# A ninth woman’s body has been found in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. It is understood the body was found half-naked, wrapped in a sheet, in Dawn Park this morning. This follows the discovery of the bodies of eight other women in Kempton Park, Olifantsfontein and Kwathema over the past two months. Acting provincial police commissioner Fred […]
# South Africa’s ambassador to the US, Roelf Meyer, says government wants to continue pursuing a dialogue with Washington, even on difficult diplomatic terrain. The US has imposed new restrictions on those it deems responsible or complicit in policies promoting race-based discrimination, inciting imminent violence against racial or ethnic minorities, or enabling expropriation without compensation […]
# Women in Need calls on president Cyril Ramaphosa to ensure the classification of gender-based violence and femicide as a national disaster leads to urgent, measurable and adequately resourced action. This follows the discovery of nine women’s bodies in Ekurhuleni. The organisation’s spokesperson, Dorothy Mabelebele, says the Human Sciences Research Council’s GBVF prevalence study found […]
# The National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide is appealing to families with missing loved ones in Gauteng to come forward and assist with DNA identification of women who were murdered in the province. This follows the discovery of the bodies of nine women in Ekurhuleni since July, with several reportedly showing signs of […]
# Die Madlanga-kommissie se eerste verhoor was vandag ʼn jaar gelede. Die kommissie toon vordering met sy ondersoek na misdaad, politieke inmenging en korrupsie in Suid-Afrika se regstelsel. Dit het in 174 dae se verhore 110 mense se getuienis aangehoor, onder andere ʼn kabinetsminister, polisiebeamptes, lede van die Valke, die Ondersoekdirektoraat Teen Korrupsie en privaat […]
# ‘n Senior ekonoom van FNB, Siphamandla Mkhwanazi, sê die herverskyning van verhoogde geopolitieke spanning, hoër oliepryse en die moontlikheid van hoër huishoudelike leningskoste dui daarop dat verbruikersbegrotings onder druk gaan bly. Kleinhandelverkope was in Julie positief met ‘n toename van 3,4-persent jaar-tot-jaar-groei na 1,1-persent in Junie. Mkhwanazi sê dit veronderstel dat verbruikers se besteding beter […]
# Die onderwysvakbond SADOU sê hy ondersteun COSATU se besluit om sy 15de nasionale kongres te verdaag. Dit volg nadat ʼn geskil oor die status van die eerste adjunkpresident, Mike Shingange, bygedra het dat die vakverbond nie ʼn kworum kon bereik nie omdat geaffilieerde vakbonde en afgevaardigdes hul geloofsbriewe weerhou het. SADOU se woordvoerder, Nomusa […]
# The Madlanga Commission today marks one year since its first hearing on this day in 2025, demonstrating progress in its inquiry into criminality, political interference and corruption in South Africa’s criminal justice system. The commission has heard testimony from 110 witnesses over 174 days of hearings, including a cabinet minister, police officers, Hawks, the […]
# Die Mining Affected Communities United in Action het president Cyril Ramaphosa versoek om nie die Nasionale Polisiekommissaris. Fannie Masemola, se skorsing op te hef nie al is die strafregtelike klagtes teen hom teruggetrek. Hy het vier aanklagte onder die Wet op Openbare Finansiële Bestuur in die gesig gestaar weens die onwettige toestaan van ‘n […]
