# Deputy minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Steve Letsike, says gender-based violence and femicide is unacceptable and requires urgent action. This follows the discovery of nine bodies in Ekurhuleni over the past two months. Letsike says a rapid-response team has been established, while some victims remain unidentified or unclaimed. […]
# Unity Forum of Family Practitioners vice-chairperson Angelique Coetzee is urging the public to remain vigilant amid an increase in Mpox cases, while avoiding panic. Coetzee told the SABC that anyone exposed to this viral infection or experiencing symptoms including fever, painful rashes or blisters, chills and swollen lymph nodes should seek medical attention immediately. […]
# Defend Our Democracy is holding election observer training today in Lenasia, Johannesburg, ahead of the local government elections. The session aims to equip community observers with skills to monitor elections and promote transparency, accountability and compliance with electoral laws. Participants from areas including Lenasia, Diepkloof, Meadowlands, Orlando and Protea Glen will be trained. The […]
# Die Organisasie teen Belastingmisbruik sê die Parlement moet sy toesigwerk in daadwerklike verantwoordbaarheid omskep. Die organisasie verwelkom verhoogde komitee-aktiwiteit, toesigbesoeke en openbare deelname, maar sê vergaderings, vrae en verslae beteken min as daar nie doelbewys opgetree word nie. OUTA het ses hervormings voorgestel, waaronder ‘n toesigplan en ‘n toeganklike stelsel vir die publiek om […]
# CrisisOnCall sê motoriste moet waaksaam bly, ten spyte van ‘n afname van 18-persent in voertuigkapings. Die jongste misdaadstatistiek toon dat drie-duisend-811 kapings, of ongeveer 42 per dag, tussen April en Junie aangemeld is. Byna 58-persent van die gevalle het in Gauteng voorgekom. Ruan Vermaak van die organisasie raai motoriste aan om waaksaam te bly, […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Plaaslike Regeringsvereniging het sy verbintenis tot die bekamping van geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord herbevestig. SALGA-leiers en personeel het tydens ‘n nasionale solidariteitsbyeenkoms in Pretoria kerse aangesteek ter nagedagtenis aan die vroue wie se liggame onlangs in Ekurhuleni gevind is. SALGA se uitvoerende hoof, Sithole Mbanga, sê die bekamping van geweld teen vroue verg […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die sperdatum vir die Madlanga-kommissie se finale verslag verleng tot 25 Januarie 2027. Die kommissie ondersoek misdadigheid, politieke inmenging en korrupsie in die strafregstelsel. Die verlenging sal die kommissie toelaat om bykomende getuienis te verwerk, insluitend getuienis deur kenners wat aanbevelings gedoen het om binne die kommissie se ondersoekmandaat te […]
# CrisisOnCall says motorists should remain alert despite an 18-percent drop in vehicle hijackings. The latest crime statistics show that three-thousand-811 hijackings were recorded between April and June, which is about 42 a day. Gauteng accounted for nearly 58-percent of the cases. The organisation’s Ruan Vermaak advises motorists to stay alert, have a safety plan […]
# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse says Parliament must turn its oversight work into real accountability. The organisation welcomes increased committee activity, oversight visits and public participation, however, meetings, questions and reports mean little if problems are not followed through to action. It has proposed six reforms, including a term-wide oversight plan and an accessible […]
