# Children’s rights activist Siyabonga Nzimande says cultural practices must never override children’s rights. This follows KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC, Nomagugu Simelane’s report revealing seven-thousand-627 teenage pregnancies in eThekwini between April 2024 and April 2025. This included 154 girls aged ten to 14. She warned of the risk of abuse, HIV, and unsafe childbirth. Speaking to […]
# The DA says the Limpopo legislature’s plan to buy two luxury vehicles, a Mercedes-Benz GLC and a GLC Coupé, worth 6.5-million-rand for the speaker’s office, shows a clear disconnect from the reality of struggling residents. The party argues many people in the province face poor service delivery, crumbling roads, and high unemployment, while the […]
# Die Ntirhisano-gemeenskapsentrum dring aan op eenheid en solidariteit onder inwoners van wyk 56 in Kaapstad om diepgewortelde ongelykheid en diensleweringsuitdagings te oorkom. Hulle veroordeel ‘n onlangse xenofobiese protes wat teen vlugtelinge by die Wingfield-vlugtelingkamp beplan is en noem dit ‘n gevaarlike afleiding van die werklike probleme wat alle gemeenskappe raak. Phillip Nyalungu van die […]
# Nie-regeringsorganisasies en die publiek vra dat Kelly Smith moet sê waar haar dogter, Joslin, haar tans bevind, voor die vonnisopleggingsproses môre begin in die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof wat in Saldanhabaai sit. Die driedaagse proses sluit in betoë en verswarings met die veroordeelde drietal – Smith, Jacquen Appollis en Steveno van Rhyn – wat op hulle […]
# Die Gautengse Gesondheidsdepartement sê hy is daartoe verbind om kankerbehandelingsdienste in die provinsie te verbeter om aan die groeiende vraag na radioterapiedienste te voldoen. Woordvoerder Motalatale Modiba sê dit sluit belegging in in die uitbreiding van infrastruktuur en gevorderde toerusting om kankerbehandeling te verbeter en tydige toegang tot sorg te verseker:
# Die digitale bateplatform, Luno, wat in Suid-Afrika gestig is, het ‘n mylpaaluitspraak van die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria verwelkom, waarvolgens ‘n hersiening van Suid-Afrika se verouderde kripto-regulasies vereis word. Regter Mandlenkosi Motha het bevind die land se valutabeheerwette van 1961 kan nie op digitale geldeenhede toegepas word nie en het dringende hervorming van die wet […]
# Mineworkers union AMCU has strongly condemned Sibanye-Stillwater after 260 workers were trapped underground in its Kloof mine in Gauteng. The company has since confirmed that all miners have been rescued with no injuries reported. AMCU president Joseph Mathunjwa insists that every operational mine shaft must legally have an escape route. The union is calling […]
# Sibanye-Stillwater has confirmed that all 260 workers trapped underground at its Kloof 7 gold mine, west of Johannesburg, have safely returned to the surface. The incident was caused by a malfunctioning skip door at Level 39. While no injuries were reported, operations remain suspended pending safety assessments. Unions are calling for a full investigation […]
# South African-founded digital asset platform, Luno, has welcomed a landmark ruling by the High Court in Pretoria, calling for an overhaul of South Africa’s outdated crypto regulations. Judge Mandlenkosi Motha found that the country’s 1961 exchange control laws cannot apply to digital currencies and called for urgent legislative reform. Luno’s general manager, Marius Reitz, […]
