# South Africa and France are strengthening economic cooperation, focusing on infrastructure, industrialisation and inclusive growth. Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation minister Maropene Ramokgopa says France is now South Africa’s number-one foreign direct investor. More than 480 French companies operate locally, employing over 65-thousand people. Thirty French companies announced 20.7-billion-rand in investment commitments at this year’s […]
# Action Society sê vroue het nie nodig dat president Cyril Ramaphosa weer die regering se tekortkominge in die stryd teen geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord uitlig nie, maar hy moet hy eerder verduidelik waarom sy regering toegelaat het dat dit voortduur. Ramaphosa het ‘n reeks maatreëls aangekondig, soos ‘n oudit van onopgeloste sake en planne om […]
# The Cape Independence Advocacy Group condemns minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni’s remark that those who feel South Africa is not good for them should leave, calling it abhorrent and hypocritical. Spokesperson Phil Craig says citizens protesting crime, racial discrimination and chants calling for murder are performing civic duty, not being unpatriotic:
# ActionSA says president Cyril Ramaphosa’s address on gender-based violence was too late and failed to acknowledge the ongoing crisis and weakened criminal justice system leaving women and children vulnerable. The party’s Herman Mashaba says while welcoming the case audit, SAPS detectives are overwhelmed and cannot process cold cases. Mashaba says leaders report police operating […]
# 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 […]
