# The Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety says the N1 South near the Baobab toll plaza in the Hartley area is currently closed following a bus accident. The department’s spokesperson, Mashudu Mabata, says preliminary reports indicate the driver lost control and the vehicle overturned. She says unconfirmed injuries have been reported, but no fatalities […]
# The South African Police Service says it is working closely with key stakeholders to continuing intensifying the fight against crimes against children. Fifteen-thousand-888 suspects were arrested nationwide and two-thousand-773 convicted over the past year. Police spokesperson, Amanda van Wyk, says they are committed to protecting children and ensuring that perpetrators of abuse, exploitation and […]
# Limpopo police have been deployed to monitor a planned protest by the anti-immigration civic group March and March Movement today. Police spokesperson, Malesela Ledwaba, says last week six shops belonging to foreign nationals were looted in Matikiring Informal Settlement, with total damages and stolen goods estimated at 394-thousand-rand. Three suspects were arrested. Ledwaba says […]
# A multidisciplinary operation in Pretoria-West and Pretoria-Central resulted in the arrest of 330 suspects over the weekend. They were apprehended for various criminal offences, including murder, attempted murder, rape and armed robbery. Police spokesperson, Johan van Dyk, says 60 undocumented immigrants were also detained and processed by the Department of Home Affairs for verification […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions is calling for the immediate arrest and prosecution of all those responsible for acts of intimidation, assault, extortion, vigilantism and violence against foreign nationals in the country. In his address on Sunday, president Cyril Ramaphosa emphasised that no other person except authorised government officials is allowed to demand […]
# The DA has called on acting minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia, to urgently intervene in the serious logistics and supply chain failures that are hampering the availability of rape kits at police stations. The party has conducted several oversight visits to police stations across the country recently, where it uncovered that rape kits are […]
# Government has expressed concern at the recent remarks by analyst doctor Charles Sinkala. During an interview on SABC, Sinkala allegedly suggested that Section 89 of the Constitution had contributed to the deterioration of state-owned enterprises. Deputy government spokesperson, William Baloyi, says Section 89 of the Constitution specifically provides for the removal of the president by the […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions says it supports the government’s stronger action against employers who exploit undocumented workers. President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned that harsher penalties, including jail terms, will be imposed for employers who hire undocumented migrants. Saftu’s Asive Dyani says just as employers who exploit undocumented workers must face prosecution, so […]
# The Gauteng Health Department will today begin the phased rollout of Lenacapavir, a groundbreaking twice-yearly HIV prevention injection. This forms part of the national government’s nationwide initiative to expand HIV prevention options and boost the country’s efforts to reduce new HIV infections to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. South Africa received […]
