Parliament Committee receives 250 submissions to review Constitution

Constitutional Court 1 minute Parliament’s Joint Constitutional Review Committee says it received around 250 submissions seeking to review the Constitution by Friday. However, the committee expects that between then and the deadline, which was midnight Saturday night, a flurry of last-minute submissions were sent. The committee is now tasked with sifting through all the submissions…

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SACP confirms it will contest 2026 LGE independently

Members of the SACP at Joe Slovo commemoration 2 minutes The General Secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP), Solly Mapaila, has reiterated the party’s decision to contest the local government elections (LGE) independently next year. Mapaila spoke during the party’s Augmented Provincial General Council at Polokwane in Limpopo. Mapaila says the SACP also…

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Children demand tougher laws to protect them from abuse

[File Photo]A child running from a dark room 3 minutes Young children have called on the Department of Justice to enforce harsher punishment for those that violate children. The children, joined by child protection activists and government officials, marched to the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg to voice their concerns. Enhle Nzimambe a 12-year-old girl from…

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