# The Department of Home Affairs has announced the launch of doorstep passport delivery for South Africans living abroad, starting 1 November. Minister Leon Schreiber unveiled the initiative in The Hague, Netherlands, as part of the department’s ‘Home Affairs at Home’ reform. The new service reduces passport processing times from 18-months to just five weeks […]
# The Jagersfontein Magistrate’s Court has set 14 January 2026 to decide the date for the High Court hearing into the 2022 Jagersfontein mine dam collapse at the fine tailings storage facility in the Free State. The civil lawsuit, filed by 26 victims and the Kopanong Local Municipality, involves five accused facing charges of murder, […]
# Rise Mzansi says Police minister Senzo Mchunu’s decision to halt the filling of vacancies at the Crime Intelligence division has weakened the South African Police Service’s ability to fight crime. The party’s Makashule Gana says the freeze affected 18 posts, including senior managers and social media specialists, in key provinces such as KwaZulu-Natal, the […]
# Getuie B het aan die Madlanga-kommissie gesê ‘n belangrike inskrywing in die ballistiese databasis is op 6 Desember verwyder nadat dit vuurwapens wat in die moord op die ingenieur Armand Swart gebruik is, met ander misdade verbind het. Dit was dieselfde dag waarop die sakeman Katiso “KT” Molefe aangekeer is. B sê dit was […]
# Witness B told the Madlanga commission that a key entry in the ballistics database, linking guns used in engineer Armand Swart’s murder to other crimes, was deleted on 6 December last year. This deletion happened on the same day businessman Katiso “KT” Molefe was arrested. She said the setbacks may have been deliberate, amid […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria het oudpresident Jacob Zuma beveel om meer as 28,9-miljoen-rand se regskoste terug te betaal wat onregmatig deur die staat befonds is vir sy persoonlike verdediging teen korrupsie-aanklagte. Regter Anthony Millar het ook beslis hy moet die staatsadvokaat rente betaal. Indien die bedrag nie binne 60-dae vereffen word nie, kan daar […]
# The High Court in Pretoria has ordered former president Jacob Zuma to repay over 28.9-million-rand in legal fees unlawfully funded by the state for his personal corruption defence. Judge Anthony Millar ruled that he must also pay the state attorney interest. If the amount is not settled within 60 days, Zuma’s assets may be […]
# Die adjunkminister van Wetenskap, Tegnologie en Innovasie, Nomalungelo Gina, het die privaatsektor versoek om internskapgeleenthede vir jong gegradueerdes uit te brei en waarsku jeugwerkloosheid in Suid-Afrika is ‘n nasionale noodtoestand. Gina het gepraat tydens ‘n geleentheid om die 20-jarige bestaan van die Raad vir Geesteswetenskaplike Navorsing se Nagraadse Internskapprogram te vier, waar meer as […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse publiek het 30 dae tyd om kommentaar te lewer oor die DA se voorgestelde Wysigingswetsontwerp op Openbare Verkryging, wat daarop gemik is om die Wet op Breëbasis Swart Ekonomiese Bemagtiging te herroep. Die DA probeer om rasvereistes te vervang met ‘n uitkomsgefokusde benadering om doeltreffendheid en breër ekonomiese insluiting te bevorder. DA-beamptes […]
