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…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to Bafana Bafana and Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Jayden Adams and former South African Under-18 rugby prop Luqobo Makwedini following their deaths. Adams died at the age of 25, while Makwedini passed away at the age of 20. In a statement issued on Saturday, the President extended his condolences to both families, as well as to Adams’ teammates in Bafana Bafana and Mamelodi Sundowns, and Makwedini’s former South Africa Under-18 teammates and club colleagues in…
Police in the North West have deployed additional resources to investigate a cash-in-transit robbery that occurred on Friday morning at the Olympia Park traffic circle near Rustenburg Mall. They have also appealed to community members who may have information to contact their nearest police station to help bring those responsible to justice. According to the provincial SAPS preliminary report, unknown suspects rammed a cash-in-transit vehicle at the traffic circle. “Armed suspects, estimated to be approximately ten unidentified males, then opened…
Hundreds of residents from Alexandra, Orange Grove and surrounding areas, under the banner of the March and March Movement, have given businesses in the area seven days to dismiss foreign nationals employed in what they describe as non-critical skills positions. The group says employers must comply with South African labour laws. The crowd marched to Norwood Mall and also to businesses in the area. Thabo Ngwane alleged that some businesses are violating labour laws by employing undocumented foreign nationals while…