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 extended the duration of the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry to 16 November 2026, instead of the original deadline of 31 August. Ramaphosa has also set 2 October 2026 as the deadline for the submission of evidence and 16 November 2026 as the reporting deadline, enabling the Commission to conclude the matters it has opened during hearings to date. “The extension allows the Commission to hear evidence on all of the matters listed in its terms of…
Suspended Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi and suspended City of Ekurhuleni Head of Legal Risk Services Kemi Behari have each been granted R50,000 bail by the Germiston Magistrate’s Court. However, the pair will spend the night behind bars after the court heard that the bail offices had already closed. Mkhwanazi and Behari are among four current and former City of Ekurhuleni officials facing charges of corruption, fraud and defeating the ends of justice. The case centres on…
The South African National Defence Union (SANDU) has threatened to file an urgent court application against the Department of Defence for failing to provide reasons why members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) returning from deployment in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are being quarantined in South Africa. SANDU alleges that various groups of SANDF soldiers have arrived in the country since last week and have been quarantined under “appalling conditions”, including overcrowding in small, leaking…