
# Deputy President and chairperson of the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster, Paul Mashatile, condemns the recent killings of women in and around Kempton Park in Gauteng. Mashatile joined president Cyril Ramaphosa in expressing solidarity with women and residents of Kempton Park and surrounding areas affected by the killings. He says gender-based violence has […]
