# Die Departement van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing sê sardynvrektes neem af, met geen nuwe gevalle van grootskaalse sterftes aangemeld nie. Die enigste nuwe geval die afgelope week was sardyne wat naby die Wildekus in Pondoland in die Oos-Kaap uitgespoel het. Woordvoerder Zolile Nqayi sê die tydelike voorsorgmaatreël wat ingestel is, bly tot 2 […]
# ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa says the party’s national executive committee will chart the course over disputes with the Electoral Commission. The party failed to formally submit 181 candidates across six municipalities in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State before the deadline, leaving them off the final candidate lists. The Electoral Court has […]
# The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment says sardine deaths are diminishing, with no renewed widespread mortality reported. The only new case in the past week was an isolated stranding near the Wild Coast in Pondoland, in the Eastern Cape. Spokesperson Zolile Nqayi says a temporary precautionary measure implemented remains until 2 October. […]
# The Commission for Gender Equality has began its investigations on gendered power dynamics at the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature. The investigation will examine allegations and concerns around bullying, harassment, intimidation, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and retaliation. In addition, the commission will look into how complaints are reported, investigated and addressed, including the strength […]
# Die Polisie- en Gevangenisse-burgerregte-unie verwelkom die vordering in die ondersoek na die moord op twee polisiebeamptes in Libode in die Oos-Kaap. Adjudant-offisier Thando Magoxo en konstabel Ntlahla Tyhali is dood toe hul op ‘n beweerde roof in ‘n spazawinkel gereageer het. POPCRU sê twee verdagtes is in hegtenis geneem en nog drie is tydens […]
# Die ANC se nasionale voorsitter, Gwede Mantashe, het die Nasionale Uitvoerende Komitee-lid, Andile Lungisa, gekritiseer oor sy besluit om sy verwydering van die party se kandidatelys in Nelson Mandelabaai hof toe te neem. Mantashe het, in aanloop tot die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing in November, tydens ‘n huis-tot-huis-veldtog in Kariega in die Oos-Kaap gesê die ANC […]
# The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union has welcomed progress in the investigation into the killing of two police officers in Libode, Eastern Cape. Warrant Officer Thando Magoxo and Constable Ntlahla Tyhali were killed while responding to an alleged robbery at a spaza shop. POPCRU says two suspects have been arrested and three others […]
# ANC National chairperson Gwede Mantashe has criticised National Executive Committee member Andile Lungisa’s decision to challenge his removal from the party’s Nelson Mandela Bay candidate list in court. Speaking during a door-to-door campaign in Kariega in the Eastern Cape ahead of the local government elections in November, Mantashe said the dispute should have been handled […]
# Die Sportraad van Rhodes-universiteit in die Oos-Kaap sê mense wat skuldig is aan geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord moet aanspreeklik gehou word, nie die slagoffers nie. Die raad se voorsitter, Sue Smailes, het tydens ‘n studente-geleide optog gepraat oor die dood van nege vroue in Ekurhuleni. Sy sê daar word dikwels van slagoffers verwag om hul […]
