# The Gauteng Department of Health condemns the unruly behaviour of some community members blocking patients at Kalafong Hospital in Pretoria. Some were demanding identity documents at the gate over the past few days. The department’s Motalatale Modiba says no one has the right to prevent others from receiving healthcare services:
# Die adjunkminister van Polisie, Cassel Mathale, het gemeenskappe aangemoedig om geweld aan te meld, en beklemtoon dat die polisie slegs suksesvol kan wees met die samewerking van die publiek. Hy het op ‘n misdaadvoorkomings-imbizo in Eldoradopark, Johannesburg, kommer uitgespreek oor toenemende bendeverwante voorvalle, geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord. Mathale het ook die aanhoudende uitdagings van die […]
# The DA calls for urgent justice for the victims of the Usindiso building fire in Johannesburg, where over 70 people tragically lost their lives in 2023. The party says recent allegations that a confession was made under threat from a drug lord, have further traumatised families still waiting for answers. The DA’s Andrew de […]
# Deputy Police minister Cassel Mathale has urged communities to report violence, emphasising that police can only succeed through collaboration with the public. Speaking at a crime prevention imbizo in Eldorado Park, Johannesburg, Mathale highlighted rising concerns over gang-related incidents, gender-based violence, and femicide. He also acknowledged ongoing policing challenges, calling for stronger partnerships between […]
# Die Stad Tshwane het ‘n snelreaksie-taakspan gestig om geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord aan te pak. Die span sluit plaaslike regering, wetstoepassing, gesondheid, maatskaplike dienste en nie-regeringsorganisasies in. Die span word geskep te midde van Suid-Afrika se toenemende stryd teen misdaad teen die gemeenskap, terwyl die instelling van die Nasionale Strategiese Plan voorkeur kry. Palesa Modise […]
# The City of Tshwane has established a new rapid response task team to tackle gender-based violence and femicide. The team, which includes local government, law enforcement, health, social services, and non-governmental organisations. This comes as South Africa’s fight against the scourge intensifies as the implementation of the National Strategic Plan is prioritised. Community and […]
# Die ANC in Gauteng verwelkom die mislukking van wat hy polities gemotiveerde mosies van wantroue in die Ekurhuleni-raad noem. ‘n Mosie teen die burgemeester, Sivuyile Ngodwana, wat die Independent Citizens Movement ter tafel gelê het, is verwerp met 140 stemme teen 69. Die ANC-lid, Mzi Khumalo, sê die uitslag toon ‘n gesamentlike toewyding aan […]
# Die Gautengse afdeling van die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria is vandag tydelik gesluit weens ‘n kragonderbreking. Die hoofregter se kantoor het aangekondig hofbedrywighede is vandag opgeskort en alternatiewe reëlings sal getref word met partye wat geraak is. Die Stad Tshwane worstel met verskeie kragonderbrekings, insluitend ‘n brand by die Waltloo-substasie. Dit het wydverspreide kragonderbrekings in […]
# The ANC in Gauteng welcomes the defeat of, what it calls politically motivated motions of no confidence in the Ekurhuleni council. A motion against mayor Sivuyile Ngodwana, tabled by the Independent Citizens Movement, was rejected by 140 votes to 69. The ANC’s Mzi Khumalo says the result shows a collective commitment to stability and […]
