# Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says that prisoners do not have the right to unfettered communication beyond prison walls, especially when they are coordinating crime from behind bars. This follows the South African Prisoner Organisation for Human Rights’ opposition to the metro’s calls for signal-blocking and communication interception strategies to be piloted at Pollsmoor […]
# The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry has declined to confirm whether its evidence leader, advocate Terry Motau, has reportedly requested to leave the commission. This development comes less than two weeks after the inquiry commenced on 17 September. Commission spokesperson Jeremy Michaels says they will not publicly discuss internal staffing matters. He added that the […]
# Moldova’s ruling pro-European party, led by president Maia Sandu, is on track for victory in a critical parliamentary election that was overshadowed by Russian interference claims. With 96-percent of the votes counted, Sandu’s Party of Action and Solidarity was leading with 46.6-percent of the vote, while the pro-Russian Patriotic Electoral Bloc had 26.6-percent. Polls suggest Sandu’s […]
# Golf: Team Europe managed to withstand a final-day fightback from Team US to clinch back-to-back Ryder Cup titles with a 15-13 victory at Bethpage Black in New York. Shane Lowry found a final-hole birdie to claim a half point against Russell Henley and ensure that Team Europe would retain the trophy. Tyrrell Hatton’s tie with […]
# Die DA-studente-organisasie het die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente se volgehoue versuim om sy mees basiese verpligtinge teenoor Suid-Afrikaanse studente na te kom, sterk veroordeel. Andrea Martinez van DASO sê in April 2025 het die voormalige minister van Hoër Onderwys, Nobuhle Nkabane, ‘n vier-persent-verhoging in studentetoelaes aangekondig. Sy sê maande later bly hierdie belofte […]
# The DA Students Organisation has strongly condemned the National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s persistent failure to fulfil its most basic obligations to South African students. DASO’s Andrea Martinez says in April 2025, former minister of Higher Education, Nobuhle Nkabane, announced a 4-percent increase to student allowances. She says months later, this promise remains unfulfilled […]
# Die GOOD-party sê hulle sal voortgaan om vir menseregte en waardigheid te staan, tuis en regoor die wêreld. GOOD se sekretaris-generaal, Brett Herron, sê hulle staan in solidariteit met die duisende wat gister die strate van Kaapstad ingevaar het in die Massa-optog vir Palestina teen Israel. Hy sê die party het gemeenskappe, bewegings en […]
# The GOOD Party says it will continue to stand for human rights and dignity, at home and across the world. GOOD Secretary-General, Brett Herron, says GOOD stands in solidarity with thousands who filled the streets of Cape Town in the Mass March for Palestine against Israel yesterday. He says the party joined communities, movements, […]
# Die MK-party verwelkom die vinnige en positiewe optrede deur die Ouditeur-generaal, Tsakani Maluleke, om te verseker dat die 270-miljoen-rand vir die Nasionale Dialoog veilig is. Dit volg op kommer deur MK-partylede in die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Beplanning, Monitering en Evaluering. Die MK-partywoordvoerder, Nhlamulo Ndhlela, sê die Ouditeur-generaal het bevestig dat die toekenning onder haar […]
