# 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 […]
# In a News24/SABI poll, Confederation of African Football president Patrice Motsepe has received a favourability rating of 48-percent as the person South Africans want as president of the country. The poll was conducted among five-thousand-and-one registered voters. President Cyril Ramaphosa is second with a 40-percent favourability rating. Among those who will vote for the […]
# The Forum for South Africa has welcomed the promotion of one-thousand-965 police officers to higher ranks, effective from this month. The promotions form part of the SAPS’s broader strategy to strengthen the organisation through capable leadership, professional policing, accountability and improved service delivery to communities. FORUM4SA leader Tebogo Mashilompane says career progression can boost […]
# ʼn Kenner van internasionale betrekkinge, Kingsley Makhubela, sê die Amerikaanse ambassadeur in Suid-Afrika, Leo Brent Bozell, misluk in sy diplomatieke sending om verhoudinge te herbou. Bozell sê die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, het hom persoonlik beledig. Lamola het gesê Bozell moet “uit die kombuis kom” as hy nie meer glo […]
# International relations expert Kingsley Makhubela says the US ambassador to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell, is failing in his diplomatic mission to rebuild relations between the countries. Bozell has accused minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, of personally insulting him. Lamola said Bozell “must get out of the kitchen” if he no […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Demokratiese Onderwysersunie vra groter erkenning vir vroue in die onderwysberoep en beklemtoon hul noodsaaklike rol in die vorming van toekomstige geslagte. Dit is vandag Wêreld-onderwyserdag met die tema: “Staan by onderwysers: 60 jaar se beskerming van die beroep, die bevordering van die status daarvan en die vorming van ons toekoms“. SADOU se […]
# The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union is calling for greater recognition of women in the teaching profession, highlighting their vital role in shaping future generations. Today is World Teachers’ Day under the theme, “Standing with teachers: 60 years of protecting the profession, advancing its status and shaping our futures”. SADTU’s spokesperson, Nomusa Cembi, says […]
# Die Departement van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing het geen verdere berigte van dooie of siek sardyne ontvang sedert ‘n geïsoleerde voorval naby Mbotyi aan die noordelike Wildekus nie. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Instituut vir Akwatiese Bioverskeidenheid het bevestig dat sardyn-herpesvirus ontdek is in ʼn sardynmonster van 1 September in Port St Johns. Die departement se […]
