# The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union is urging the government to intensify its efforts in tackling gender-based violence. This follows the rape of a seven-year-old girl at Bergview College in Matatiele, Eastern Cape. The case has gained traction on social media, with users demanding swift action and raising funds to support the victim’s family. […]
# Die vakbondfederasie Cosatu verwelkom die redding van 23 Suid-Afrikaners uit Mianmar. Hulle is met vals werksaanbiedings gelok, in haglike toestande aangehou en gedwing om mense te bedrieg, en is met geweld gedreig as hulle sou weerstand bied. Die reddingsending is as deel van ‘n bi-laterale samewerkingsooreenkoms tussen Suid-Afrika en Thailand uitgevoer wat op die […]
# The Department of International Relations and Cooperation is calling on all stakeholders in South Sudan to prioritise a peaceful resolution to the current crisis. The detention of First Vice-President, Riek Machar, last week effectively collapsed the 2018 peace deal that ended the country’s five-year civil war. The department is also urging all parties to […]
# Justice and Constitutional Development minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has opened a criminal case against an individual who claimed that she authorised the prosecution of deputy president Paul Mashatile. This follows a weekend newspaper report purporting she, president Cyril Ramaphosa and minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, were conniving with the National Prosecuting Authority to have […]
# Die DA sê hy is teleurgesteld dat president Cyril Ramaphosa versuim om ʼn volskaalse ondersoek na die Nasionale Vaardigheidsfonds in te stel. Die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid het toestemming om bewerings van korrupsie en wanadministrasie by die vaardigheidsfonds te ondersoek. Dit sal fokus op verkryging en kontrakte vir die instelling van vaardigheidsontwikkelings-programme en opleidingsprojekte. Desiree van […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Polisie het ernstige kommer uitgespreek oor die toestand van baie polisiekantore in die land. Die komitee het verlede week oorsigbesoeke in die Oos-Kaap en KwaZulu-Natal gebring. Van die kwessies waarop die komiteelede afgekom het, is haglike werkstoestande, selle wat nie gebruik kan word nie en personeeltekorte. Die komitee doen ʼn beroep […]
# The Congress of South African Trade Unions has welcomed the 23 South Africans rescued from Myanmar. They were lured by fake job offers, held in appalling conditions, forced to scam people, and faced violence if they resisted. The rescue mission was conducted as part of a bilateral cooperation agreement between South Africa and Thailand, focusing […]
# Die Departement van Landbou sê hy het beheermaatreëls verskerp om die verspreiding van bek-en-klouseer in KwaZulu-Natal en die Oos-Kaap te bekamp. In KZN is 165 gevalle aangemeld en 40 in die Oos-Kaap. Die departement sê die voortgesette toetsing op aangewese eiendomme wil toesigpogings afhandel met die hoop dat bek-en-klouseer-beperkings binnekort opgehef kan word. Die […]
# The DA says it is disappointed that president Cyril Ramaphosa failed to initiate a full investigation into the National Skills Fund. The Special Investigating Unit has been authorised to probe allegations of corruption and maladministration in the affairs of the NSF. The investigation will focus on procurement and contracting for the implementation of skills […]
