# The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime says political assassinations, if left unchecked, will narrow democratic choice, corrode local government, and allow criminal governance to decide who can hold power. Forty-two people have been murdered in suspected political assassinations in South Africa this year, ahead of the local government elections. Most political killings have […]
# City Power het sy herstel-spanne en ʼn diensverskaffer aan die Kliptown-gholfbaan onttrek weens kommer oor hul veiligheid. Dit volg nadat inwoners gister betoog en mense geïntimideer het, en verhoed het dat elektrisiteit herstel word. ʼn Kragonderbreking wat vermoedelik deur ʼn foutiewe kabel-afhegting veroorsaak is, het kragvoorsiening aan die Kliptown-gholfbaan en Pimville Sone 9 geraak. […]
# Die vroueliga van Abahlali baseMjondolo vra ʼn onafhanklike Vroue-ombud vir wetstoepassing. Dit volg nadat die liggame van elf vroue die afgelope maande in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, gevind is. Woordvoerder Snenhlanhla Mncanyana sê die ombud moet magte hê om polisiekantore te inspekteer, toegang hê tot rekords, en die reg hê om korrupsie en wangedrag te ondersoek. […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse premier, Alan Winde, sê die provinsie verskerp spesialis-wetstoepassing om dwelmhandel en georganiseerde misdaad te pak. Die Stellenbosch-munisipaliteit se honde-eenheid is gister bekendgestel nadat gebiede soos Kayamandi en Cloetesville ʼn rekord-toename in bendeverwante en georganiseerde misdaad getoon het. Winde sê die provinsiale regering het in die 2025/26-boekjaar deur die provinsiale Departement van Polisie-oorsig en […]
# The DA in the Northern Cape government must address environmental and infrastructure risks that leave women vulnerable. The party cites recent cases, including the discovery of a woman’s body in a shallow grave inside a shack in Lerato Park, Kimberley, and the gang rape of a 62-year-old pensioner in Pampierstad. The DA’s Lisa Schickerling […]
# ActionSA in Johannesburg sê die metro se verslag oor Vaardigheidsontwikkeling is gewaarborg om uitgawes by die Departement van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling te verkwis met opleiding aan werknemers. Die stadsraad het die verslag met die ondersteuning van die ANC en sy koalisie goedgekeur. Sarah Wissler van ActionSA sê die verslag identifiseer skeiding tussen departementele programme, SETA-vaardigheidsplanne […]
# Tshwane District police arrested 395 suspects during a multidisciplinary crime prevention operation in Atteridgeville and Laudium yesterday. The suspects were apprehended for various criminal offences, including murder, attempted murder, armed robbery and rape. Police spokesperson Johan van Dyk says 80 undocumented migrants were also detained and handed over to immigration officials, while four people […]
# City Power has temporarily withdrawn its repair teams and a service provider from Kliptown Golf Course, citing safety concerns that have interrupted work to restore electricity. This follows intimidation and protest action by residents yesterday. A power outage believed to be caused by a faulty cable termination has affected Kliptown Golf Course and Pimville […]
# The Abahlali baseMjondolo Women’s League is calling for an independent Women’s Ombud for Policing in South Africa. This follows the discovery of the bodies of eleven women in and around Ekurhuleni in the past few months. Abahlali baseMjondolo’s Snenhlanhla Mncanyana says the Ombud should have powers to inspect police stations, access records and investigate […]
