# The United Nations in South Africa says it’s deeply alarmed by the recent killings of several women in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. The UN has called for a prompt and thorough investigation and for those responsible to be held accountable. It’s also calling for stronger measures to prevent violence, protect women and improve access to justice. […]
# Die minister van Menslike Nedersettings, Thembi Simelane, sê die regering brei behuisingsgeleenthede uit vir Suid-Afrikaners wat nie kwalifiseer vir tradisionele huislenings nie. Sy het op die Nasionale Behuisings-befondingskorporasie se beraad in Boksburg gesê die privaat sektor het tien-miljard-rand beskikbaar gestel. Dit sal oor vyf jaar meer as 800-duisend huishoudings help. Simelane sê die regering […]
# The Motor Industry Staff Association says the United Nations’ alarm over the recent killings of women in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, highlights the failure to protect women from gender-based violence and femicide. The association’s Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says government has plans to fight GBVF, but these are not being properly funded or implemented. She calls for stronger […]
# Die Springbok-rugbykaptein, Siya Kolisi, vra Suid-Afrikaanse mans om verantwoordelikheid te aanvaar en dringend op te tree teen geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord na die ontdekking van nege vroue se liggame in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. Hy het gepraat in Australië, waar die Springbokke voorberei vir volgende naweek se toets teen die Wallabies. Kolisi sê Suid-Afrikaners moet saamstaan teen […]
# Springbok rugby captain Siya Kolisi has called on South African men to take responsibility and urgent action to help end gender-based violence and femicide. His plea follows the discovery of nine women’s bodies in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. Speaking from Australia ahead of next weekend’s Test against the Wallabies, Kolisi urged citizens to unite against GBVF, […]
# Die sakeman Hangwani Maumela, wat die middelpunt is van ‘n wyer ondersoek na beweerde korrupsie by die Tembisa-hospitaal in Gauteng, betwis ‘n belastingrekening van 1,9-miljard-rand. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens eis die geld van Maumela en die trustees van die MHR-familietrust. Die Spesiale Ondersoekeenheid het voorheen sy familietrust gekoppel aan beskermde bates wat by die ondersoek […]
# Independent columnist and researcher, Lehumo Sejaphala, says South Africa must confront the deeper causes of gender-based violence and femicide, following the discovery of nine women’s bodies in and around Ekurhuleni. Sejaphala says tougher punishment alone will not end violence. He points to childhood trauma, harmful ideas about masculinity, poverty, unemployment and unequal gender attitudes […]
# Businessman Hangwani Maumela, who is at the centre of a wider investigation into alleged corruption at Tembisa Hospital in Gauteng, is challenging a 1.9-billion-rand tax bill. The South African Revenue Service is seeking the money from Maumela and trustees of the MHR Family Trust. The Special Investigating Unit has previously linked his family trust […]
# Human Settlements minister Thembi Simelane says government is expanding housing opportunities for South Africans unable to secure traditional home loans. Speaking at the National Housing Finance Corporation’s 30th anniversary summit in Boksburg, Simelane says ten-billion-rand has been mobilised from the private sector, assisting more than 800-thousand households over five-years. She says government is considering […]
