# Forum for South Africa is calling for stronger oversight and faster action against police officers accused of misconduct. The Independent Police Investigative Directorate recorded five-thousand-259 misconduct cases in 2025/2026, including 332 linked to gender-based violence and femicide. Forum4SA leader Tebogo Mashilompane says 116 rape allegations involved police officers, 72 of them while on duty. […]
# The Abahlali baseMjondolo Women’s League is calling for an independent Women’s Ombud for Policing in South Africa. This follows the discovery of the bodies of eleven women in and around Ekurhuleni in the past few months. Abahlali baseMjondolo’s Snenhlanhla Mncanyana says the Ombud should have powers to inspect police stations, access records and investigate […]
# Die minister van Vervoer, Barbara Creecy, sê terwyl geopolitieke druk kostes vir huishoudings opjaag, bevorder die regering ʼn geïntegreerde vervoerstelsel wat ontwerp is om openbare vervoer veiliger en meer bekostigbaar te maak. Oktober is Vervoer-maand. Creecy sê haar departement is besig om die openbarevervoer-toelaagstelsel te verander na ʼn verenigde ondersteuningsmodel wat op sekere roetes vir […]
# Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi has welcomed Jehovah’s Witnesses’ decision to change their policy on blood transfusions. The organisation, which has more than nine million members worldwide across congregations in more than 200 countries and territories, previously refused four main components of another person’s blood, citing a biblical passage. Now members can decide whether […]
# Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy says as geopolitical pressures drive up household costs, government is advancing an integrated transport system designed to make public transport safer and more affordable. October is Transport Month. Creecy says her department is in the process of reforming the public transport grant system into a unified support model available on […]
# Suid-Afrika se enkele rykste miljardêr besit meer rykdom as die armste 70-persent van die bevolking saam. Dit is volgens ʼn nuwe verslag van Oxfam South Africa. Dit het bevind die rykste een-persent landsburgers het 54,9-persent van die land se rykdom in 2024 besit, terwyl die onderste helfte van die bevolking negatiewe rykdom het. Oxfam […]
# Die minister van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling, Dina Pule, het het gevra vir gesamentlike optrede om kinders teen geweld, mishandeling en uitbuiting te beskerm. Sy het gister in Witrivier die Kinderberaad oor die beëindiging van geweld teen kinders toegespreek. Pule het beklemtoon hoe belangrik dit is dat kinders se stemme gehoor word om seker te maak […]
# Minister of Social Development Dina Pule has called for united action in the protection of children from violence, abuse and exploitation. She addressed the Children’s Summit on Ending Violence Against Children in White River, Mpumalanga, yesterday. Pule emphasised the importance of elevating children’s voices to ensure that their priorities inform renewed commitments and accountability […]
# South Africa’s single richest billionaire owns more wealth than the poorest 70-percent of the population combined. This is according to a new report by Oxfam South Africa. It found that the richest one-percent of citizens held 54.9-percent of the country’s wealth in 2024, while the bottom half of the population now holds negative wealth. […]
