The Gauteng government is expected to provide answers on its efforts to protect women and children as Premier Panyaza Lesufi prepares to brief the media on the province’s response to Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF). The briefing follows a disturbing series of murders in Ekurhuleni, where at least 13 women were found dead, with their bodies dumped in different locations between July and September. The incidents were reported in Kempton Park, Tembisa, Springs and Kwa-Thema, prompting renewed calls for stronger…
Former Police Minister Fikile Mbalula has denied ever interfering in investigations or prosecutions linked to Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) cases, insisting that neither he nor the African National Congress (ANC) sought to derail justice. Mbalula said during his testimony on Wednesday to the Judicial Commission of Inquiry investigating allegations that senior government officials, the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) may have obstructed investigations into apartheid-era crimes. Mbalula, who served as Police Minister between…
The death toll from a devastating head-on collision involving a sedan and an articulated lorry on the R23 between Perdekop and Standerton in Mpumalanga has risen to five after the only surviving passenger died in hospital. The crash occurred on Monday when, according to preliminary reports, the lorry was travelling from Standerton while the sedan was travelling from Perdekop. The two vehicles collided head-on on the busy route. Initially, the sedan driver and three passengers were declared dead at the…
The North West Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has launched a coffee bean production project in collaboration with the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) to diversify and expand the agricultural sector. The project was launched at the Kgora Farmer Training Centre near Ramatlabama in Mahikeng on Monday. Among its key focus areas will be coffee cultivation, processing and the creation of new economic opportunities for emerging farmers in the province. The department’s MEC, Madoda Sambatha, is confident that…