# The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development will launch Access to Justice Week in Kimberley as part of efforts to combat Gender-Based Violence and Femicide. The campaign provides free legal advice and assistance at courts nationwide, focusing on women, children and vulnerable communities. Justice officials, the National Prosecuting Authority, SAPS and Legal Aid South […]
# Nobel Peace laureate, Malala Yousafzai, has called on South Africa to stand with Afghan women and girls facing what she described as “gender apartheid” under the Pakistani Taliban rule. She was among the speakers at the National Women’s Day celebrations in Pretoria yesterday. Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban in October […]
# Former Bergview College principal, Jaco Pieterse, says he hopes his case against EFF leader Julius Malema will help protect ordinary citizens against politicians and people in power. Malema is set to face prosecution for crimen injuria after the National Prosecuting Authority accepted representations by AfriForum over his public claims that Pieterse raped a seven-year-old […]
# Acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia says increased measures have been rolled out to combat organised and violent offences, encompassing both gang criminality and illicit narcotics. Yesterday he visited the scene in Reiger Park, Ekurhuleni, where two civilian women and two members of the Anti-Gang Unit were killed on Friday night. Cachalia says gangsters are […]
# Die Departement van Justisie en Grondwetlike Ontwikkeling gaan die Toegang tot Geregtigheidsweek in Kimberley van stapel stuur as deel van pogings om geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord te bestry. Die veldtog bied gratis regsadvies en bystand by howe landwyd, met die fokus op vroue, kinders en kwesbare gemeenskappe. Justisiebeamptes, die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag, die polisie en Regshulp […]
# Die African Peoples Convention vra vir die herlewing van industrialisering en volhoubare werkskepping in Moretele, Noordwes. Die provinsiale voorsitter, Dikobe Lucas Mphak, sê in ‘n plaaslike verkiesingsveldtog-verklaring die gebied kan leer uit die nywerheidsontwikkeling in Babelegi onder die Bophuthatswana-regering. Die APC stel ‘n agro-industriële- en vervaardigingspark vir Moretele voor, wat fokus op landbouverwerking en […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse polisie ondersoek drie afsonderlike skietvoorvalle in Langa, Gugulethu en Khayelitsha waarin elf mense oornag dood is. Vyf mense is in Langa dood, drie mans in Khayelitsha en drie mense in Gugulethu, met nog twee wat beseer is. Geen arrestasies is nog gemaak nie en die motiewe bly onbekend. Polisiewoordvoerder Novela Potelwa sê […]
# Western Cape police are investigating three separate shooting incidents in Langa, Gugulethu and Khayelitsha that left eleven people dead overnight. Five people were killed in Langa, three men in Khayelitsha and three people in Gugulethu, where two others were injured. No arrests have been made and the motives remain unknown. Police spokesperson Novela Potelwa […]
# Acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia and senior police officials are expected to visit the Reiger Park shooting scene this afternoon. Four people, including two Anti-Gang Unit officers, were killed while responding to a shooting in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. Police have mobilised specialised investigative teams to track down those responsible. Authorities are appealing to […]
