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The Gauteng Police Commissioner says contact crime has decreased by 5.9% in the province, which is 446 less counts compared to the same period last year. Lieutenant-General Elias Mawela says Gauteng is among the top 4 South African provinces that have managed reduced their overall crime rate. "These latest stats will show that as a province, we have worked very hard to reduce our overall crime statistics. We continue to […]

As South Africans wait with bated breath for the Reserve Bank’s decision on interest rates on Thursday, economist Dawie Roodt has allayed the public's fears, saying there's a high likelihood of them remaining unchanged. Roodt's remarks come at the back of the CPI's announcement of figures showing an increase in inflation. According to Stats SA, the country's annual consumer price inflation increased to 5.9% in October from 5.4% in September. […]

Veteran political analyst and author, Professor Susan Booysen, says while the number of the youth that registered for next year's elections is impressive, they only represent a small fraction of young people in the country. On Monday, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) announced that young people between the ages of 16 and 29 account for 78.31% of the 568 374 new voters. More than 2.9 million residents have so far […]

Newly-elected City of Joburg Council Speaker, Margaret Arnolds, says her election speaks to the unity of the city's coalition government. She made the remarks after she was elected, unopposed, at an extra ordinary council sitting earlier on Monday. Arnolds is a member of the little-known, African Independent Congress (AIC). She replaces former COPE councillor, Colleen Makhubele, who was fired last week for allegedly not following party protocol. She was nominated […]

Crime expert, Jacob Mofokeng, is urging South Africans not to sit back and not report the crimes they experience. Mofokeng's remarks follow today's release of the second quarter crime statistics for the 2023/24 financial year in Parliament by Police Minister, Bheki Cele, and the SA Police Service (SAPS) top brass. The stats have shown a slight decrease in the numbers of serious crimes being reported in country. According to the […]

The South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) has condemned government's decision to submit a referral to the International Criminals Court (ICC), calling for an investigation into Israel's attack on Gaza. Director of Public Policy at the South African Zionist Federation, Benji Shulman, has once again defended Israel's bombardment of Gaza, saying it is in line with the International law. The remarks come after President Cyril Ramaphosa call to the ICC to […]

President of the new coalition pact, South African Rainbow Alliance, Colleen Makhubele, says the leader of COPE has always been part of the pact from its inception. Makhubele says at some point Mosiuoa Lekota even went as far as saying that the pact is a legacy that he wanted to leave. The former COPE member and Joburg Council Speaker finally broken her silence over her axing from the party at […]

Queer activist, Yaya Mavundla, has lashed out at the police for their alleged lack of urgency in rescuing kidnap victim, Mohau Pholo. Pholo was kidnapped by seven suspects last week through the gay dating app, Grindr. Videos and pictures of the victim that were allegedly taken by his kidnappers have been widely shared on social media. The perpetrators allegedly demanded a R50 000 ransom from the victim's family. Pholo, who […]

The violent stabbing of a student from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) by her husband from a neighbouring university, has reignited the debate over the need for toxic masculinity to be addressed in society, including at institutions of higher learning. Non-profit Organisation, Women and Men Against Child Abuse, says it is concerning that those who are meant to protect the vulnerable, are the same people that usually carry […]