Slain journalist and partner remembered at a memorial service
Slain journalist and partner remembered at a memorial service
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OUTA calls for suspension of expired driving license fines
Traffic officer monitoring vehicles at a roadblock. 1 minute Civil rights group, the Organization Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has called on Transport Minister Barbara Creecy to temporarily suspend fines and temporary licenses for motorists affected by the printing backlog of driving license cards. Last month, the department reported a printing backlog of over 700,000 cards…
Calls for IPID to be better resourced to resolve backlog
SA Police Service investigation logo. 1 minute Executive Director for the Accountability Division at OUTA, Stefanie Fick, says the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) will continue to face backlog issues unless it receives the necessary budget to carry out successful investigations. Her remarks come after the police ministry revealed in parliament that there is a…
Organisation says LGBTQIA+ people still face workplace discrimination
A banner of Iranti supporting LGBTQIA+ communit 2 minutes As the world marks International Pride Month, many LGBTQIA+ people in South Africa still don’t feel safe or supported in the corporate environment. They say they continue to experience sexual discrimination. These sentiments were shared by Iranti, a human rights organisation focusing on LGBTQIA+ and intersex…
ActionSA expresses concern over NPA losing cases
File image | The National Prosecuting Authority Head Office in Pretoria. 1 minute ActionSA says the PCCAAPrevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act (PCCAA), empowers the National Director of Public Prosecutions Adv Shamila Batohi to deal with corrupt prosecutors that she says have infiltrated the entity. The party was giving a review of the Government…
Pikitup warns public about fake job advertisement
Pikitup logo 1 minute Johannesburg’s waste management entity, Pikitup, is warning the public about a fake job advertisement circulating on social media and online job sites. The advertisement falsely claims Pikitup is hiring general workers. The scam appears to be a modified version of a legitimate Pikitup job posting from May 2024. Pikitup spokesperson Muzi…
Vehicle ploughs into train at level crossing near Phillipi
File image: A Metrorail train coach in the Western Cape. 1 minute A train has collided with a vehicle at a level crossing near Phillipi Station on the Cape Flats. Metrorail spokesperson Zino Mihi says reports indicate that the train driver observed a vehicle approaching the level crossing and sounded the warning horn. Mihi says…
Convict in NC matric girls’ rapes and attempted murder gets life
A prison guard stands behind bars in a file photo. 1 minute A man convicted of robbing, kidnapping, raping and attempting to kill two matric learners has been handed two life sentences and an additional 45 years by the Mothibistad Regional Court in the Northern Cape. 33-year-old Thabo Magwatane and his co-accused, who is still…
Most KZN EFF members discharged following bus crash
KwaZulu-Natal Transport MEC Siboniso Duma at the scene of the fatal crash on the R34 in Vryheid on June 17, 2025. 1 minute The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in KwaZulu-Natal says most of its members who had been hospitalised following a bus crash on the R34 between Ulundi and Vryheid on Monday night, have been…
Euro zone yields edge up, Lagarde cites ‘global euro moment’
A shopper pays with a twenty Euro banknote at a local market in Nantes, France, February 1, 2024. 2 minutes Euro zone bond yields edge up in early trading today, taking their cue from a relatively subdued overnight session in United States (US) Treasuries, as fighting between Israel and Iran entered a fifth day. US…