# World Bank senior financial sector specialist Laura Pop has told the Madlanga Commission that a functioning judiciary alone cannot guarantee effective justice. Pop says weaknesses in system can undermine accountability and public confidence. She cites Kenya’s judicial vetting and Ukraine’s anti-corruption courts as examples of reforms aimed at addressing compromised institutions. Pop says extraordinary […]
# The ANC says it will appeal the Electoral Court judgment rejecting its challenge over the exclusion of 181 candidates in six municipalities ahead of the 4 November local government elections. The party maintains that the candidates’ information was captured on the IEC’s electronic system before the deadline, but technical problems prevented the final submission. […]
# More than five-thousand candidates have been disqualified from contesting this year’s local government elections following the Electoral Commission’s statutory review process. The disqualifications followed checks to confirm that candidates were properly nominated and that all applicable deposits had been paid. Briefing the media, Chief electoral official Sy Mamabolo said preparations for the 4 November […]
# Die Verkiesingskommissie het 136-duisend-790 kandidate goedgekeur om op 4 November aan die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing deel te neem. Groot metro’s soos Johannesburg, Tshwane en Ekurhuleni sal stembriewe met twee kolomme gebruik weens die groot aantal politieke partye. Die kommissie se uitvoerende hoof, Sy Mamabolo, het op ‘n nuuskonferensie gesê aansoeke om spesiale stemme sal 21 […]
# ‘n Oos-Kaapse boer, Louis Lategan, is in die Hooggeregshof in Makhanda skuldig bevind aan verkragting en mensehandel. Hy is daarvan aangekla dat hy ses jong vroue na sy afgeleë plaas gelok het met aanbiedinge van werk as au pair, waarna hy hulle seksueel aangerand het. Die hof het sy beweringe verwerp dat die seksuele […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Raad van Kerke vra dringende optrede om vroue te beskerm na die ontdekking van agt vermoorde vroue aan die Gautengse Oos-rand oor ‘n tydperk van twee maande. Hoofsekretaris, eerwaarde Mzwandile Molo, het aan die SABC gesê die sterfgevalle in Kemptonpark, Olifantsfontein en Springs het vrees en woede ontketen. Hy dring aan op […]
# Die EU baan die weg om Kanada sy eerste geassosieerde lid te maak. Die president van die Europese Kommissie, Ursula von der Leyen, sê dié status is nie tans in die EU se verdrae nie en beteken nie volle lidmaatskap nie. Sy meen so ‘n reëling kan samewerking tussen die EU en Kanada op […]
# Former SAPS Head of Financial Services in the ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape, lieutenant colonel Pieter Andries Nel, has been convicted of 160 charges after admitting to defrauding the police of more than 1.2-million-rand. Nel pleaded guilty to 80 fraud and 80 money-laundering counts in the Upington Serious Commercial Crimes Court. Between 2022 and […]
# The Electoral Commission has certified 136-thousand-790 candidates to contest the local government elections on 4 November. Major metros, including Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni, will have double-column ballots due to the high number of political parties. The commission’s CEO, Sy Mamabolo, told the media special vote applications will open on 21 September, while political parties […]
