Police Minister Fikile Mbalula said he is focussing his efforts at ensuring that all gender-based violence crimes are made easier and less traumatic to report to the police. During the launch of a gender-based violence and protection of vulnerable groups indaba on Thursday in Centurion, Mbalula conceded that there are[…]
Hundreds of members from 79 neighbourhood watch organisations around the city now have quicker access to professional assistance and are able to relay incidents and request emergency assistance much faster. This is thanks to an application which allows for an easier flow of information between members and the City of[…]
The African National Congress (ANC) has agreed that the private funding of political parties should be made public. The party says a lack of transparency fuels perceptions of undue influence and corruption regarding the funding. ANC Treasurer-General Zweli Mkhize was making a presentation before the Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee on[…]
Men dressed in white overalls with green and yellow stripes, wearing black safety boots, and carrying their “skafting” (lunch-box) walk the dusty roads of Marikana in the North West. They return home from the Rowlands mineshaft, which belongs to platinum miner Lonmin, and where most of them are employed. It[…]
The ANC says it will discipline at least three MPs who have publicly admitted that they voted in support of the motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma. The party says its National Working Committee decided at a meeting on Monday that the MPs must face a disciplinary inquiry.[…]
Amnesty International urged South African authorities to move forward with prosecutions over the killing by police of 34 people in a single day at Lonmin’s Marikana platinum operations five years ago. “The tragedy of the Marikana killings is compounded by the shocking fact that no one responsible for the bloodshed[…]
A comprehensive plan to avoid the City of Cape Town running out of water will be announced on Thursday, the city said on Monday. This as the city’s storage dam levels stood at 31.1% on Monday compared to 56.1% for the same period in 2016. Citywide water consumption stood at[…]
A spark was all that was needed for a massive fire which left seven people dead in Knysna to rage out of control as conditions were ideal, said Knysna chief fire services officer Colin Manuel on Monday. Presenting his investigation into the causes of the fire that led to the[…]
Residents from Imizamo Yethu in Hout Bay planned to march in Cape Town on Tuesday to demand basic services and an end to “superblocking” in the fire-hit township. The organisers‚ mostly representatives from areas most seriously affected by the large fire in March‚ will hand over a memorandum to mayor[…]
While researching the recently published book Apartheid, Guns and Money: A Tale of Profit, Open Secrets collected approximately 40 000 archival documents from 25 archives in seven countries. This treasure trove contains damning details of individuals and corporations that propped up apartheid and profited in return. Many of these documents[…]
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