With crime already out of control in South Africa and an eerie feeling of lawlessness roaming the streets, attacks on emergency medical services (EMS) personnel is the last thing this country needs. A gunpoint robbery of two paramedic personnel in Nyanga last week Friday has once again brought the issue[…]
JOHANNESBURG – Professor Thuli Madonsela says there needs to be more investment in the prevention of gender based violence. The country is still reeling from a spate of murders and attacks on women and children with many calling for drastic action. Madonsela warns that steps like reinstating the death penalty will[…]
All MPs will undergo “compulsory and regular ethics training” during the sixth Parliament’s term if ANC chief whip Pemmy Majodina has her way. On Monday, Majodina – flanked by her deputy, Doris Dlakude, and chief whip in the National Council of Provinces Seiso Mohai – addressed the media on the[…]
The topic of abortion has once again been brought into public focus after a local doctor’s hearing with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) on 27 August was temporarily adjourned. The doctor Jacques de Vos is facing charges of unprofessional conduct due to his views on abortion and[…]
There are concerns that the current violence in which foreign nationals and their businesses are being targeted will negatively affect South Africa’s tourism sector. Tourism has grown to be a major social and economic force which contributes significantly to the country’s Gross Domestic Product and the creation of employment. A[…]
The trial of a 22-year-old man, who is accused of raping a seven-year-old girl in the bathroom of a Dros restaurant in Pretoria, is expected to kick off in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Monday. The accused, who cannot be named until he has pleaded, has been charged[…]
The Laerskool Kollegepark teacher who was arrested on Wednesday for the kidnapping of Amy’Leigh de Jager, 6, in Vanderbijlpark, was allegedly using “narcotics” and owed money to drug lords. This is according to a WhatsApp voice note which a man who claims to be the teacher’s father sent to a[…]
The first court appearance of a South African woman who has been detained in Oman since 9 May was postponed on Wednesday. While Collin’s family still has a limited understanding of what the charges are against her, the reason for postponement was to assist in ensuring that she gains access[…]
JOHANNESBURG – Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi says the Department supports the decision to suspend a teacher involved in the kidnapping of Grade R learner Amy’Leigh de Jager. The six-year-old was kidnapped on Monday morning outside the Kollegepark Primary School. Three suspects, one known to the De Jager family, were arrested on Wednesday. READ:[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa has addressed the nation on the scourge of public and gender-based violence (GBV) – saying he will ask Parliament to consider making the sexual offences register public. The President says he also wants officials to overhaul the database of sexual offenders. Ramaphosa was speaking amid national outrage[…]
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