# Home Affairs minister Leon Schreiber says that nearly 80-million-rand has been spent in the 2024/2025 financial year, on the deportation of illegal immigrants. He revealed this in a written Parliamentary question by the Patriotic Alliance. The department has deported more than 51-thousand illegal immigrants since the government of national unity took office just over […]
# The DA says the new Codes of Good Practice on Dismissal must be implemented without delay. The code provides comprehensive and practical guidelines to employers, employees, and trade unions. This includes matters related to misconduct, incapacity, and operational requirements, for example, retrenchments, under the Labour Relations Act. The DA’s Michael Bagraim says to ensure full […]
# The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry says its recommendations will not be binding and will serve only as guidance to president Cyril Ramaphosa. The commission has been tasked with investigating KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s allegations of criminality, political interference, and corruption in policing. He will be the first witness to testify when the hearings […]
# Die waarnemende minister van Polisie, Firoz Cachalia, het Wes-Kaapse gemeenskappe aangespoor om met die polisie saam te werk om die toenemende bendegeweld te bekamp. Cachalia het tydens ‘n toespraak in Kaapstad wetstoepassingsagentskappe gevra om pogings teen ontwikkelende misdaadpatrone te verskerp. Cachalia het beklemtoon georganiseerde misdaad lei tot meer geweld en waarsku die staat moet […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het die president van Brasilië, Lula da Silva, se beroep vir ‘n wapenstilstand in Gaza en die erkenning van self-beskikking vir Palestina, ondersteun. Hy het gedurende ‘n buitengewone virtuele vergadering van die BRICS-leiers gesê blywende vrede is nodig vir ‘n tweestaat-oplossing. Hy het Suid-Afrika se ondersteuning vir geregtigheid en menseregte in […]
# Die waarnemende minister van Polisie, Firoz Cachalia, waarsku rampokkery is nie gewone misdaad nie maar ‘n bedreiging vir nasionale sekerheid. Cachalia het in Kaapstad beklemtoon dat die ontplooing van die weermag nie op hierdie stadium oorweeg word nie. Hy waarsku bendelede om nie gemeenskappe te benadeel of staatinstellings aan te val nie en sê […]
# ‘n Nuwe studie deur die Universiteit Stellenbosch toon pa’s se drankgebruik kan kinders se groei en ontwikkeling benadeel. Navorsers het bevind pa’s wat baie drink tydens ‘n swangerskap word gekoppel aan kinders wat korter is, kleiner koppe het en laer punte op die verbale Intelligensie-kwosiënt behaal. Marlene de Vries van die universiteit het op […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Taxiraad moedig alle taxi-operateurs aan om voor die sperdatum aansoek te doen vir taxinoodfondsuitbetalings. Aansoeke vir uitbetalings sluit op 31 Oktober. Die eenmalige fonds, wat ingestel is om operateurs te help om te herstel van die impak van Covid-19, het reeds meer as 414-miljoen-rand aan meer as 73-duisend operateurs uitbetaal. Rebecca […]
# Acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia has urged Western Cape communities to work with police in combating escalating gang violence. Speaking in Cape Town, Cachalia called on law enforcement to intensify efforts against evolving crime patterns. Cachalia emphasised that organised crime is driving the violence, warning that the state must deploy all available resources to […]
