Hlabisa’s initiation schools’ regulation efforts commended

Young initiates. The National Health Department has commended Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa, for his efforts to regulate initiation schools. This is after Hlabisa gazetted the fees payable to initiation schools in all nine provinces. The fees are applicable for male and female initiates, their parents, as well as traditional surgeons…

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Stats SA confirms HR database hacked

A man types on a computer keyboard Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has been targeted in a ransomware attack, with hackers claiming to have stolen over 450 000 files. The breach affected a human resources database used for job applications. Stats SA says it’s working with authorities and will notify the information regulator. The XP95-…

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Citizens Forum slams IDAC for targeting Masemola

National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola briefs the media in KwaZulu-Natal, Lt Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi seen on the behind, 29 March 2026. Civil society organisation- the Activists and Citizens Forum, has slammed the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC)- for targeting National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola. They say the arrest of 12 senior police officers over the…

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Five suspects to appear in court for SAIIA Researcher Gruzd’s murder

FILE | The late South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) Senior Researcher Steven Gruzd. Five suspects are expected to appear before the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday in connection with the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) Senior Researcher Steven Gruzd’s kidnapping and murder. The police arrested the suspects on Sunday following a…

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Western Cape crash claims five lives

FILE: An accident scene. Five people have died and three others injured in car accident on the R-45 between Hopefield and Langebaanweg on the Western Cape. The R-45 has been temporarily closed to traffic near the Elandsfontein Mine. Details about the crash are sketchy at this stage. Traffic is being rerouted via Velddrif. From Langebaanweg…

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Masemola denies wrongdoing in R360m contract scandal

SAPS National Head Fannie Masemola. The country’s top cop has broken his silence regarding an order to appear in court over the controversial multimillion rand police contract. Speaking in Durban, National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola said he will cooperate with the courts and law enforcement agencies in the matter. He has been summoned to appear…

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