# The United Democratic Movement Women’s Organisation has raised alarm over South Africa’s broken parole system, and referred to 18-thousand-and-52 parolees who reoffended in three years, including 493 murders and 624 rapes. Secretary-General Thandi Nontenja urges decisive reform prioritising victim safety, accountability, and offender rehabilitation. She stresses that parole boards must act transparently, involve victims, […]
# Eskom se Opwekkingsherstelplan het die maand-tot-datum Energiebeskikbaarheidsfaktor tot 70,45-persent gestoot, wat sy 70-persent-teiken oortref. ‘n Eskom-woordvoerder, Daphne Mokwena, sê dit het die aanlegbetroubaarheid verbeter met verminderde onbeplande onderbrekings. Die kragverskaffer sê daar was 140 opeenvolgende dae sonder beurtkrag, met slegs 26 uur sedert April aangeteken. Mokwena sê dieselafhanklikheid het skerp gedaal, wat koste verlaag […]
# Die Kommissie vir Geslagsgelykheid het die baanbreker-uitspraak van die Konstitusionele Hof verwelkom wat die ongelyke bepalings vir ouerskapsverlof as diskriminerend verklaar. Die hof het bevind dat geboortemoeders, vaders, aanneemouers en surrogaat-ouers gelyke verlofregte kragtens die Wet op Basiese Diensvoorwaardes en die Wet op Werkloosheidsversekering moet geniet. Die kommissie sê hierdie uitspraak bevestig waardigheid, gedeelde […]
# Die getuienisleier van die parlementêre Ad Hoc-komitee, Norman Arendse, sê verskeie openbare voorleggings is ontvang voor die aanhoor van getuienis deur die KwaZulu-Natalse polisiekommissaris, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Hy het beweer daar is politieke inmenging in die regstelsel en misdaadvoorkoming. Arendse het aan die komitee gesê die Intelligensie-inspekteur-generaal het eers leiding van die gesamentlike staande komitee […]
# Oudpresident Nelson Mandela se kleinseun, Mandla Mandela, se vrou pleit vir sy veilige terugkeer nadat Israelse magte die Global Sumud-flottielje onderskep het, met aktiviste, insluitend Suid-Afrikaners aan boord. Nosekeni Mandela het aan SABC News gesê die familie se laaste kontak was Woensdagoggend. Nosekeni sê Mandla het verplig gevoel om by die sending aan te […]
# Eskom’s Generation Recovery Plan has pushed the month-to-date Energy Availability Factor to 70.45-percent, surpassing its 70-percent target. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says this has improved plant reliability with reduced unplanned outages. The power utility reports 140 consecutive days without load-shedding, with just 26 hours recorded since April. Mokwena says diesel reliance has dropped sharply, […]
# The Commission for Gender Equality has welcomed a landmark Constitutional Court ruling declaring unequal parental leave provisions discriminatory. The court held that birth mothers, fathers, adoptive parents, and commissioning parents in surrogacy arrangements must enjoy equal leave entitlements under the Basic Conditions of Employment Act and Unemployment Insurance Act. The commission says this judgment affirms […]
# Parliament’ Ad Hoc Committee evidence leader, Norman Arendse, says several public submissions had been received ahead of hearing evidence from KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. The commissioner exposed claims of political interference in the justice system in crime prevention. Arendse told the committee that the Intelligence Inspector-General has first sought direction from the Joint […]
# Former president Nelson Mandela’s grandson Mandla Mandela’s wife is pleading for his safe return after Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla carrying activists including South Africans. Nosekeni Mandela told SABC News the family’s last direct contact was on Wednesday morning. Nosekeni says Mandla felt obligated to join the mission due to Gaza’s humanitarian […]
