# Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, accepted memorandums from child protection organisations during a Children’s March to the Constitutional Court on Sunday. This as the country is observing Child Protection Awareness Month, under the theme, Working Together to End Violence Against Children. In her address, Kubayi outlined a 90-day monitoring programme being […]
# ActionSA in KwaZulu-Natal has welcomed the sentencing of former DA councillor, Michael Buthelezi, who was found guilty of murdering his partner and three children. Last Friday, the Ladysmith Regional Court in KZN sentenced Buthelezi to four life terms. In October 2023, the Okhahlamba Municipality councillor trapped his family in their home and set it on […]
# The DA says Defence minister Angie Motshekga’s continued failure to deliver on a long-promised South African Defence Industry Lekgotla is concerning, given that the country’s defence industry is in steep decline. The defence industry has seen revenue fall from 19.5-billion-rand in 2016 to 12.5-billion-rand in 2020. The DA’s, Chris Hattingh, says this Lekgotla, first […]
# Cosatu says the Labour Migration Policy and the Employee Services Amendment Bill provide a long overdue response to the flood of undocumented migrant labour into the economy over the past decade. Last week, the cabinet approved the bill for submission to Parliament and approved the white paper on National Labour Migration Policy for implementation. […]
# The Freedom Front Plus in Gauteng says the Emfuleni Municipality’s draft unfunded budget means projected expenditure will exceed expected revenue, potentially hampering service delivery and causing further financial instability. The budget for the 2025/2026 financial year was approved last week. The FF Plus’, Gerda Senekal, says the budget includes significant tariff hikes, such as […]
# Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, will attend the inquest looking into the deaths of the Cradock Four in the Gqeberha High Court in the Eastern Cape today. Fort Calata, Matthew Goniwe, Sicelo Mhlauli and Sparrow Mkonto, all anti-apartheid activists, were abducted and killed by the security police while leaving Gqeberha in […]
# The ANC has condemned the killing of IFP deputy chief whip, Khethamabala Petros Sithole, calling for law enforcement to bring the perpetrators to justice. He was gunned down in Katlehong on Gauteng’s East Rand on Saturday night. Sithole served on the Parliamentary portfolio committee on Communications and Digital Technologies. ANC’s spokesperson, Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri, says […]
# Outgoing Hawks head, advocate Godfrey Lebeya is calling on government to provide financial resources for the Directorate Priority Crime Investigation to achieve 100-percent human resource capacity. Lebeya says since he commenced with his tenure in 2018, they arrested more than 19-thousand suspects for various offences and secured convictions of more than five-thousand perpetrators. Lebeya says they also seized goods […]
# Outgoing Hawks head, advocate Godfrey Lebeya says there was no capture and political interference inside the directorate for Priority Crime Investigation since it was established. At a farewell function this weekend, he provided an overview of his tenure from 2018 until his final day with the Hawks and police in Pretoria as he bids law enforcement […]
