# The minister of Police Senzo Mchunu says 22 police officers were killed in the first three months of this year, with ten deaths recorded in Gauteng. Six officers died while on duty, and 16 off duty. Delivering the latest crime statistics, Mchunu reaffirmed the government’s commitment to intensifying efforts to protect law enforcement and […]
# Communications and Digital Technologies minister, Solly Malatsi, has gazetted a policy direction on Equity Equivalent Investment Programmes in the ICT sector. The directive aims to unlock investment, enhance broadband access, and align licensing with the ICT Sector Code. These programmes allow multinationals, like Elon Musk’s Starlink, to meet transformation goals beyond traditional ownership. Public […]
# Police minister Senzo Mchunu says new forensic labs will be built in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the Free State. This will help speed up DNA testing and reduce toxicology backlogs. Mchunu told the media these new facilities will boost the capacity of the South African Police Service to process evidence faster, improve the […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het hulde gebring aan Gertrude Shope, wat in die ouderdom van 99 gesterf het. Sy word onthou as ‘n opvoeder, ‘n vakbondlid, die president van die ANC-vroueliga en sy was betrokke by die Rivonia-verhoor. Sy het jare lank apartheid op eie bodem en in die buiteland beveg. Die woordvoerder in die […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare neem kennis van die Departement van Binnelandse Sake se bekendstelling van ‘n biometriese verifiëringstelsel. Dis deel van Operasie Nuwe Besem om onwettige immigrasie hok te slaan. Die vakbond se woordvoerder, Claude Naiker, sê daar moet egter steeds aandag gegee word aan personeeltekorte by die departement. Hy sê die biometriese verifiëringstelsel […]
# AfriForum eis onmiddellike toegang tot die Garsfontein-substasie nadat die Tshwane Metro na bewering ‘n formele ooreenkoms oortree het deur ‘n goedgekeurde sekerheidsprojek te blok. Die burgerregtegroep dreig met regstappe te midde van onlangse substasie-ontploffings en kragonderbrekings. Arno Roodt van AfriForum sê ingryping is van kritieke belang om die infrastruktuur te beskerm en die publiek […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to Ma Gertrude Shope, who passed away at 99. She is remembered as an educator, trade unionist, president of the ANC Women’s League, and Rivonia Trial co-conspirator, and spent decades fighting apartheid at home and abroad. Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says Ramaphosa has described her as a national […]
# The Public Servants Association has noted the launch of a biometric verification system by the Department of Home Affairs as part of Operation New Broom to combat illegal immigration. The association’s spokesperson, Claude Naiker says there is still, however, a need to address staff shortages at the department. He says the biometric verification system […]
# AfriForum has demanded immediate access to the Garsfontein substation after Tshwane Metro allegedly violated a formal agreement by blocking their approved security project. The civil rights group warns of legal action amid recent substation explosions and outages. AfriForum’s Arno Roodt says its intervention is critical to safeguarding infrastructure and restoring public trust in Tshwane’s […]
