# Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka has found that the establishment and deployment of Gauteng’s crime prevention wardens to conduct policing was irregular and unconstitutional. The Public Protector released her investigative report on Wednesday evening, hours after premier Panyaza Lesufi announced the phased disbandment of the CPWs. A complaint from advocate Paul Hoffman prompted the investigation. […]
# Parliament’s ad hoc committee is set to hear testimony from a new witness, former Police minister Bheki Cele, today and Friday. The committee is investigating allegations that criminals have infiltrated South Africa’s law enforcement, politics, and private businesses. Cele is expected to share insight into the 2019 work study, which established a new SAPS […]
# Olympics: The International Olympic Committee has condemned Indonesia’s refusal to allow Israeli athletes to participate in the ongoing World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Jakarta. This is because of the country’s military offensive in Gaza. In response, the IOC says all international sports federations will be told not to host any events or meetings in […]
# Die GOOD-party sê onlangse berigte wat onthul dat sommige studente hulle toelae van die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente gebruik om aanlyn te dobbel is nie net tragies nie, maar ‘n simptoom van ‘n baie dieper krisis. Dobbel, wat hoofsaaklik gedryf word deur toenemende digitale toeganklikheid, het op ‘n jaar grondslag met 45,7-persent in […]
# Die nasionale polisiekommissaris, Fannie Masemola, veroordeel die voortslepende bendebedrywighede in Westbury, Johannesburg. Sewe tieners is gistermiddag in ʼn vermeende bendeverwante voorval geskiet. Twee slagoffers is met hul aankoms by die hospitaal dood verklaar en die ander vyf sterk steeds in die hospitaal aan. Niemand is nog in hegtenis geneem nie. Masemola sê dis kommerwekkend […]
# Tennis: Die sewemalige kampioen, Novak Djokovic, het aan die komende Parys Meesters onttrek maar geen rede bekendgemaak nie. Die 38-jarige speler het Saterdag by die Six Kings Slam in Saoedi-Arabië onttrek aan sy uitspeelwedstryd vir derde plek teen die Amerikaner, Taylor Fritz. Djokovic sal na verwagting steeds volgende maand in die ATP-jaareindtoernooi speel, waar […]
# Die Israelse weermag sê forensiese ondersoekers het die oorskot van een van twee gyselaars geïdentifiseer wat Hamas gister oorhandig het. Dis die liggaam van die 85-jarige Aryeh Zalmanovich wat op 17 November 2023 in aanhouding dood is. Sodra die tweede persoon uitgeken is, sal dit beteken Hamas het die liggame van 15 van die […]
# The GOOD Party says recent reports revealing that some students are using their National Student Financial Aid Scheme allowances to gamble online are not only tragic, they are symptomatic of a far deeper crisis. Driven primarily by its increasing digital accessibility, betting has seen a significant year-on-year growth of 45.7-percent in South Africa. GOOD’s National […]
# National Police Commissioner, Fannie Masemola, has condemned ongoing gang-related activities in Westbury, Johannesburg. This comes after seven teenagers were shot in what is believed to be a gang-related incident on Tuesday afternoon. Two of the victims were declared dead on arrival at the hospital, while five others remain in the hospital. No arrests have […]
