# Forum for South Africa says president Ramaphosa’s address on gender-based-violence offers little new, though it welcomes commitments. The group’s Tebogo Mashilompane says South Africans heard promises before while women continue to die. He calls for decisive action to close legal loopholes, prioritise law reform, strengthen enforcement and ensure perpetrators face consequences. Mashilompane urged public […]
# Formal extradition proceedings against Zimbabwean-British fugitive Ndodana Tshuma begin in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court today. The 45-year-old is wanted by British authorities to stand trial for the murders of his wife Nothabo and their daughters, Natalie and Nala, in the United Kingdom in July. Tshuma fled to South Africa shortly before the bodies were […]
# COSATU has condemned what it calls a media event by the United States Embassy aimed at ridiculing and undermining South Africa’s constitutional sovereignty. The federation spokesperson, Matthew Parks says freedom of speech and media are constitutionally protected in South Africa, but should not be abused by diplomatic missions to spread what it describes as […]
# Die maatskaplike sekerheidsagentskap SASSA hersien die betaaldatums vir maatskaplike toelaes in November omdat dit met die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing oorvleuel. Begunstigdes sou oorspronklik op 3 November uitbetaal word, gevolg deur die ongeskiktheidstoelaag en die kinderondersteuningstoelaag die volgende twee dae. Die verkiesing vind op 4 November plaas. SASSA sê hy praat met belanghebbendes oor nuwe betaaldatums. […]
# Action Society says women don’t need president Cyril Ramaphosa to again identify government’s failures in tackling gender-based violence and femicide; they need him to explain why his government has allowed this crisis to continue. The president announced a series of measures including an audit of unresolved cases involving women and children, and ways to […]
# The South African Social Security Agency says it is reviewing the social grant payment dates for November due to a clash in dates with the local government elections. Under the original schedule, the Older Persons Grant was set to be paid on November 3, followed by the Disability Grant the next day and the […]
# Die EFF sê president Cyril Ramaphosa se toespraak oor die regering se reaksie op geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord is nog ʼn vertraagde ingryping van ʼn regering wat reeds jare lank bewus is van die omvang van die probleem. Hy het ʼn multidissiplinêre nasionale strategie uiteengesit om die probleem te hanteer. Die EFF sê Ramaphosa se […]
# Die Departement van Gesondheid sê die regering sal reageer op buitensporige plaaslike en geopolitieke prys-druk wat die farmaseutiese sektor raak. Die enkel-uitgangsprys van medisyne en geskeduleerde middels styg môre met 2,88-persent, wat die tweede aanpassing vanjaar is. Die departement se woordvoerder, Foster Mohale, sê die verhoging sal druk op vervaardigers verlig sodat hulle medisyne […]
# The EFF says president Cyril Ramaphosa’s address on government’s response to gender-based violence and femicide was yet another belated intervention from a government that has known the scale of this crisis for years. He outlined a multi-disciplinary national strategy to address the growing scourge. The EFF says it’s concerning that Ramaphosa’s response is centred […]
