# Die minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Velenkosini Hlabisa, moedig inwoners en gemeenskappe aan om uiters versigtig te wees en veiligheid eerste te stel tydens gure weerstoestande wat tans in dele van die land voorkom. Dit word veroorsaak deur ʼn afsny-laagdrukstelsel en ʼn hoogdrukstelsel. Sneeu het voorgekom in bergagtige gebiede in die Oos-Kaap, […]
# Minister of Home Affairs, Leon Schreiber, says his department has recorded a 61-percent reduction in working hours lost to system downtime, marking a significant improvement in the reliability of services. Total working time lost to “system offline” incidents dropped from 35-thousand-426 hours in 2024/2025 to 13-thousand-867 hours in 2025/2-26. Schreiber says the improvement can […]
# The Presidency has confirmed that president Cyril Ramaphosa has met with the family of the late South African‑born Captain Daniel Perez, following the intervention by government in facilitating the release of his remains by militant group Hamas. Perez was taken hostage and killed by Hamas during the 7 October 2023 attacks in Israel. Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, […]
# Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, has urged residents and communities affected by severe winter weather in parts of the country to exercise extreme caution and prioritise their safety. The current weather conditions are associated with a cut-off low and a ridging high-pressure system. The mountainous areas of the Eastern Cape, […]
# Die misdaadontleder, Chris de Kock, sê die National Coloured Congress-leier, Fadiel Adams, se getuienis vandag voor die Madlanga-kommissie is baie belangrik. Hy sal na verwagting moeilike vrae moet antwoord oor die ongemagtigde bekendmaking van geklassifiseerde staatsdokumente. Daar is ook bewerings teen hom dat owerhede aanvegbare inligting van hom gebruik het om senior beamptes van […]
# Crime analyst, Chris de Kock, says National Coloured Congress leader Fadiel Adams’ testimony at the Madlanga Commission today will be very critical. He is expected to face tough questioning about the unauthorised disclosure of classified state documents. Adams is also facing allegations that authorities used questionable information from him to pursue investigations against senior […]
# Die Forum for South Africa is bekommerd oor bewerings dat vertroulike Misdaadintelligensie-inligting met Parlementslede gedeel is. Staatsadvokaat Drushantha Ramsamy van die Ondersoekdirektoraat Teen Korrupsie het by die Madlanga-kommissie beweer Dereleen James van ActionSA het uiters geheime Misdaadintelligensie-dokumente ontvang wat onder die deur van haar parlementêre kantoor ingeskuif is. Sy het dit ontken. Die forum […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Kommunistiese Party sê die toenemende vlakke van gewelddadige en georganiseerde misdaad dui op ‘n dieper krisis in die land se veiligheidsargitektuur, veral die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens. Oor die naweek is elf mense in drie afsonderlike voorvalle in die Wes-Kaap doodgeskiet, terwyl vier mense, insluitend twee beamptes van die polisie se Teen-bende-eenheid, in Reigerpark, […]
# Amnesty International South Africa has questioned the reliability of the statistics presented by government on crimes against women and children. This is after the South African Police Service suspended publication of disaggregated crime data in August last year, including statistics on the murder and assault of women and children. Amnesty International SA executive director, […]
