# The Department of Home Affairs will extend operational hours at all its front offices leading up to the local government elections next Wednesday. The extended hours are intended to allow South Africans to apply for or collect their IDs or temporary identity certificates before casting their ballots. The department’s spokesperson, Ndileka Cola, says citizens […]
# Die globale inisiatief teen transnasionale georganiseerde misdaad sê politieke moorde hou ʼn ernstige bedreiging in vir die integriteit en bestendigheid van die verkiesingsproses in aanloop tot volgende Woensdag se plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing. Tussen 1 Januarie en 30 September vanjaar is 45 politieke aanvalle aangemeld waarin 43 mense dood is. Vandeesmaand alleen is nege politiek-verwante moorde aangeteken. […]
# The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime says political killings pose a serious threat to the integrity and stability of the electoral process ahead of next Wednesday’s local government elections. A total of 45 political attacks were recorded between January first and September 30th this year, in which at least 43 people were killed. […]
# Oudpresident Thabo Mbeki sê hy verwag dat die uitslag van die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing tot meer koalisieregerings sal lei. Volgens onlangse peilings het die ANC se 40,2-persent in die 2024 nasionale verkiesing met minstens ses persentasiepunte gedaal, terwyl die DA minstens drie-persent beter doen. Die grootste stryd is in metro’s soos Johannesburg, Tshwane, Kaapstad en eThekwini. […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, sê die regering tree op teen diegene wat wettige kommer oor onreëlmatige migrasie uitbuit om misdadige, haatdraende agendas te bevorder. Hy het gepraat by die Afrika en die Afrika-diasporakonferensie in Johannesburg, wat gister onder die tema “Die Terugkeer na Afrika” gehou is. Lamola sê daar […]
# The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has paid 2.7-million-rand in legal fees for minister of Police Senzo Mchunu, who is currently on special leave. The state is also paying Mchunu’s three-million-rand salary while he sits at home. In a written Parliamentary reply, Acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia says the funding was provided under […]
# Former president Thabo Mbeki says he suspects that the outcome of the local government elections will result in more coalition governments being formed. Recent polls show that compared with its 40.2-percent share of the vote in the 2024 national election, the ANC has fallen by at least six percentage points, while the DA has […]
# Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola says government is acting against those who exploit legitimate concerns about irregular migration to advance criminal, hateful agendas. He spoke at the Africa and African Diaspora Conference in Johannesburg, held yesterday under the theme “The Return to Africa”. Lamola said to date more than 100 cases […]
# The Road Traffic Management Corporation urges motorists to prepare for the festive season by ensuring their vehicles are roadworthy and all licences are up to date. More than 2.2-million vehicle licence discs are due to expire in November and December, with Gauteng accounting for the largest share at over 851-thousand. The corporation’s Simon Zwane […]
