# Gun Free South Africa is bekommerd oor ‘n skerp afname in die hernuwings van vuurwapenlisensies en waarsku dit hou ‘n groeiende openbare veiligheidsrisiko in. In ‘n onderhoud met die SABC het uitvoerende direkteur Stanley Maphosa gesê lisensiehernuwings het sedert 2022 met ongeveer 75 persent gedaal. Maphosa het bygevoeg dat honderdduisende vuurwapeneienaars na ‘n uitspraak […]
# ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says the party will formally object to National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza over the recommended appointment of Advocate Thandazani Madonsela as evidence leader for Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment committee. Mbalula argues Madonsela has a conflict of interest because he previously provided legal advice to the ANC on the same impeachment […]
# Not In My Name International says the deaths of 17-year-old Cameron Waldeck-Cooks and 19-year-old Ethan Coetzee highlights gender-based violence and toxic masculinity. This after preliminary findings indicate that the Grade 11 learner at St Stithians Girls’ College in Johannesburg, died from strangulation and suffocation, while Coetzee may have taken his own life. Their bodies […]
# Gun Free South Africa has raised alarm over a sharp decline in firearm licence renewals, warning it poses a growing public safety risk. In an interview with the SABC, Executive Director Stanley Maphosa said licence renewals had dropped by about 75-percent since 2022. Maphosa added hundreds of thousands of firearm owners have failed to […]
# Trade union Solidarity says workers at Premier Foods have been left with more questions than answers over the possible closure of the canning factory in Tulbagh in the Western Cape. The union’s Gideon du Plessis fears the first consultation process facilitated by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration may be a formality, as […]
# Die vakbond Solidariteit sê werkers by Premier Foods het meer vrae as antwoorde oor die moontlike sluiting van die inmaakfabriek in Tulbagh in die Wes-Kaap. Gideon du Plessis van die vakbond vrees die eerste konsultasieproses wat deur die Kommissie vir Versoening, Bemiddeling en Arbitrasie gefasiliteer word, kan dalk slegs ‘n formaliteit wees, aangesien vrugteprodusente […]
# The National Conventional Arms Control Committee has authorised 64 contracting permits involving 27 countries, worth 17.8-billion-rand, during the first quarter of 2026. Justice and Constitutional Development deputy minister and Committee deputy chairperson, Andries Nel, announced approval of 86 munitions export permits valued at 855-million-rand, 76 import permits worth 82-million-rand, and 29 dual-use export permits […]
# Rugby: All Blacks captain Patrick Tuipulotu says the Stormers tested their discipline and credited their strong physical dominance in their first clash of their South African tour in the Cape Town stadium last night that the visitors won by 38 – 21. Head Coach Dave Rennie also expressed frustration over the team’s finishing capability […]
# Die Black Business Council sê hy ondersteun die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, se versoek om die Wet op die Openbare Beleggingskorporasie te wysig. Die minister het vroeër die week bevestig dat die Kabinet binnekort voorstelle gaan oorweeg om die bestaande praktyk te wysig dat ʼn adjunkminister ondervoorsitter is met ʼn onafhanklike nie-uitvoerende voorsitter […]
