# Department of Basic Education Director-General Mathanzima Mweli says his concerns about the process of lifestyle audits should not be portrayed as a refusal to account or to submit to legitimate scrutiny. His concerns were about how his audit would be conducted, including the handling of confidential and personal information. Mweli says lifestyle audits involve […]
# Die waarnemende nasionale polisiekommissaris, Puleng Dimpane, verwelkom die inhegtenisneming van ʼn 59-jarige senior polisie-offisier op aanklagte van seksuele oortredings. Hy is gisteraand in Sandton aangekeer. Die offisier het na bewering tussen Julie en Augustus ‘n 16-jarige meisie seksueel voorberei en ʼn 18-jarige vrou verkrag. Nasionale polisiewoordvoerder Athlenda Mathe sê die stryd teen geslagsgeweld en […]
# The Public Servants Association has expressed concern at reports that the South African Social Security Agency owes millions of rands in outstanding rent for offices across the country. The unpaid rent includes 16.5-million-rand relating to the Records Management Centre, which is responsible for safeguarding sensitive organisational records. PSA’s Claude Naicker says these administrative failures […]
# Business Leadership South Africa says the signing of the Public Service Commission Act into law last week represents a significant overhaul of the rules governing the country’s civil service. The Act broadens the scope of the Public Service Commission’s work to include municipalities, allowing it to address the governance failures that lead to poor […]
# Acting National Police Commissioner Puleng Dimpane has welcomed the arrest of a 59-year-old senior police officer on charges relating to sexual offences. He was arrested in Sandton yesterday evening. The senior officer faces charges relating to the alleged sexual grooming of a 16-year-old girl between July and August 2026, as well as the alleged […]
# Police have intensified efforts to pursue those who threaten the safety and security of women, children and other vulnerable persons. This follows the recent murders of nine women in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. Police spokesperson Amanda van Wyk says between 14 and 20 September, under Operation Shanela Two, 17-thousand-270 suspects were arrested for various offences, including murder […]
# Die adjunkminister in die Presidensie verantwoordelik vir Vroue, Jeug en Persone met Gestremdhede, Steve Letsike, sê verwerping, woede, dronkenskap, rykdom of sosiale status kan nooit die teistering of bedreiging van enige vrou regverdig nie. Die Zimbabwiese sakeman Lawrence Chamurwa Mudzinganyama is op kamera vasgevang terwyl hy ‘n groep vroue gedreig het wat sy toenadering […]
# Amerika se ambassadeur in Suid-Afrika, Leo Brent Bozell, glo oudpresident Thabo Mbeki is weens sy goeie ervaring as staatsman en onderhandelaar die beste persoon om die diplomatieke dooiepunt tussen Amerika en Suid-Afrika te hanteer. Dit volg nadat Amerika nuwe visumbeperkings aangekondig het op Suid-Afrikaners wat by rassediskriminasie betrokke is. Bozell het aan Business Day […]
# ʼn Senior polisiebeampte met die rang van luitenant-generaal is gister in Sandton gearresteer op aanklagte wat met seksuele oortredings verband hou. Die nasionale polisiewoordvoerder, Athlenda Mathe, sê die 59-jarige beampte het na bewering ʼn 16-jarige meisie tussen Julie en Augustus 2026 gereed gemaak, en na bewering ʼn 18-jarige vrou in Mei vanjaar in ʼn […]