Women for Change welcomes GBV national-disaster declaration

Women For Change plans shutdown against GBVF. The Women for Change Organisation, which is behind the silent nationwide shutdown, says they were overwhelmed after hearing that President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared gender-based-violence (GBV) a national disaster. On Friday, 21 November 2025, South African women will silence the nation. We call on all women and members of…

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Action can proceed before commission completes its work: Kubayi

The Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi addresses the NPA Leadership Conference on August 19, 202. Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mmamoloko Kubayi says they are already assessing the work of the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry and Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee looking at those who are implicated in wrongdoing. The two investigations which…

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Albanese credits Mandela’s spirit for uniting South Africa

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has hailed former President Nelson Mandela as a champion of reconciliation, who not only united South Africa but also forgave his oppressors. Albanese participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at Freedom Park in Pretoria this morning, commemorating fallen heroes who fought against the apartheid era and…

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Free State women gather at Hoffman Square for GBV march

Women holding placards calling for an end in GBV. Scores of women from various organisations across the Free State are gathering at Hoffman Square in Bloemfontein to picket against gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide. The Bloemfontein picket is organised by women’s rights advocacy group, Buang Basadi, as part of the nationwide call for gender-based violence…

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Northern Cape health officials in court over 2020 PPE fraud

Hospital PPE’s The National Prosecuting Authority in the Northern Cape says seven people, including high-ranking provincial Health Department officials and a company, Asijiki Soundbytes, have appeared in court in connection with the alleged irregular procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE) worth millions of rands in 2020. NPA spokesperson Mojalefa Senokoatsane says the accused include former…

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