# Deputy minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Steve Letsike, says gender-based violence and femicide is unacceptable and requires urgent action. This follows the discovery of nine bodies in Ekurhuleni over the past two months. Letsike says a rapid-response team has been established, while some victims remain unidentified or unclaimed. […]
# Defend Our Democracy is holding election observer training today in Lenasia, Johannesburg, ahead of the local government elections. The session aims to equip community observers with skills to monitor elections and promote transparency, accountability and compliance with electoral laws. Participants from areas including Lenasia, Diepkloof, Meadowlands, Orlando and Protea Glen will be trained. The […]
# ‘n Adjunkdirekteur vir voorsieningskettingbestuur by die Stad Johannesburg, Jimmy Maluleke, asook vier direkteure en ingenieurs van TFM Industries, sal op 28 Oktober weer in die hof verskyn na hulle aangekla is van bedrog, diefstal en geldwassery. Die saak hou verband met ‘n tender van een-honderd-88-miljoen-rand wat in 2016 aan die maatskappy toegeken is vir […]
# CrisisOnCall sê motoriste moet waaksaam bly, ten spyte van ‘n afname van 18-persent in voertuigkapings. Die jongste misdaadstatistiek toon dat drie-duisend-811 kapings, of ongeveer 42 per dag, tussen April en Junie aangemeld is. Byna 58-persent van die gevalle het in Gauteng voorgekom. Ruan Vermaak van die organisasie raai motoriste aan om waaksaam te bly, […]
# Die organisasie Women and Men Against Child Abuse sê sy kinderbeskermingsdienste in Ekurhuleni kan moontlik sluit weens vertraagde befondsing van die Gautengse Departement van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling. Die organisasie het vir vyf maande geen subsidiebetalings ontvang nie, al het hy in Maart ‘n brief van goedkeuring vir befondsing ontvang. Sy Kidz Clinic in Boksburg het […]
# Brandbestryders het aansienlik vordering gemaak om ‘n berg-brand bo die La Plaisir-wynlandgoed in die Kaapse Wynlande onder beheer te bring. Die Kaapse Wynland-distriksmunisipaliteit se woordvoerder, Jo-Anne Otto, sê munisipale spanne, grondspanne en vrywilligers het oornag gewerk om die brand te bestry. Die spanne kon te midde van sterk wind, ‘n steil terrein en vlamme […]
# CrisisOnCall says motorists should remain alert despite an 18-percent drop in vehicle hijackings. The latest crime statistics show that three-thousand-811 hijackings were recorded between April and June, which is about 42 a day. Gauteng accounted for nearly 58-percent of the cases. The organisation’s Ruan Vermaak advises motorists to stay alert, have a safety plan […]
# A City of Johannesburg supply chain deputy director, Jimmy Maluleke and four directors and engineers from TFM Industries will return to court on 28 October, after facing fraud, theft and money laundering charges. The case relates to a 188-million-rand tender awarded in 2016 to the company to supply 40 specialised fire and rescue trucks. […]
# Women and Men Against Child Abuse says its child protection services in Ekurhuleni could close because of delayed funding from the Gauteng Department of Social Development. The organisation has not received subsidy payments for five months, despite receiving a funding approval letter in March. Its Kidz Clinic in Boksburg has supported more than 17-thousand […]
