# South African film Don’t Give Up won the Golden Nymph Award in the Special Creation category at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival. The festival honours exceptional storytelling from across the globe, including productions made for digital platforms. The film, which is directed by Darrell James Roodt and produced by Anant Singh, follows the life of Faith, portrayed […]
# Die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Polisie sê vertragings in gevolgebestuur by die Onafhanklike Polisie-ondersoekdirektoraat verswak openbare vertroue en ondermyn interne dissipline. Opod het ‘n agterstand van 14-duisend-469 sake waarby polisiebeamptes betrek word, met aanklagte wat insluit sterftes in aanhouding, marteling en korrupsie. Die voorsitter van die komitee, Ian Cameron, sê die bykomende befondsing van […]
# Ten critically endangered black rhinos have been successfully translocated from South Africa to Mozambique’s Zinave National Park this week. The five bulls and five cows were donated by Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife in collaboration with Mozambique’s National Administration for Conservation Areas and the Peace Parks Foundation. The foundation’s Antony Alexander says the idea of the translocation […]
# Die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Dion George, sê Suid-Afrika het ʼn belangrike rol gespeel in die onderhandeling van die Verdrag oor Biodiversiteit Buite Nasionale Jurisdiksie, of die Oopsee-verdrag. Dis die eerste wetlik bindende instrument om biodiversiteit in gebiede buite nasionale grense te beskerm. George sê die land het ʼn trotse tradisie […]
# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, sê dit was ʼn goeie uitdaging vir die regering nadat die Finansiële Aksietaakspan Suid-Afrika op die gryslys geplaas het. Die land is sedert Februarie 2023 op die lys omdat dit nie internasionale standaarde nakom wat met geldwassery en onwettige finansiële vloei verband hou nie. Suid-Afrika het intussen aan […]
# The GOOD Party says the latest Socio-Economic Rights Institute “Food for Thought” report exposes a nation in crisis. The report reveals that one in five households in South Africa experiences inadequate or severely inadequate access to food. Thirty-percent of boys under five are stunted due to chronic undernutrition. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, says […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Police says delays in consequence management in the Independent Police Investigative Directorate weaken public trust and compromise internal discipline. This comes as the IPID has a case backlog of 14-thousand-469 involving police officers with allegations including deaths in custody, torture, and corruption. Committee chairperson Ian Cameron says the 126.3-million-rand additional funding […]
The headlines of the leading newspapers on 20 June 2025: NATIONAL: # Business Day: Reports a 6.54-billion-rand claim against Transnet, the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport, and the eThekwini Municipality for devastating flood damage to the Toyota South Africa Motors assembly plant in Prospecton, Durban, in 2022, could potentially open the door to similar claims by […]
# Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment, Dion George, says South Africa has played a major role in negotiating the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement, known as the High Seas Treaty. This is the first legally binding instrument to protect biodiversity in areas beyond national borders. George says the country has a proud tradition of […]
