GBVF graphic Community activist and councillor, Dr. Jonathan Annipen, says while the South African Police Service (SAPS) uses domestic relationship-related crimes as a proxy to measure intimate partner violence, Gender-Based-Violence (GBV) not being defined as a specific offence in South African law is “unacceptable”. #PODCAST Community activists urge South Africa to criminalize Gender-Based-Violence (GBV) as…
Anti-rape activists’ sloganeering. A 41-year-old alleged serial rapist is expected to appear at the Protea Magistrate’s Court in Soweto on Monday morning. The man was arrested in connection with a series of serious crimes, including rape, kidnapping, robbery and assault committed in Diepkloof and Orlando between 2008 and 2025. It is reported that the man…
Monica Matsie is the mother of Katlego Bereng, the man whose charred body was found in Bester’s cell In an exclusive interview with SABC, the mother of Katlego Bereng, the man whose charred body was found in the rape and murder convict Thabo Bester’s cell at G4S prison in Bloemfontein, bears it all, her pain,…
Minister for Women, Youth and Persons with Disablities, Sindisiwe Chikunga. Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga, says social media companies that recruit the youth for overseas jobs must act transparently and ensure that the recruitment is safe and accountable. She was delivering a special statement in the…
Accident in Limpopo claims two lives Two people have been killed and two others injured in a collision between a bakkie and a sedan on the Nelson Mandela Drive, Lehae-la-Batho near Seshego in Limpopo. The injured have been taken to a hospital. Police spokesperson Brigadier Hlulani Mashaba says the deceased and the injured were occupants…
Wreaths and South African flags are seen at the wall of remembrance of the Gauteng South African Police Service during the Provincial Commemoration Day at the Linden Garden of Remembrance in Johannesburg. The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Gauteng has paid tribute to fallen officers who died in the line of duty during the…
Police have launched a manhunt for suspects who robbed the tribal office in Limpopo Police in Limpopo have launched a manhunt for six armed robbers who stole from the traditional authority offices at Makuya outside Musina. Police spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba says one of the robbers attacked a security guard, pinning him to the ground before…
A banner welcoming visitors to the City of Ekurhuleni offices. The City of Ekurhuleni will hold meetings with residents next week, on Saturday and the week thereafter, on the contentious R126 fixed electricity tariff charge for prepaid customers. This comes after Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza suspended the fee in July and directed that there be proper…
AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini at his coronation ceremony in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal on October 29, 2022. King Misuzulu KaZwelithini has warned those who attack the culture of the Zulus to refrain from doing so, as it destroys and misleads the nation. King Misuzulu was addressing thousands of maidens at Emashobeni Palace at Pongola, KwaZulu-Natal, on Saturday….
Five people were shot and killed in Cape Town on Friday night. Five people were shot and killed in Cape Town on Friday night. This follows the shooting earlier in the week of six people in Kraaifontein and three more who were torched the day after in a suspected case of vigilante killings. The latest…
