# 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 […]
# Die Tshwane-metropolisie het gister tydens ʼn gekoördineerde wetstoepassingsoperasie in verskillende streke 22 vermeende onwettige immigrante vasgetrek en 64 oortredingskennisgewings uitgereik. In Streek Vyf in Rayton, is elf vermeende onwettige immigrante aangekeer en 41 oortredingskennisgewings aan motoriste uitgereik. Die metropolisie se woordvoerder, Pulleng Motholo, sê in ʼn ander operasie in Streek Twee, Pretoria-Noord, is ses […]
# 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 […]
# Die vervoervakbond UNTU vra die regering om dringend in te gryp in pogings om geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord te bekamp. ʼn Multidissiplinêre polisiespan is tans besig om die moorde te ondersoek op nege vroue wie se liggame die afgelope twee maande in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, gevind is. UNTU se woordvoerder, Atenkosi Plaatjie, sê die las mag […]
# Die Gautengse regering beskuldig die DA dat hy die tragiese dood van vroue in Ekurhuleni vir politieke gewin uitbuit. Die party het vroeër die week aangebied om 500-duisend-rand by te dra nadat die polisie ʼn kontantbeloning van 400-duisend-rand uitgeloof het vir inligting wat bydra tot die ondersoek na die moord op nege vroue. Die […]
# Die onderwysersvakbond SADOU sê geweld teen vroue is nie net ‘n uiterste oortreding van menseregte nie, maar vernietig ook gesinne en ondermyn die basis van die gemeenskap. Dit volg op die ontdekking van nege vroue se liggame in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. SADOU se woordvoerder, Nomusa Cembi, sê hulle verwerp alle vorme van geweld. Sy sê […]
