# Parliament’s Police Committee says the murders of eight women in Ekurhuleni speak to South Africa’s much broader struggle with gender-based violence and femicide. The eight bodies were discovered in and around Kempton Park over two months. Police have already established a multidisciplinary team involving specialist detectives, forensic experts, tracking capability, K9 resources and investigative […]
# The Congress of South African Trade Unions 15th National Congress has collapsed after it was adjourned on its second day in Midrand, Johannesburg, on Tuesday evening. At the centre of the chaos was disputed credentials, the legal standing of the union federation’s first deputy president Mike Shingange and whether the congress is proceeding lawfully. ANC […]
# Die ANC veroordeel die sinnelose en grusame moorde op vroue in Kemptonpark, Ekurhuleni, en sê dit vestig aandag op die realiteit van geslagsgeweld en vrouemoorde in Suid-Afrika. Agt vermoorde vroue is die afgelope maande aan die Oos-Rand gevind. Die ANC sê die polisie moet die sake dringend ondersoek en die oortreders voor die gereg […]
# Die nasionale direkteur van Openbare Vervolging, Andy Mothibi, het opdrag gegee dat die aanklagte teen die geskorste Nasionale Polisiekommissaris, Fannie Masemola, teruggetrek word. Hy is aangekla van oortreding van die Wet op Openbare Finansiële Bestuur. Dit hou verband met die omstrede Medicare24-tender van 228-miljoen-rand waarby die vermeende misdaadbaas, Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, betrokke is. Die […]
Die hooftrekke uit die belangrikste nuusblaaie soos op 16 September 2026: NASIONAAL: # Business Day: Berig ‘n Keniaanse hof het Vodacom se oorname van Safaricom ter waarde van 36-miljard-rand verbied. Die koerant skryf in die uitspraak word daar verwys na ‘n arbitrêre prysbepaling en kommer oor mededinging, veral rakende die verkoop van die staat se […]
The headlines of the leading newspapers on 16 September 2026: NATIONAL: # Business Day: Reports that a Kenyan court has blocked Vodacom’s 36-billion-rand takeover of Safaricom. The paper writes the ruling cites arbitrary pricing and concerns regarding competition, particularly concerning the sale of the state’s shareholding. # And the Netwerk24 website: Reports acting Police minister […]
# Gauteng se premier, Panyaza Lesufi, sê hy vertrou dat almal wat verantwoordelik is vir die moorde op agt vroue in en om Kemptonpark in Ekurhuleni voor die reg gebring sal word. ʼn Multidissiplinêre, hoëvlak-polisiespan ondersoek die moorde en ʼn beloning van 400-duisend-rand word aangebied vir inligting wat tot ʼn deurbraak in die ondersoek kan […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared 4 November 2026, the day of the local government elections, a public holiday. A total of 546 political parties will contest the elections, while more than 140-thousand candidates have been nominated to contest ten-thousand-526 council seats across the country. Ramaphosa has called on all registered voters to use the […]
# Die waarnemende nasionale polisiekommissaris, Puleng Dimpane, sê ʼn verdagte is aangekeer in verband met een van die moorde wat in Julie in Kemptonpark, Ekurhuleni, gepleeg is en die polisie soek na nog ʼn persoon van belang. Agt vroue se liggame is die afgelope twee maande in die metro ontdek. Dimpane sê van die slagoffers […]
