# The Public Servants Association says it is extremely concerned about the impact of severe flooding in the Eastern Cape. The death toll from the floods has risen to over 70, with more than ten-thousand people displaced. Of that number, 61 died in Mthatha and surrounding areas. PSA’s spokesperson, Claude Naiker, says this disaster underscores […]
# The DA has welcomed the long-overdue return today of the first group of South African National Defence Force soldiers deployed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The troops have been stationed in Goma since December 2023 in peacekeeping efforts amid tensions between DRC forces and M23 rebels. The DA’s Chris Hattingh says the […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema has formally written to president Cyril Ramaphosa requesting the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry into the National Prosecuting Authority. This follows remarks by National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi, who alleged the NPA has been infiltrated by corrupt prosecutors. Malema says the mandate of the proposed commission should […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile sê hy verwelkom die uitslag van die polisie se tugondersoek wat agt gewese lede van sy BBP-beskermingspan vrygespreek het. Dit volg ten spyte van videomateriaal wat wys hoe hulle in 2023 ʼn burgerlike op die N1 in Johannesburg aanrand. Die polisie se interne tugkomitee het bevind die video mag nie as […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa besoek vandag vloedgeteisterde gebiede in die Oos-Kaap. Dit volg nadat meer as 70 mense sedert Maandag in die provinsie dood is na oorstromings. Sowat tien-duisend mense is dakloos gelaat en drie-duisend huise is beskadig of vernietig. Die OR Tambo- en Amathole-distriksmunisipaliteite het die ergste deurgeloop. Ramaphosa het gister by ʼn beraad […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says he welcomes the outcome of the police disciplinary inquiry that acquitted eight former members of his VIP presidential protection services. The officers were acquitted despite a viral video footage capturing them assaulting a civilian on the N1 in Johannesburg in 2023. The police’s internal disciplinary committee ruled that the […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa will visit flood-affected areas in the Eastern Cape today. This comes as over 70 people have died in the province since Monday, following flooding. Around ten-thousand people have been displaced, and three-thousand homes damaged or destroyed. The OR Tambo and Amathole District Municipalities have been the most affected. Speaking at a summit […]
# Die minister in die Presidensie, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, sê die regering monitor die ontwikkeling van ‘n nuwe Covid-19-variant, Nimbus, wat in dele van Asië aangemeld is, noukeurig. Sy verseker die publiek alhoewel die variant nie in Suid-Afrika opgespoor is nie, bly die Departement van Gesondheid waaksaam. Ntshavheni het die publiek versoek om kalm te bly, […]
# The minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says government is closely monitoring the emergence of a new Covid-19 variant, Nimbus, which has been reported in parts of Asia. She assures the public that while the variant has not been detected in South Africa, the Department of Health remains vigilant. Ntshavheni has urged the public […]
