# The DA in Cape Town has condemned the murder of its Dunoon Ward 104 by-election candidate and community activist, Sinovuyo Dyokwe. Dyokwe was gunned down en route home from the voter registration venue where she was assisting during the first day of the Voter Registration Weekend. The party’s Nicholas Gotsell says it will be monitoring […]
# The DA is deeply concerned with the ongoing fights at the Public Investment Corporation. The party’s Mark Burke says the latest episode is a reported clash between its chairperson, deputy Finance minister David Masondo, and the entity’s CEO over a failed BEE transaction. He says the last two years has seen at least three senior PIC […]
# The Siyafana Sonke Action Campaign encourages South Africans to unite against xenophobia attacks amidst the looming deadline for migrants to leave South Africa. A Malawian foreign national was killed and two other individuals were assaulted following suspected xenophobic attack in the JikaJoe Informal Settlement in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal on Friday. The Siyafana Sonke Action Campaign […]
# Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has emphasised the importance of broad public participation in the electoral process ahead of the upcoming local government elections in November. He says the elections give citizens an opportunity to choose leaders who are directly responsible for delivering services and driving development in their communities. The […]
# Acting minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia will this week conduct visits to the identified hotspots where heightened levels of instability are expected as a result of the ongoing protests. The March and March movement, along with other organisations have organised ongoing protests against foreign national and demand that all undocumented immigrants must leave the country by 30 June. […]
# The Alliance of Citizens for Change has condemned the murder of Sinovuyo Dyokwe. She would have taken part in the upcoming local government elections as a DA ward candidate in Cape Town. The alliance’s president, Masizole Mnqasela, says her murder while actively engaged in the work of strengthening democracy and serving her community in […]
# Deputy minister for Basic Education, Reginah Mhaule, has commended the growing partnership between government, the private sector, civil society organisations and development partners in advancing menstrual health and hygiene management for learners across South Africa. The department’s spokesperson, Terrence Khala says the Deputy Minister highlighted the importance of collective action in ensuring that no […]
# The National Assembly speaker, Thoko Didiza has resolved to file a notice to abide by an explanatory Affidavit alongside the Impeachment Committee’s opposition papers. Parliament spokesperson, Moloto Mothapo says the purpose of the explanatory affidavit is to assist the High Court in the Western Cape with aspects it must consider to make its final […]
# As the Electoral Commission’s voter registration weekend comes to an end today, BOSA leader, Mmusi Maimane is encouraging all South Africans to register to vote for the upcoming local government elections on the fourth of November. Maimane stresses that voting is a crucial democratic right and the primary way citizens can shape the government […]
