Human settlements minister and chair of the African National Congress (ANC)’s subcommittee on social transformation Lindiwe Sisulu has again called for chemical castration of offenders. A human rights activist said chemical castration was not the answer to South Africa’s high rate of rape. Human settlements minister and chair of the African National Congress (ANC)’s subcommittee […]
Japan is one of the few developed countries to retain the death penalty, and public support for capital punishment remains high despite international criticism. Japan on Tuesday executed a man convicted of killing seven people in a truck ramming and stabbing rampage in Tokyo’s popular Akihabara electronics district in 2008, the justice ministry said. Justice […]
Renowned epidemiologist, Professor Salim Abdool Karim, has sought to explain the reasons behind the World Health Organisation (WHO) declaring monkeypox a global health emergency, saying an internationally coordinated response is necessary. Over 16 000 cases have been reported in 75 countries and there have been five monkeypox-related deaths – all of which were in Africa. Three […]
Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcements to help solve the country’s power crisis, saying strong regulations need to be imposed to ensure the funds earmarked for energy solutions are properly utilised. Ramaphosa addressed the nation on Monday night, announcing the establishment of a National Energy Crisis Committee. Business Leadership South Africa’s Chief […]
The ANC now has to scramble to put together funds to pay workers before the party’s policy conference is set down for Thursday. The African National Congress (ANC) said it would pay staff their outstanding salaries in a day or two after they threatened to disrupt its policy conference scheduled for later this week. Unpaid […]
Scores of fans have gathered at the OR Tambo International Airport on Tuesday morning awaiting the arrival of the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations champions, Banyana Banyana Scores of fans have gathered at the OR Tambo International Airport on Tuesday morning awaiting the arrival of the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations champions, Banyana […]
The Labour Court granted a group of members who were suspended from the union an urgent interdict to stop the congress from continuing without them. Leaders of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) are still pushing to convene the organisation’s court-halted national congress this week. In a lawyer’s letter seen by Eyewitness News, […]
Consumers are set to come under higher price pressures as inflation continues to exceed its highest levels in thirteen years. Data released by Statistics South Africa shows that the consumer price Index (CPI) increased to 7.4% in June from 6.5% in May this year. The main driver of inflation in South Africa has come from […]
Tebogo Kekana has been cross-examined by Advocate Dali Mpofu at the Parliamentary inquiry into Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office Lawyers for suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane have accused a former senior investigator of being unreliable and dishonest. Tebogo Kekana has been cross-examined by Advocate Dali Mpofu at the parliamentary inquiry into Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold […]
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula will detail how the department plans to get Prasa back on track. The Zondo Commission recommended a special inquiry into the rail agency after describing it as being allowed to “slide into almost total ruin” For more information visit: Enca