# Cross-border support network, Missing in Southern Africa, urges the public to immediately report missing persons, stressing there is no 24-hour waiting period. The call comes amid growing concern following the discovery of eight women’s bodies in and around Kempton Park in Gauteng. The network’s spokesperson, Priya Ranchod, says early reporting of a missing person […]
# The UDM is calling for urgent, coordinated action after the bodies of eight women were discovered across the Ekurhuleni metro over the past two months. The police have confirmed that the victims found in Kempton Park had all been sexually assaulted, but are still investigating whether the cases are linked. UDM national chairperson Yongama […]
# The US’ recent inflation rates coming in higher than expected, and Brent crude sitting at way over 100-dollar a barrel, will indirectly filter through to South Africa. This is according to KPMG South Africa’s lead economist, Frank Blackmore. He says the persistent conflict in the Middle East and the closure of the Strait of […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum has welcomed National Director of Public Prosecution Andy Mothibi’s decision to withdraw charges against suspended police commissioner Fannie Masemola. He was charged with violation of the Public Finance Management Act in connection with the Medicare 24 tender. The forum’s Dennis Bloem says former Independent Directorate against Corruption head Andrea Johnson […]
# Die DA sê die ANC se interne operasionele mislukkings moenie ʼn verskoning wees wat die party toelaat om die reëls vir indiening van kandidaatslyste voor die November-verkiesing te buig nie. Minstens 181 ANC-kandidate se name is nie voor die sperdatum van 28 Augustus op die Verkiesingskommissie se stelsel gelaai nie. Die party blameer ʼn […]
# Die parlementêre Polisiekomitee sê die moorde op agt vroue in Ekurhuleni weerspieël Suid-Afrika se veel breër stryd teen geslagsgeweld en vrouemoord. Die agt liggame is oor ‘n tydperk van twee maande in en om Kemptonpark gevind. Die polisie het reeds ‘n multidissiplinêre span bestaande uit spesialis-speurders, forensiese deskundiges, opsporingskundigheid, polisiehonde en ondersoekende sielkundiges saamgestel. […]
# Die vakbondfederasie COSATU se 15de nasionale kongres het misluk nadat dit gisteraand op die tweede dag van die byeenkoms in Midrand, Johannesburg, verdaag is. Die chaos is veroorsaak deur geskille oor geloofsbriewe, die regsstatus van die vakbondfederasie se eerste adjunkpresident, Mike Shingange, en vrae oor die kongres se wettigheid. Die ANC se nasionale voorsitter, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het 4 November 2026 as openbare vakansiedag verklaar. Altesaam 546 politieke partye sal op dié dag aan die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing deelneem. Meer as 140-duisend kandidate is reg oor die land benoem om tien-duisend-526 raadsetels te betwis. Ramaphosa moedig alle geregistreerde kiesers aan om die vakansiedag te gebruik om hul demokratiese reg en […]
# The DA says the ANC’s internal operational failures should not be excused for the party to be allowed to bend the rules of candidate submission for the November local government elections. At least 181 ANC candidate names were not captured and uploaded on the IEC system before the deadline of the 28th of August. […]
