# The DA has reiterated demands that the next national crime statistics include accurate, detailed figures on crimes against women and children. DA police spokesperson Lisa Schickerling has written to acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia following SAPS admissions that current gender-based violence data is inherently inaccurate because of capturing errors. Schickerling says the flaws hide […]
# Soil of Africa Civic Movement says the one-thousand-965 police officers promoted from 1 October must regard their new ranks as a public trust. Spokesperson Luzuko Sofute says their success will be measured by community confidence, with officers expected to reject corruption and political interference and uphold professional policing. He says communities need police leaders […]
# Die DA vra die minister van Verdediging en Militêre Veterane, Angie Motshekga, waarom sowat 2,4-miljard-rand oor vyf boekjare beste is aan huurvlugte vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag. Sy het dit in die Parlement bekend gemaak. Woordvoerder Chris Hattingh, sê die DA het besonderhede aangevra oor die aantal vlugte en uitgawes ingevolge gewone reisbestuursreëlings, afwykings […]
# The Judicial Service Commission interviews begin today in Sandton, Johannesburg, to fill three vacancies at the Supreme Court of Appeal. Five candidates will be interviewed for South Africa’s second-highest court – Judges Gerald Bloem, Busisiwe Masipa, Ingrid Opperman, Violet Phatshoane and Esther Steyn. Chief Justice Mandisa Maya will lead the two-week process to fill […]
# Missing in Southern Africa says bikers, police, emergency responders and community groups united in Johannesburg for a run in aid of missing children, held at Turffontein Primary School in honour of Milano Tladi, who was two when he went missing on the 30th of June. His parents, Monique and Thebogo Tladi, attended. Spokesperson Priya […]
# ‘n Peiling van News24 en SABI toon die president van Afrika se sokkerbeheerliggaam, Patrice Motsepe, is die gewildste keuse as die persoon wat Suid-Afrikaners graag as president van die land wil sien. Die peiling is onder vyf-duisend-en-een geregistreerde kiesers gedoen. President Cyril Ramaphosa is tweede met ‘n gunstigheidsgradering van 40-persent. Onder ANC-ondersteuners wat gaan […]
# The DA is calling on minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga, to explain how around 2.4-billion-rand was spent on the South African National Defence Force chartered flights over five financial years. The minister revealed this information in a parliamentary reply. The DA’s Chris Hattingh says they asked for annual flight numbers and […]
# Criminologist Chris Kanyane says criminals are running amok in South Africa amid a broken criminal justice system. This follows the recent mass shootings in Gauteng, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal that left over 30 people dead. Kanyane says collapsing investigations, low convictions and under-resourced police have emboldened offenders, leaving communities to live in fear. He […]
# The Free Market Foundation says the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act debate is framed as School Governing Body autonomy versus state power; however, the real issue is South Africa’s hybrid education governance model from 1996. The Act aims to strengthen governance within the education sector. The foundation says the problem is not simply that […]
