Members of the community during the National Women’s Day celebrations. Limpopo province hosted the 2025 National Women’s Day celebrations at Nkowankowa Stadium outside Tzaneen, with President Cyril Ramaphosa officiating the event. Various ministers and officials delivered messages of support. The occasion marked the 69th anniversary of the historic 1956 Women’s March to the Union Buildings…
Person behind bars. National Commissioner of Correctional Services Makgothi Thobakgale has led a parole monitoring operation in Polokwane, Limpopo. Correctional Services officers and their police counterparts made unannounced visits to parolees’ homes in Polokwane last night. The operation focused on gender based violence and femicide parolees. There are about 45 000 parolees in South Africa….
File image: Justice Mandisa Maya As the curtains drew on Women’s Day celebrations yesterday, Chief Justice Mandisa Maya announced a landmark sexual harassment policy for the judiciary. The policy, which is described as a historic step in safeguarding the integrity of the courts and protecting the dignity of all who serve within them, comes at…
A Limpopo police Constable has been arrested following the death of a pedestrian at Mogaung village in the Nebo area. Police spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba says the officer was driving a state vehicle when he allegedly knocked down an eight-year-old boy. Ledwaba says the officer faces charges of culpable homicide, drunken and negligent driving. Police say…
Some South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) beneficiaries say they arrived at the SASSA office in Athlone as early as 3am. The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has urged South Africans to truthfully disclose all sources of income when applying for social grants. Sassa continues to review processes for social grant beneficiaries suspected of…
National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola says it cannot be business as usual when criminals have declared war on the police. Masemola was speaking on the sidelines of a visit to the families of two police officers who were killed in the line of duty. The two officers were…
Stop GBV The Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in Benoni, Gauteng, ensures that perpetrators of gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) are held accountable. Last financial year, the unit secured convictions for nearly 50 sex offenders, with more than 30 receiving life sentences. One of the…
Female inmates at the Middleburg Correctional Centre in Mpumalanga Female inmates at the Middleburg Correctional Centre in Mpumalanga have expressed mixed feelings about Women’s Day, with some saying the day reminds them of the important roles they should play in society, once they have finished serving their sentences. The SABC’s Ligwalagwala FM organised the commemoration…
A 15-year-old girl on a bike was declared dead at the scene A fifteen-year-old girl from Horison, Johannesburg, has died in a horrific collision between a quad bike and a car in Roodepoort, near the Westgate Mall. The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) says the accident happened just after midday, at the corner of Swart…
Minister of Basic Education Ms. Siviwe Gwarube delivers the Uyinene Mrwetyana Memorial lecture The streets of Gugulethu in Cape Town saw a march by some Democratic Alliance (DA) members as part of the organisation’s Women’s Day commemoration. DA supporters who joined the march said that, although it is an important day to honour the women…
