# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die land moet die ongemaklike, vernietigende waarheid in die gesig staar dat die vernaamste brandpunt vir geslagsgeweld in die huis en in interpersoonlike verhoudings lê. Volgens ’n nasionale studie deur die Suid-Afrikaanse Mediese Navorsingsraad is ’n intieme lewensmaat verantwoordelik vir die dood van meer as 60-persent van die vroue wat […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die geweld teen vroue in Suid-Afrika is ‘n bron van groot pyn en ‘n nasionale skande. Hy het gisteraand die nasie toegespreek en gesê wat die regering gaan doen om geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord in die land te stuit. Dit volg op die ontdekking van die liggame van elf vroue in […]
# Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Solly Malatsi warned the Film and Publications Board to sharpen its oversight and strengthen the fight against online harms. This comes as South Africa confronts rapid technological change. Earlier this month, the board’s Enforcement Committee announced it had clamped down hard on non-compliance, issuing fines totalling 16.1-million-rand. Malatsi […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has directed the minister of Police, the National Commissioner of Police and relevant forensic authorities to submit, within 60 days, a funded plan to reduce forensic backlogs in gender-based violence and femicide cases. The president announced a series of measures and directives yesterday evening, following a series of killings of women […]
# The EFF has welcomed the decision of the Makhanda High Court in the Eastern Cape to grant Julius Malema leave to appeal his conviction in the firearm matter. He was found guilty of contravening the Firearms Control Act last year, and handed an effective five years in direct imprisonment in April. In 2018, Malema […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country must confront the uncomfortable, devastating truth that the primary gender-based violence hotspot is in the home and in interpersonal relationships. A national study by the South African Medical Research Council found that an intimate partner killed more than 60-percent of women murdered in 2021 and 2022. In an […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the violence inflicted upon the women of South Africa is a source of profound pain and national shame. He addressed the nation last night, outlining what the government is doing to confront gender-based violence and femicide in the country. This follows the discovery of the bodies of eleven women in […]
# Mpumalanga businessman Joe Sibanyoni has invoked his right against self-incrimination at the Madlanga Commission. Sibanyoni refused to answer questions on an alleged two-million-rand extortion scheme linked to businessman Thomas Ntuli on the Moloto Road project. He claims testifying could prejudice his ongoing criminal case in the Delmas Magistrate’s Court, repeatedly demanding immunity. Evidence leader […]
# Scientists are calling for the urgent protection and restoration of Africa’s seagrass meadows, which support coastal communities by providing food, medicine and raw materials. A Stellenbosch University-led review found major gaps in knowledge about the extent and condition of these ecosystems, with restoration trials conducted in only six African countries. Researchers are urging better […]
