# The ANC in the Ekurhuleni Region commends the swift action by law enforcement authorities, which led to the arrest of a suspect believed to be linked to the recent mass shooting in Reiger Park. Six people were killed in a drive-by shooting over the weekend, while three others were wounded. A 23-year-old man was […]
# Nog drie verdagtes, tussen 17 en 20 jaar oud, is vasgetrek in verband met die dubbele moord in Westbury, Gauteng, wat die getal arrestasies op vyf te staan bring. Dit volg nadat ʼn groep tieners verlede maand geskiet is. Twee is dood en talle ander is gewond. Polisiewoordvoerder, Brenda Muridili, sê die drie is […]
# Amnestie Internasionaal Suid-Afrika beskuldig die regering dat hy vyf-miljoen mense wat in plakkerskampe woon, in die steek laat. Baie van hulle woon op grond wat gereeld oorstroom word. Die organisasie ondersoek in sy jongste verslag, Flooded and Forgotten: Informal Settlements and the Right to Housing in South Africa, die voorkoms en uitwerking van oorstromings […]
# The Gauteng Department of Education has expressed concern about reports of an individual known as “Godfrey”, who is allegedly soliciting bribes from parents in exchange for placements in public schools for the 2026 academic year. The online admissions placement period commenced on 16 October, when the department began sending placement offers to parents and […]
# Three more suspects, aged between 17 and 20-years-old, have been arrested for the Westbury double murder in Gauteng. This brings the total number of arrested suspects to five, following the shooting of a group of teenagers in which two were killed and several others were wounded last month. Police spokesperson, Brenda Muridili, says the […]
# Amnesty International South Africa has accused the government of failing the lives of five million people living in informal settlements, many of them living on flood-prone land. Its latest report, Flooded and Forgotten: Informal Settlements and the Right to Housing in South Africa, examines the incidence and impact of floods on residents of informal […]
# Die Nobelpryswenner en ekonoom Joseph Stiglitz sê globale ongelykheid is ‘n ernstige probleem wat gesondheid, onderwys en die ekonomie raak. Hy en die uitvoerende direkteur van UNAIDS, Winnie Byanyima, het gister ‘n verslag oor ongelykheid aan president Cyril Ramaphosa by die Uniegebou in Pretoria oorhandig. Stiglitz stel ‘n internasionale paneel oor ongelykheid voor om […]
# Die DA sê die Wes-Kaapse Polisiediens op die rand van ineenstorting, met meer as een-duisend-300 beamptes wat in vyf jaar die diens verlaat het en speurders wat oorweldig word. Volgens die party neem misdaad en bendegeweld toe, wat gemeenskappe in vrees laat lewe. Tertuis Simmers van die DA doen ‘n beroep vir meer magte […]
# Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz says global inequality is a serious problem that affects health, education, and the economy. He and UNAIDS executive director Winnie Byanyima, yesterday, handed a report on inequality to president Cyril Ramaphosa at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Stiglitz proposes an international panel on inequality to guide governments on fairer […]
