# The Commission for Gender Equality warns that the withdrawal of sexual offences cases by victims is weakening South Africa’s fight against gender-based violence. In Mpumalanga, fear, intimidation, and lack of support have led to a 14.2-percent rise in case withdrawals. The Commission says poor coordination, DNA backlogs, and shortages of prosecutors and forensic staff […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Johannesburg het die omstrede sakeman Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala borgtog geweier. Waarnemende regter Pieter du Plessis het beslis sy vrylating is nie in belang van geregtigheid nie. Matlala staan tereg op aanklagte van sameswering om moord te pleeg oor die beweerde beplanning van ‘n sluipmoord op sy voormalige vriendin, die aktrise Tebogo […]
# The police’s national head of ballistics Mishak Mkhabela has told the Madlanga commission that a gun used in the murder of engineer Armand Swart, whose serial number was initially unreadable, was later restored by a lab in Amanzimtoti in KwaZulu-Natal. Mkhabela, the next witness, is stationed at the Forensic Science Laboratory in Silverton, Pretoria. […]
# ActionSA has introduced the Electoral Law Amendment Bill to amend the Electoral Commission Act. The party’s Lerato Ngobeni says the Bill aims to establish the Office of the Polling Ombud, through creating a new oversight body within the Electoral Commission to regulate political opinion polling and exit polling. She says the Bill will also provide […]
# Die MK-party sê hy is steeds diep bekommerd is oor die onverpoosde toename in onwettige tabak- en alkoholhandel, wat wettige nywerhede ondermyn en die staat van noodsaaklike inkomste ontneem. Des van Rooyen van die party sê Suid-Afrika se poreuse toegangspoorte dien steeds as toevoerkanaal vir smokkelary en onwettige finansiële bedrywighede, wat Suid-Afrika miljarde-rand in […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Reguleringsowerheid vir Gesondheidsprodukte het ‘n nuwe MIV-voorkomingsinspuiting bekendgestel, bekend as Lenacapavir. Die sesmaandelikse inspuiting, wat deur Gilead ontwikkel is, kan gebruik word deur volwassenes en tieners wat meer as 35-kilogram weeg, en moet gepaardgaan met veilige seksgebruike soos die gebruik van kondome. Yuven Gounden van SAHPRA sê die reguleerder het die medisyne […]
# Delegates from G20 member countries have gathered at Skukuza in the Kruger National Park for a meeting of the the G20 anti-corruption working group. The discussions focus on strengthening transparency, protecting whistleblowers, and promoting ethical governance. Acting Public Service director-general Willie Vukela says the meeting will develop action plans on public sector accountability and […]
# The Bureau for Economic Research says the politicisation of economic data could have serious consequences for global economies. It warns that when statistics are not credible or independent, governments struggle to plan effectively, businesses lose confidence, and citizens are misled. The bureau cites problems in the US, China, and the United Kingdom, where interference […]
# The South African Federation of Trade Unions is calling on the Special Investigating Unit, and the National Prosecuting Authority to ensure Hangwani Maumela is joined as an accused in the criminal prosecution of the so-called Matlala case. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani says Maumela was identified as a major figure in the looting of public health […]
