# Human Settlements minister Thembi Simelane says the future of South Africa will depend on whether public institutions can turn policy, public resources into visible improvements in people’s lives. She addressed the 25th South African Association of Public Administration and Management Conference in Durban yesterday. Simelane stressed that human settlements must be developed around the […]
# Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi and his deputy Joe Phaahla have escalated allegations of inflated National Health Insurance advertising contracts to the Special Investigating Unit, the Auditor‑General, and the Public Protector. According to News24, contracts for NHI marketing and health communications originally worth a little more than one-thousand-rand, ballooned to a combined 182-million-rand. The money […]
# The national inquiry into the reporting, victim support, investigation and pre-trial functioning of the criminal justice system’s response to gender-based violence and femicide has been extended. The Commission for Gender Equality, the South African Human Rights Commission, and the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities are […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions is calling for the creation of a broad national movement to disarm criminal gangs and reclaim communities from violence. This comes after two mass shootings in Gauteng and the Western Cape over the weekend claimed the lives of 27 people and left 26 wounded. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani […]
# Die afgedankte adjunkhoof van Misdaadintelligensie, Feroz Khan, verskyn na verwagting vandag weer voor die Madlanga-kommissie. Getuienisleiers het egter ʼn aansoek ingedien dat dele van sy getuienis in camera aangehoor word. Die aansoek hou verband met sekere WhatsApp-boodskappe en dokumente waarby Khan betrek word. Hy is gedagvaar om op 1 September te verskyn, maar hy het […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa vra groter optrede teen oortreders van geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord, en sê mans moet vroue beskerm. Hy het gister by ʼn Evangeliese Presbiteriaanse Kerkdiens in Alberton gepraat waar die kerk die vlaag van geweld teen vroue uitgelig het. Elf vroue se liggame is die afgelope maande in Ekurhuleni gevind. Ramaphosa sê respek […]
# The DA is calling for an immediate multidisciplinary operation bringing together Crime Intelligence, specialised detectives, the Hawks, firearm tracing and forensic capacity, to identify and dismantle the networks behind mass shootings, gangsterism and extortion. This follows mass shootings that claimed 27 lives in Gauteng and the Western Cape over the weekend. The DA’s Lisa […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die naweek se massa-skietvoorvalle in die land veroordeel. Sewentien mense is by ‘n taverne in Wedela aan die Wes-Rand doodgeskiet, terwyl tien mense oor die naweek in Lwandle, Kaapstad, doodgeskiet is. Intussen is elf mense verlede week in ‘n massa-skietvoorval by ‘n huis in die KwaMakhutha-woonbuurt in Durban dood. Tydens […]
# Die polisie stel ondersoek in nadat die liggaam van ‘n elfde vrou gister langs ‘n spoorlyn in Struisbult, Springs, in Ekurhuleni gevind is. Die liggaam is volgens berigte opgemerk deur ‘n patrollievoertuig van ‘n sekuriteitsmaatskappy wat roetinepatrollies in die gebied uitgevoer het. Die jongste vonds volg te midde van ‘n voortgesette ondersoek na ‘n […]
