# 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 Forum for South Africa eis strenger toesig en vinniger optrede teen polisiebeamptes wat van wangedrag beskuldig word. Die Onafhanklike Polisie-Ondersoekdirektoraat het in 2025/2026 vyf-duisend-259 gevalle van wangedrag aangemeld, insluitend 332 verwant aan geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord. Die leier van Forum4SA, Tebogo Mashilompane, sê daar is 116 bewerings van verkragting teen polisiebeamptes, waarvan 72 terwyl […]
# Die minister van Gesondheid, Aaron Motsoaledi, het Johovasgetuies se besluit om hul beleid oor bloedoortappings te verander, verwelkom. Die organisasie, wat meer as nege-miljoen lede wêreldwyd in meer as 200 lande en gebiede het, het voorheen vier hoofbestanddele van ‘n ander persoon se bloed op grond van ‘n gedeelte uit die Bybel geweier. Nou […]
# Forum for South Africa is calling for stronger oversight and faster action against police officers accused of misconduct. The Independent Police Investigative Directorate recorded five-thousand-259 misconduct cases in 2025/2026, including 332 linked to gender-based violence and femicide. Forum4SA leader Tebogo Mashilompane says 116 rape allegations involved police officers, 72 of them while on duty. […]
# 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 […]
# Die minister van Vervoer, Barbara Creecy, sê terwyl geopolitieke druk kostes vir huishoudings opjaag, bevorder die regering ʼn geïntegreerde vervoerstelsel wat ontwerp is om openbare vervoer veiliger en meer bekostigbaar te maak. Oktober is Vervoer-maand. Creecy sê haar departement is besig om die openbarevervoer-toelaagstelsel te verander na ʼn verenigde ondersteuningsmodel wat op sekere roetes vir […]
# Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi has welcomed Jehovah’s Witnesses’ decision to change their policy on blood transfusions. The organisation, which has more than nine million members worldwide across congregations in more than 200 countries and territories, previously refused four main components of another person’s blood, citing a biblical passage. Now members can decide whether […]
# Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy says as geopolitical pressures drive up household costs, government is advancing an integrated transport system designed to make public transport safer and more affordable. October is Transport Month. Creecy says her department is in the process of reforming the public transport grant system into a unified support model available on […]
# Suid-Afrika se enkele rykste miljardêr besit meer rykdom as die armste 70-persent van die bevolking saam. Dit is volgens ʼn nuwe verslag van Oxfam South Africa. Dit het bevind die rykste een-persent landsburgers het 54,9-persent van die land se rykdom in 2024 besit, terwyl die onderste helfte van die bevolking negatiewe rykdom het. Oxfam […]
