# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Menseregtekommissie sê die Gautengse premier, Panyaza Lesufi, se beplande uitsettings is onmenslik, vernederend en gevaarlik. Verlede week het Lesufi gewaarsku hy gaan uitsettings en die verwydering van informele nedersettings gebruik om die regering se pogings om grondbesettings te bekamp en behuisingsregulasies af te dwing. Nomahlubi Khwinana van die kommissie sê uitsetting moenie […]
# Home Affairs minister Leon Schreiber says that nearly 80-million-rand has been spent in the 2024/2025 financial year, on the deportation of illegal immigrants. He revealed this in a written Parliamentary question by the Patriotic Alliance. The department has deported more than 51-thousand illegal immigrants since the government of national unity took office just over […]
# The DA says the new Codes of Good Practice on Dismissal must be implemented without delay. The code provides comprehensive and practical guidelines to employers, employees, and trade unions. This includes matters related to misconduct, incapacity, and operational requirements, for example, retrenchments, under the Labour Relations Act. The DA’s Michael Bagraim says to ensure full […]
# At least 19 people have been killed during protests in Nepal following clashes with police over a government ban on online platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and X. About 145 people were injured, including 28 police officers. The demonstrators, describing themselves as Generation Z, say the ban is censorship to control content that is […]
# The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry says its recommendations will not be binding and will serve only as guidance to president Cyril Ramaphosa. The commission has been tasked with investigating KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s allegations of criminality, political interference, and corruption in policing. He will be the first witness to testify when the hearings […]
# A federal Appeals Court in New York has upheld the defamation lawsuit filed by writer E Jean Carroll against US president Donald Trump. She sued the president, alleging he defamed her when he denied her claim that he sexually assaulted her, and suggested she made up the allegation to boost sales of a book. […]
# The South African Human Rights Commission says Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi’s planned evictions are inhumane, degrading, and dangerous. Last week, Lesufi warned of evictions and the dismantling of informal settlements in the province, citing government efforts to curb land invasions and enforce housing regulations. The commission’s Nomahlubi Khwinana says eviction must never be a pathway […]
Tennis: Die pasgekroonde Amerikaanse Ope-kampioen, Carlos Alcaraz, sê ‘n loopbaan-Grand Slam is sy doelwit nadat hy Sondag sy sesde Grand Slam-titel ingepalm het. Hy het sy vernaamste teenstander, die Italianer Jannik Sinner, as die wêreld-nommer-een vervang, en sal die jongste man wees om al vier Grand Slam-toernooie te wen as hy in Januarie in die […]
# Prince Harry was by Windsor-kasteel vir ‘n kranslegging en om privaat hulde te bring aan die oorlede koningin Elizabeth. Hy het gister in Engeland aangekom en blomme by die kasteel gelaat vir die derde herdenking van haar dood. Harry is in Londen vir die jaarlikse WellChild-toekennings. Sy besoek het bespiegeling aangevuur oor ‘n moontlike […]
