# The DA’s Wendy Kaizer-Philander says as of August this year, the Western Cape has 43-thousand children in foster care, with 21-thousand in placements exceeding two years. The Department of Social Development, alongside one-thousand social workers and partner organisations, provides statutory services, early intervention, and family reunification. Kaizer-Philander says challenges include tracing birth parents, delays […]
# Sixteen foreign affairs ministers have voiced concern for the safety of the Global Sumud Flotilla delivering aid to Gaza. The flotilla seeks to raise awareness of urgent humanitarian needs in Gaza and an end to the war. In a joint statement, the ministers from South Africa, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Ireland, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, […]
# The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference, and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System, chaired by retired Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, begins its work in Pretoria today. The DA’s Lisa Schickerling says the KwaZulu-Natal provincial police commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s made allegations of politicians interfering within the police that have shaken public confidence. She says the […]
# MK Party Gauteng spokesperson Abel Tau has described the Madlanga Commission as compromised, ahead of their court bid tomorrow. Speaking in Pretoria, Tau criticised the 147-million-rand budget, alleging it serves to protect political elites rather than uphold the law. Tau argued that a court of law would ensure accountability for all, including suspended Police […]
# Die ondersoekkommissie na sake van die Waarheids- en Versoeningskommissie het briewe gestuur aan huidige en oud-presidente, ministers van Polisie en Justisie, en nasionale en provinsiale direkteure van Openbare Vervolgings. Hy soek bewysmateriaal soos dokumente en klank-opnames wat verband hou met WVK-sake wat deur die Amnestiekomitee verwys is. President Cyril Ramaphosa het in Mei die […]
# The DA will expose the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture’s failures under minister Gayton McKenzie in Parliament, citing mismanagement, patronage, and reckless financial decisions. The party says cultural festivals and grassroots sports have suffered, with 82-million-rand diverted from sports federations to fund Video Assistant Referee technology in soccer. Spokesperson Leah Potgieter demands reinstated […]
# Build One South Africa vra president Cyril Ramaphosa om hom in die openbaar te verbind tot die hantering van die bevindings en aanbevelings van die Madlanga-kommissie van ondersoek asof dit wetlik bindend is. Die kommissie begin vandag met sy ondersoek na bewerings van politieke inmenging binne die polisie, wat die KwaZulu-Natalse polisiekommissaris Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi […]
# Tennis: Die wêreld-nommer-een en heersende Amerikaanse Ope-kampioen, Aryna Sabalenka, het weens ʼn ligte besering onttrek aan volgende week se Chinese Ope. Die Belarus het al drie keer die kwarteindronde in Beijing gehaal: in 2018, 2023 en verlede jaar. Met Sabalenka se onttrekking is die wêreld-nommer-twee, Iga Swiatek van Pole, die eerste gekeurde. Ander deelnemers […]
# Die Departement van Korrektiewe Dienste sê die komende Nasionale Paroolhersieningsberaad sal ‘n keerpunt vir Suid-Afrika se strafregstelsel wees. Baie burgers glo die land se paroolstelsel leun te veel oor na oortreders en die behoeftes en stemme van slagoffers word dikwels oor die hoof sien. Die departement se woordvoerder, Singabakho Nxumalo, sê parool is ten […]
