# The National Gambling Board and Advertising Regulatory Board have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen oversight of gambling advertising and consumer protection. The partnership will cover traditional and digital platforms, including television, radio, billboards and social media. The Board’s acting CEO, Lungile Dukwana, says the rapid growth of online gambling requires closer cooperation […]
# Heritage Day is observed on Thursday, and non-profit organisation Inyathelo says celebrating the country’s rich cultural diversity is not enough. Spokesperson Feryal Domingo says the true spirit of Heritage Day lies in confronting the deep wounds and systemic inequalities left by apartheid. She says this work is being driven 365 days a year by […]
# The Congress of South African Trade Unions in Gauteng has strongly condemned the recent spate of murders targeting women in and around Ekurhuleni, saying men need to take action. The bodies of nine women have been found dumped in various areas across the East Rand, including Kempton Park, Olifantsfontein, and Kwa-Thema in Springs, over […]
# Minister of Social Development Dina Pule and Eastern Cape Social Development MEC Bukiwe Fanta have expressed outrage at the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old learner at Kuyasa Senior Secondary School in Dimbaza. He was stabbed to death by a fellow learner. The department’s spokesperson, Sandy Godlwana, says this tragic incident underscores the pressing need […]
# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the renamed Tutu Memorial Park in Milnerton is another way the metro is honouring the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his wife, Leah. The Lupin Crescent Park, where the couple lived for decades, is being transformed into a child-focused dog park, flower garden, and outdoor amphitheatre. Hill-Lewis says […]
# The City of Cape Town’s Law Enforcement Auxiliary Service has clocked more than 76-thousand hours of patrols over the past year, supporting full-time law enforcement officers. The volunteer service, now in its 13th year, has nearly 380 active members. Auxiliary officers are required to complete at least 192 hours of service a year. Mayoral […]
# The Security Personnel Party of South Africa says it is planning to lodge a complaint with the Electoral Commission for the misuse of public resources for party-political purposes. The party claims that it discovered that the ANC in Tshwane is planning to use the metro’s resources to campaign in ward 93 ahead of the […]
# The Tshwane Metro Police Department arrested 22 suspected illegal immigrants and issued 64 infringement notices during a coordinated law enforcement operation in multiple regions yesterday. In Region Five in Rayton, eleven suspected illegal immigrants were arrested, and 41 infringement notices were issued to motorists. TMPD spokesperson Pulleng Motholo says that in a separate operation […]
# Union UNTU calls on government to urgently step up efforts to curb rising gender-based violence and femicide. A multidisciplinary police team is investigating the murders of nine women whose bodies were discovered across Ekurhuleni in Gauteng the past two months. UNTU spokesperson Atenkosi Plaatjie says the burden can never be placed on women to […]
