# Deputy minister for Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities, Mmapaseka Letsike says South Africa remains burdened by the harsh realities of gender-based violence against women and girls. She says the 2022 GBV Prevalence Study indicates that one in three women, roughly 7.3 million, have faced physical violence during their lives. Letsike says this means nearly […]
# The GOOD Party has submitted formal questions to Cape Town mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis, in terms of rule 22 of the rules of order, requiring Hill-Lewis to account to Council. GOOD is seeking urgent answers about political patronage and the appointment of former opposition councillors in his office. The party’s spokesperson, Samantha Jackson says they […]
# Limpopo police have launched an intensive manhunt for suspects responsible for the illegal hunting of an elephant and subsequent poisoning that resulted in the death of numerous protected vultures in the Kruger National Park. Police spokesperson, Malesela Ledwaba says poachers used a cable snare to trap the elephant and then laced the carcass with […]
# ActionSA president Herman Mashaba has welcomed the arrest of Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso in East London, Eastern Cape yesterday. He says ActionSA is especially pleased to learn that he will finally be deported from South Africa to Nigeria as he is no longer welcome in a country whose laws he has trampled and whose people […]
# Police are calling on Thato Madisha and Sello Uoane to hand themselves over at their nearest police station. Police spokesperson, Athlenda Mathe says the two are wanted suspects in the case of murdered journalist, Aserie Ndlovu and his partner Zodwa Mdhluli, whose bodies were found in the KwaMhlanga area in Mpumalanga. She says police […]
# ActionSA in Gauteng urges premier Panyaza Lesufi to take swift and decisive action against all provincial government officials who failed lifestyle audits. ActionSA’s Zwelithini Mtshali says criminal charges must be filed, and the Asset Forfeiture Unit must seize those assets which are proceeds of criminal activities. He says the results of these audits and […]
# The GOOD Party says it feels repulsive that a group of relatively privileged South Africans, who falsely claim that they are being systematically stripped of their land and lives, should be entitled to monetise their wealth. The GOOD Party secretary-general, Brett Herron says it is time for South Africa to finally cross the democracy […]
# Road-running: The Cape Town 10K is celebrating its tenth edition today and a sold-out field of approximately 15-thousand people will take to the streets from Woodbridge Island in Milnerton to Lower Long Street in the CBD. Mayoral committee member for Safety and Security, JP Smith says runners will enjoy iconic views of Table Mountain as they […]
# The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union says police training institutions must be safe spaces where discipline, ethics, and professionalism are instilled. A police trainer was arrested and removed from the SAPS Training Academy in Tshwane following the alleged rape of a female trainee. POPCRU spokesperson, Richard Mamabolo, says there are countless committed, disciplined […]
