# The DA has written to the acting minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia, demanding that the upcoming crime statistics provide accurate, disaggregated data on crimes against women and children. This comes after president Cyril Ramaphosa announced a plan to address gender-based violence and femicide, including a funded plan to reduce forensic backlogs and identify the […]
# US Ambassador to South Africa Leo Bozell has accused minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, of insulting him, saying the South African government then wonders why relations are collapsing. Speaking to the Sunday Times, the minister said he was shocked by Bozell remarks that the time for talking was over, arguing that dialogue […]
# Parliament is developing regulations that could give it a say when the National Treasury withholds funds from municipalities. Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs chairperson, Zweli Mkhize, says the move follows Treasury’s withholding of equitable shares from 69 municipalities over alleged financial mismanagement and non-compliance with the Municipal Finance Management Act. Mkhize […]
# The African Congress for Transformation president Ace Magashule says the party’s local election manifesto focuses on practical solutions to challenges facing communities. Speaking in Welkom, Free State, Magashule highlighted the party’s focus on unemployment, basic service delivery, and education. He says the party will consult communities before choosing mayors in municipalities it wins. He […]
# A new political movement, Born to Win Party, will contest the Polokwane Municipality in November’s local government elections. Party president and former ANC Member of Parliament, Boy Mamabolo, says the movement will focus on corruption and service delivery, particularly in Limpopo. Mamabolo says half of the people being recruited to the party are from […]
# The Inkatha Freedom Party has marked the 30-day countdown to the 2026 Local Government Elections with campaign events in Durban and Volksrust, KwaZulu-Natal. IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa also launched the party’s eThekwini manifesto. Deputy president Inkosi Mzamo Buthelezi and deputy national chairperson Thembeni kaMadlopha Mthethwa lead a rally in Mpumalanga. This comes as South […]
# Limpopo Police Commissioner Jan Scheepers says police must strengthen efforts to combat gender-based violence and femicide. Speaking during the promotion of 167 provincial police officers, Scheepers stressed to the SABC the need to protect women and children from violence. His comments come as government continues efforts to strengthen the national response to gender-based violence. […]
# The GOOD Party has raised concerns about the condition of social spaces in municipalities nationally, ahead of the November municipal elections. Secretary-general Brett Herron says poorly maintained parks and public facilities are leaving communities without safe recreational areas. Herron says children’s play equipment is rusting in stagnant sewer water, while sports grounds and football […]
# Die Parlement werk aan regulasies wat hom inspraak kan gee as die Nasionale Tesourie munisipaliteite se fondse terughou. Die voorsitter van die Portefeuljekomitee oor Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Zweli Mkhize, sê dit volg nadat die Tesourie billike-aandeeltoekennings van 69 munisipaliteite teruggehou het weens beweerde finansiële wanbestuur en die nie-nakoming van die Wet op […]
