# The ANC says the outcome of the local government elections has placed before the party a serious political responsibility to listen to the people, confront its shortcomings and provide leadership. The party will convene an extended special National Executive Committee meeting in Gauteng today. The ANC has been pushed out of the leading position […]
# Parliament’s Select Committee on Security and Justice says overcrowding in correctional facilities and the continued high number of remand detainees remain significant concerns. South Africa’s correctional facilities face a severe chronic overcrowding crisis, operating at roughly 63-percent beyond their official design capacity. The facilities currently accommodate 30-thousand-289 foreign nationals. Committee chairperson Jane Seboletswe Mananiso says the […]
# Parliament’s Select Committee on Security and Justice has expressed concern over the Department of Correctional Services’ regression to a disclaimer audit opinion for the 2025/2026 financial year. The department achieved 85-percent of its annual performance targets, but this is not matched by sound financial management, credible reporting and effective internal controls. Committee chairperson Jane […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Kommunistiese Party sal nie koalisies vorm met die DA of the Vryheidsfront Plus na die munisipale verkiesing nie. Die SAKP, wat die verkiesing die eerste keer onafhanklik van die drieparty-alliansie gevoer het, het landwyd 2.38-persent steun gekry en 264 raadsetels verower. Die tydperk van 14-dae vir die samestelling van rade het gister […]
# Vuurwapens is nou die voorste wapen wat in Suid-Afrika gebruik word om vroue te vermoor, insluitend toenemend in massa-skietvoorvalle wat meer algemeen geword het. Gun Free South Africa sê die persentasie vroue wat doodgeskiet word, het tussen 2009 en 2020/21 75-persent toegeneem. Woordvoerder Claire Taylor sê mans wat in die veiligheidsektor werk en vuurwapens […]
# Die EFF sê Suid-Afrika kan nie ‘n openbare uitsaaier hê wat sukkel om sy dienste op die lug te hou nie. Die SAUK het gister ‘n waarskuwing uitgereik oor die ontwrigting van sommige van sy uitsaaidienste. Die uitsaaier gebruik tans kragopwekkers weens ‘n uitgerekte kragonderbreking rondom sy hoofkantoor in Aucklandpark, Johannesburg, sedert Sondagoggend. Die […]
# The South African Communist Party has ruled out entering a coalition with the DA or the Freedom Front Plus following the local government elections. The SACP, which contested the local government elections independently of the tripartite alliance for the first time, won 2.38 percent of the national vote and 264 council seats. Yesterday marked […]
# Die Nasionale Verbruikerskommissie het aangekondig 738 Volvo EX30- en EX30 Cross Country-voertuie wat in Suid-Afrika verkoop is, word herroep weens ʼn moontlike veiligheidsgevaar wat die voorste kopstutte betref. Dit raak sekere modelle van 2024 tot 2027 wat Volvo Suidd-Afrika in die land verkoop het. Die kommissie se woordvoerder, Phetho Ntaba, sê in geval van […]
# Guns are the leading weapon used to murder women in South Africa, including increasingly in mass shootings, which have become more common. This is according to Gun Free South Africa, which says that the percentage of women shot and killed increased by 75-percent between 2009 and 2020/2021. The organisation’s Claire Taylor says men who work […]
