# Agbiz chief economist Wandile Sihlobo says president Cyril Ramaphosa’s US visit signals a turning point in restoring South Africa-US ties. Sihlobo highlighted growing export momentum in products exported globally in 2024. He also warns that crime remains a nationwide crisis, and calls for unified action to protect economic progress:
# Police minister Senzo Mchunu says murder rates have decreased in eight of the nine provinces, with six-thousand-467 people killed between January and March – a reduction of 3.1-percent compared to the same period last year. Speaking during the release of the latest crime statistics in Pretoria, Mchunu said the Northern Cape was the only […]
# ActionSA rig weer ‘n waarskuwing oor die toename in bendegeweld reg oor Suid-Afrika waar meedoënlose bendes woonbuurte in oorlogsones verander. Woordvoerder Matthew George sê bendegeweld kom in die Wes-Kaap veral voor op die Kaapse Vlakte, in Gauteng in Eldoradopark en Westbury, en in die Oos-Kaap in Nelson Mandelabaai. Hy sê dit dwing onskuldige gesinne […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to Ma Gertrude Shope, who passed away at 99. She is remembered as an educator, trade unionist, president of the ANC Women’s League, and Rivonia Trial co-conspirator, and spent decades fighting apartheid at home and abroad. Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says Ramaphosa has described her as a national […]
# The Public Servants Association has noted the launch of a biometric verification system by the Department of Home Affairs as part of Operation New Broom to combat illegal immigration. The association’s spokesperson, Claude Naiker says there is still, however, a need to address staff shortages at the department. He says the biometric verification system […]
# ActionSA says it once again raises the alarm over the surge in gang violence tearing through communities across South Africa, where ruthless gangs turn neighborhoods into warzones. ActionSA’s spokesperson, Matthew George says gang violence is littering the streets of the Cape Flats in the Western Cape, Eldorado Park and Westbury in Gauteng, and Nelson […]
# Twee-en-vyftig mediese vrywilligers het kragte saamgesnoer met die Nelson Mandela-kinderhospitaal in Johannesburg en Operasie Glimlag Suid-Afrika om 40 lewensveranderende operasies uit te voer. Gesplete lippe en verhemeltes is onder meer herstel. Die projek wat deur Life Healthcare ondersteun word, het ten doel om die landwye agterstand met operasies op kinders te verklein. Die program […]
# Die adjunkdirekteur van Openbare Vervolging van die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag se Nasionale Eenheid vir Seksuele Oortredings en Gemeenskapsake, Mkhuseli Jokani, het na die Universiteit Fort Hare teruggekeer om te gradueer met ‘n meestersgraad in Menseregte. Hy het in 1997 ʼn B. Proc-graad aan die universiteit verwerf. Die vier-jaar-graad is oorspronklik ontwerp vir studente wat prokureurs […]
# Fifty-two medical volunteers recently joined forces with the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital in Johannesburg and Operation Smile South Africa to perform 40 life-changing surgeries. The procedures included cleft lip and palate surgeries. The initiative, supported by Life Healthcare, aimed to reduce the surgical backlog affecting children nationwide. The programme offered screenings, surgeries, and post-operative […]
