# ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa has dismissed polls and recent studies suggesting the party will lose more ground to the DA in the local government elections. According to Ipsos, support for the ANC is set to slip further to just 31-percent, down from 45.6-percent in 2021. The DA’s internal polling data suggests it could emerge […]
# Action Society urges the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development to set a firm deadline for public access to the national register for sex offenders. After six years of campaigning, the organisation argues parents still have no way to check whether adults around their children have been convicted of child sex offences. Action Society’s […]
# Police arrested 17-thousand-914 suspects during nationwide crime-fighting operations in the past week, as preparations for the festive season intensify. They also arrested 267 alleged drug dealers, dismantled two clandestine drug laboratories in Gauteng and the North West, and seized cocaine worth more than 200-million-rand at OR Tambo International Airport after it arrived from Brazil. […]
# The Information Regulator has fined FNB one-million-rand and Central Johannesburg TVET College 500-thousand-rand for contraventions of the Protection of Personal Information Act. The bank was fined over security weaknesses that exposed customers’ personal information, while the college was penalised for unlawfully sharing personal data and failing to follow the regulator’s directives. The regulator’s Nomzamo […]
# South African National Parks says Kruger National Park’s Skukuza rest camp main gate in Mpumalanga will be temporarily closed from 2 November until 4 December for essential roof repairs. Visitors will be redirected to a temporary entrance via Hippo Circle Street, near the Skukuza medical surgery, through AM Spa and Skukuza Safari Lodge. SANParks’ […]
# Gambling law expert Wayne Lurie says the proposed national tax on online gambling is not yet final and still requires parliamentary approval before it can take effect. Lurie urges the National Treasury to conduct proper economic modelling and consult affected stakeholders before finalising the proposal, with the final design expected to be announced in […]
# The GOOD Party has criticised DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis over his comments about South Africa’s fifth Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Navi Pillay. In a radio interview last week, Hill-Lewis defended his party’s failure to acknowledge Pillay’s achievements and described her as divisive. GOOD secretary-general Brett Herron says Hill-Lewis’s comments about Pillay are similar to […]
# The DA says up to 50 essential medicines are out of stock in the public healthcare system, including treatments for high blood pressure, diabetes and mental health conditions. The party is calling for an urgent parliamentary investigation into the shortages. The DA’s Michele Clarke warns that patients could face health risks if they cannot […]
# Action Society doen ‘n beroep op die Departement van Justisie en Staatkundige Ontwikkeling om ‘n vaste sperdatum te bepaal vir openbare toegang tot die nasionale register van seksmisdadigers. Ná ses jaar se veldtogte voer die organisasie aan ouers het steeds geen manier om na te gaan of volwassenes wat met hul kinders in aanraking […]
