# The DA says crime must become the top priority after the latest national crime statistics showed continued high levels of murder, rape, and organised crime. The party argues that eight years into president Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration, violent crime remains rampant and the government is still failing to protect citizens. DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis urges […]
# Cricket: The star batsman Babar Azam is back in Pakistan’s 16-man squad to face world champions Australia in the three-match ODI series starting next week. Azam missed the away series in March against Bangladesh with a fitness issue, but scored 588 runs in the Pakistan Super League earlier this month to stage a comeback. […]
# Statistieke Suid-Afrika sê siviele skuldsake het gemengde neigings tussen Januarie en Maart getoon. Die aantal siviele dagvaardings wat vir skuld uitgereik is, het op ‘n jaargrondslag effens gedaal met 0,2-persent teenoor verlede jaar, terwyl siviele vonnisse met 1,7-persent afgeneem het. Vhonani Kwinda van Statistieke SA sê egter die syfers dui op ‘n klein afname […]
# The Forum for South Africa says whistleblowers are the backbone of the fight against corruption and must be protected. This follows after the minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, decided ot to extend the window for public comments on the Protected Disclosures Bill. FOSA leader, Tebogo Mashilompane says any framework designed to […]
# Aktiviste wat uit Israelse aanhouding vrygelaat is, beweer hulle is mishandel, met verskeie beseerdes wat in die hospitaal is. Minstens 15 het seksuele aanranding, insluitend verkragting, aangemeld. Israelse magte het Dinsdag 430 mense aan boord van 50 skepe in internasionale waters in hegtenis geneem om ‘n flotilje met vrywilligers te stop, wat hulpvoorraad na […]
# Cosatu has welcomed the decrease in crimes such as rape, murder, robberies and burglaries. This follows after the acting national police commissioner, Puleng Dimpane, yesterday announced the fourth quarter crime statistics. Cosatu’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks, commended the hard work of the police . He says the statistics are encouraging but South Africans cannot celebrate […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions has welcomed the latest quarterly crime statistics for the fourth quarter. Murder cases decreased by 9.5-percent, rape cases by 8.5-percent, with a 4.6-percent decline in overall contact crime. However, Saftu’s Asive Dyani says the levels of violence remain catastrophically high. She says South Africa is still recording […]
# Padwedlope: Twee nuwelinge pak die naweek die Kaapstad-marathon aanpak. Die vermaaklikheidskunstenaar Rob van Vuuren en die koördineerder van die Amy-stigting, Giovanni Afrika, hoop om met hul deelname fondse in te samel vir jeugontwikkelingsprogramme. Die twee hardloop die 42,2-kilometer om kwesbare kinders in Kaapstad se townships en gemeenskappe op die Kaapse Vlakte te ondersteun, en […]
# Road running: Two first-time marathon runners, entertainer Rob van Vuuren and Amy Foundation coordinator Giovanni Afrika, are set to take on the Cape Town Marathon, not for competition but to raise funds for youth development programmes. The pair are running 42.2 kilometres to support vulnerable children in Cape Town’s townships and Cape Flats communities, […]
