# Acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia says crime patterns across South Africa continue to show major regional differences, despite an overall decline in murders. Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, the Western Cape and Eastern Cape still account for more than 80-percent of murders nationwide. The Eastern Cape has the highest murder rate at 14.3 murders per 100-thousand people, […]
# The Southern African Development Community Foreign ministers are meeting at Skukuza in the Kruger National Park, in Mpumalanga, to discuss various issues including migration, global conflicts, trade uncertainty and shifting economic alliances. This follows a March resolution by the SADC Council of Ministers to assess global geopolitical developments and their impact on the region. […]
# Die Nasionale Instituut vir Oordraagbare Siektes sê twee polio-verwante virusstamme is opgespoor in monsters van afvalwater uit ‘n suiwerings-aanleg in Kaapstad. Die monsters is tydens roetine-omgewingsmonitering geneem, en geen menslike gevalle is opgespoor nie, terwyl ‘n uitbreking ook nie aangemeld is nie. Foster Mohale van die departement sê toesig is opgeskerp. Hy vra mense […]
# Die waarnemende minister van Polisie, Firoz Cachalia, sê die jongste misdaadstatistieke vir die vierde kwartaal toon vordering met die vermindering van geweldsmisdaad, ondanks uitdagings wat verbind word met georganiseerde misdaad. Nasionale kontakmisdade het met 4,6-persent afgeneem, met sewe-duisend-405 minder gevalle teenoor dieselfde tydperk verlede jaar. Moorde het ook met 9,5-persent gedaal, vanaf vyf-duisend-727 tot […]
# Ministers van die Suider-Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskap vergader by Skukuza in die Krugerwildtuin, Mpumalanga, om verskeie kwessies te bespreek, insluitend migrasie, wêreldwye konflikte, handelsonsekerheid en verskuiwende ekonomiese alliansies. Dit volg ná ‘n besluit in Maart deur die SAOG se Raad van Ministers om wêreldwye geopolitieke verwikkelings en die uitwerking daarvan op die streek te beoordeel. Die […]
# The National Institute for Communicable Diseases says two polio-related virus strains have been detected in wastewater sampled from a treatment plant in Cape Town. The finding comes from routine environmental monitoring, and no human cases have been detected, with no outbreak reported. The department’s Foster Mohale says surveillance has been stepped up, urging the […]
# Acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia says South Africa’s latest fourth-quarter crime statistics show progress in reducing violent crime, despite challenges linked to organised criminality. National contact crimes declined by 4.6-percent, with seven-thousand-405 fewer cases reported compared to the same period last year. Murder cases also dropped by 9.5-percent, from five-thousand-727 to five-thousand-181 cases. He […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse aktivis Ebrahim Peters beweer Israelse magte het hom gemartel weens sy nasionaliteit nadat hy tydens ‘n humanitêre sending na Gaza aangehou is. Hy was onder ses lede van die Global Sumud-flottielje Suid-Afrika wat op see voorgekeer is. Die groep is intussen vrygelaat en word môre terug in Suid-Afrika verwag. Peters sê hulle […]
# Die vakbondfederasie Cosatu verwelkom die Internasionale Geregshof se uitspraak wat werkers se basiese reg beskerm om te staak. Die hof het gelas die reg om te staak word beskerm ingevolge die Internasionale Arbeidsorganisasie se 1948-verdrag oor Vryheid van Omgang. Matthew Parks van Cosatu sê om te staak is ‘n kerninstrument van gesamentlike bedinging:
