# EFF leader Julius Malema is expected to face a crimen injuria charge in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court after he falsely accused former Bergview College principal Jaco Pieterse of rape in the Cwe Cwe case. It was alleged that a seven-year-old girl, using the pseudonym Cwe Cwe, was sexually assaulted on school grounds while waiting […]
# Die leier van die National Coloured Congress, Fadiel Adams, sal hierdie week voor die Madlanga-kommissie verskyn oor sy fluitjieblaser-klag wat ondersoeke na senior Misdaadintelligensie-amptenare aan die gang gesit het. Adams sal na verwagting vrae moet beantwoord oor sy Artikel 27-verwysing en bewerings van korrupsie en die misbruik van geheime fondse. Sy getuienis volg na […]
# National Coloured Congress leader Fadiel Adams is set to testify before the Madlanga Commission this week over his whistleblower complaint that triggered investigations into senior Crime Intelligence officials. Adams is expected to face questions about his Section 27 referral and allegations of corruption and misuse of secret funds. His testimony follows evidence from Investigating […]
# The African Peoples Convention is calling for the revival of industrialisation and sustainable job creation in Moretele, North West. Provincial chairperson Dikobe Lucas Mphaka said in local government election campaign statement the area can learn from Babelegi’s industrial development under the former Bophuthatswana administration. The APC proposes a Moretele Agro-Industrial and Manufacturing Park, focusing […]
# Cope se vroueafdeling doen ‘n beroep op ‘n nuwe era van vrouebemagtiging en -leierskap. COPE-vroue se woordvoerder, Elisa Mookho Ngoebo, sê geslagsgeweld, armoede, werkloosheid, diskriminasie en ekonomiese uitsluiting bly ‘n uitdaging vir vroue. Sy dring daarop aan dat vroue en jongmense moet stem vir verantwoordbare leierskap, skoon regering en verandering in die komende plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing:
# The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development will launch Access to Justice Week in Kimberley as part of efforts to combat Gender-Based Violence and Femicide. The campaign provides free legal advice and assistance at courts nationwide, focusing on women, children and vulnerable communities. Justice officials, the National Prosecuting Authority, SAPS and Legal Aid South […]
# The Congress of South African Trade Unions, is alarmed by planned job cuts at Media24 and eNCA, warning of a growing crisis in South Africa’s media industry. Media24 has indicated 126 jobs are at risk, while eNCA is considering 171 cuts. COSATU says the retrenchments threaten democracy, calling for alternatives to job losses. Cosatu […]
# Nobel Peace laureate, Malala Yousafzai, has called on South Africa to stand with Afghan women and girls facing what she described as “gender apartheid” under the Pakistani Taliban rule. She was among the speakers at the National Women’s Day celebrations in Pretoria yesterday. Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban in October […]
# Former Bergview College principal, Jaco Pieterse, says he hopes his case against EFF leader Julius Malema will help protect ordinary citizens against politicians and people in power. Malema is set to face prosecution for crimen injuria after the National Prosecuting Authority accepted representations by AfriForum over his public claims that Pieterse raped a seven-year-old […]
