# AfriForum’s anti-bullying campaign recently reached 810 learners at Mayville Primary School in Pretoria. Statistics reveal that one in ten learners drop out of school to avoid being bullied in South Africa. According to Childline, in 2024 it had noted a 109-percent increase in calls related to bullying in schools compared to 2023. AfriForum says […]
# Die Vereniging vir Staatsamptenare is woedend oor die Gautengse regering se buitensporige besteding op die huur van kantoorruimte vir provinsiale departemente. Die LUR vir Infrastruktuurontwikkeling, Jacob Mamabolo het onlangs onthul dat 34-miljoen-rand per maand op die huur van kantore bestee word, ondanks die feit dat die provinsiale regering 41 geboue wat leegstaan besit. Claude […]
# Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, has welcomed the release of the 2025 Easter Road Safety report by Transport minister, Barbara Creecy. During the Easter period, Gauteng recorded 22 fatalities compared to 52 in 2024. The department’s spokesperson, Lesiba Mpya, says they remain concerned about the number of fatalities involving pedestrians, which accounted […]
# The City of Tshwane says it has taken active measures to strengthen mechanisms that allow for the confidential reporting of fraud, corruption, and financial misconduct across all its departments and entities. Reports of fraud and corruption are handled by the Ethics Management and Forensic Services Division. Mayoral committee member for Corporate and Shared Services, Kholofelo […]
# The Public Servants Association has expressed outrage at the Gauteng government’s exorbitant expenditure on renting office space for provincial departments. MEC for Infrastructure Development Jacob Mamabolo recently revealed that 34-million-rand per month was being spent on renting office space, despite the provincial government owning 41 vacant buildings. The association’s Claude Naiker says this wasteful […]
# Die nasionale polisiekommissaris, Fannie Masemola, het bevestig dat drie van die vyf liggame wat uit die Hennopsrivier in Centurion, Pretoria, gehaal is, dié van die konstabels is wat verlede Woensdag vermis geraak het. Konstabels Linda Cebekhulu, Keamogetswe Buys en Boipelo Senoge het verdwyn terwyl hulle van Bloemfontein na hul ontplooiingsgebied in Limpopo gereis het. […]
# National Police Commissioner, Fannie Masemola, has confirmed that three of the five bodies retrieved from the Hennops River in Centurion, Pretoria, are those of the constables who were reported missing last Wednesday. Constables Linda Cebekhulu, Keamogetswe Buys, and Boipelo Senoge went missing while travelling from Bloemfontein to their deployment area in Limpopo. Masemola says […]
# The DA in Johannesburg will lay criminal charges of fraud, corruption, and possible money laundering against five senior City officials. The DA’s Belinda Kayser-Echeozonjoku says the case, linked to over 18-million-rand in missing funds, highlights ongoing financial mismanagement in the metro. She reiterated the importance of accountability:
# Die DA sê hy gaan die minister van Indiensneming en Arbeid, Nomakhosazana Meth, hof toe vat oor die nuut-ingestelde rasgebaseerde kwotas in die Wysigingswet op Gelyke Indiensneming. Die party voer aan dit skend grondwetlike regte en gee Meth te veel onbeheerde mag. Die saak sal volgende week in die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria aangehoor word. […]
