# The DA says without urgent reforms, South Africa’s prisons will remain hubs of gang violence and organised crime syndicates. This follow a recent raid at Pollsmoor prison in Cape Town which uncovered weapons, drugs, cellphones, cash, and other contraband. The DA’s Nicholas Gotsell says the scale of criminal activity behind bars proves that gangs […]
# The ANC accuses the DA’s member of Parliament Emma Louise Powell of leading a misinformation campaign aimed at damaging South Africa’s reputation abroad amid the new US tariffs. According to the party, Powell lobbied US officials and pushed false claims such as white genocide and forced land expropriation to influence American policy against South […]
# Employment and Labour minister, Nomakhosazana Meth, says the government is building a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach to tackle unemployment. Addressing the National Council of Provinces during her budget vote, Meth called for urgent action, especially on youth employment. She said over 79-percent of funded vacancies have been advertised, and the goal is to reduce […]
# Tiffany Meek het in die Landdroshof in Roodepoort, Gauteng, onskuldig gepleit aan die moord op haar elfjarige seun, Jayden-Lee. Die Graad 5-leerder is dood aan beserings wat toegedien is met ‘n stomp voorwerp en sy gekneusde liggaam is in hul woonstel in Fleurhof, Johannesburg, gevind. Meek het emosioneel geraak toe aanklaers die saak uiteengesit […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria het die Arbeidersparty se dringende poging van die hand gewys, om die komende nasionale dialoog, wat op 15 Augustus begin, te stop. Die party het aangevoer president Cyril Ramaphosa het sy magte oorskry en die projek, ter waarde van 700-miljoen-rand het geen wetlike steun nie. Die hof het egter bevind […]
# Soweto-toerisme het die Gautengse regering gekritiseer omdat hy nie die voortgesette likwidasie van die Mandelahuis-museum in Vilakazistraat oplos nie. Terwyl die wêreld Mandeladag vier, voer die organisasie aan dat die museum, wat voorheen gesien is as ‘n simbool van nalatenskap en bemagting, in die hande bly van likwidateurs met geen plan vir herwinning nie. […]
# Tiffany Meek has pleaded not guilty to the murder of her eleven-year-old son, Jayden-Lee, at the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court in Gauteng. The Grade 5 learner died from blunt force trauma and his body was found bruised at their Fleurhof apartment in Johannesburg. Meek broke down in court as prosecutors detailed the case, and claimed […]
# Die EFF-lid in die Nasionale Raad van Provinsies, Virgil Gericke, verwerp die begrotings vir die Polisie, die Onafhanklike Polisie-ondersoekdirektoraat en die Burgerlike Sekretariaat, en verwys daarna as ‘n beloning vir mislukking en korrupsie. Gericke sê die polisie-leierskap is gekaap, OPOD is in die gedrang en geregtigheid stort in duie. Gericke sê 64-miljard-rand vir sigbare […]
# The High Court in Pretoria has dismissed the Labour Party’s urgent attempt to stop the upcoming national dialogue, set to begin on 15 August. The party had argued that president Cyril Ramaphosa overstepped his powers and that the 700-million-rand project lacked legal backing. However, the court found that Ramaphosa acted within his constitutional mandate […]
