Author: Motlhaping Modise

The most populous District Municipality in the North West province Bojanala Platinum, has recorded the highest Gender Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) cases in the province. This was revealed by the Department of Social Development that has since constructed nine GBVF shelters and safe houses throughout the district with the latest one opened about four months ago to house the victims.The revelation coincides with the launch of the 16 Days of activism for no violence against women and children in Rustenburg by Deputy President Paul Mashatile. Speaking on YouFM News Hour, the provincial department Acting District Social Work Manager in…

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba says the party’s senate, the highest decision-making body of the party, will collate the numbers and consider other factors to determine if the party is ready to go to the much-awaited national elective conference or not.According to Mashaba, the party’s interim constitution had initially ordered that the elective conference be held nine months after the general elections, but this was not the case. Mashaba was speaking during a special broadcast of the You FM’s Current Affairs Programme, You FM Newshour at the station’s Northriding studios in Johannesburg.“I think it is actually quite interesting that when I…