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A domestic violence survivor is appealing her murder conviction at the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court today. Known as the "Palm Ridge Mother," she killed her partner during a domestic violence incident in November 2018. The applicant is represented by the Centre for Applied Legal Studies. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to SABC reporter, Sibahle Motha

The Health Department have unveiled a new HIV treatment campaign, that aims to close the gap between persons living with the virus and on treatment and those not on treatment. The campaign, a collaboration between the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) and other stakeholders in the health sector, seeks to close the gap by the end of December 2025. Government has made efforts to enhance on...

President Cyril Ramaphosa says a postponement in the tabling of a national budget is not unique only to South Africa. He was speaking during the opening of the National House of Traditional and Khoisan Leaders in Parliament a short while go. Ramaphosa has assured tradional leaders that cabinet, through the Government of National Unity, is working hard to find consensus on the final budget to be ta...

The Judicial Conduct Tribunal hearing of 10 Western Cape High Court judges who filed official complaints with the Judicial Service Commission against Judge Mushtak Parker is currently underway after it was postponed by about four years owing to his health condition. Judge Parker is facing allegations of lying under oath and lying by ommission. If found guilty of misconduct, he could face impeachme...

There is an outbreak of the African armyworm that has been reported in Limpopo. One small scale farmer in Polokwane, Limpopo says she has lost close to 75-percent of her crops due to an outbreak of army worm in the province. Wendy Moshakga is a young black female farmer that grows spinach and cabbages in Seshego. She started farming in 2021 after struggling to find employment after completing her...

Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana, says he doesn't believe that the postponement of the tabling of the national budget will have a major impact on the G20 Finance meetings taking place in South Africa. The tabling of the Government of National Unity's first budget was postponed last week due to disagreements in Cabinet regarding the proposed budget. It was the first time in 30 years that a Financ...

The South African National Defence Union (SANDU) says negotiations on the repatriate of injured SANDF troops from the Democratic Republic of Congo, are on track. The union was reacting to recent concerns over the well-being of the soldiers and reports that Pretoria is struggling to evacuate troops. Speaking SABC News earlier this morning, SANDU Chief Negotiator, Jeff Dubazana dismissed claims that...

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has his work cut out for him as some Gauteng residents are pinning their hopes on his State of the Province Address on Monday (24 February) to deal with pressing issues facing them. Unemployment, poor service delivery, the scourge of rape and student debt are among the challenges that residents want him to raise during his address. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to ActionSA G...

The stability of the of the GNU has been thrust in the spotlight once again after its failure to present its first budget on Wednesday. This is not the first time that GNU partners openly differed politically, ideologically and otherwise. With three Bills having been enacted into law since the GNU formation last year, several parties including the DA and the Freedom Front Plus among others have no...

Organisations fighting against the abuse of children are once against making a call for the term child pornography to be done away with. The organisations believe the right term - which shows the gravity of the crime - should be called, child sexual abuse material.  They say, using the term child pornography assumes that a child consented to be part of the act and minimises the fact that they...

The Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says the police are finally turning the tide in the fight against crime as the latest statistics show an overall decrease in crime. Mchunu, was presenting the quarterly crime statistics today,  reflecting on crimes that occurred during the third quarter of the current financial year. South Africa's third quarter crime statistics reveal a 9.8% decrease in murde...

Members of the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa are set to stage a picket at the offices of the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC). The demonstrations in Sandton are over looming retrenchments at ArcelorMittal South Africa. The company has indicated its intentions to shut its Long Steel business, a move that will affect 3500 jobs. Jon Gericke spoke to NUMSA's National Spokespe...

The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) in KwaZulu-Natal says 25 families have lost their homes due to heavy rainfall which caused widespread flooding and landslides in the province. On Wednesday, heavy rains triggered a mudslide in Adams Mission, in KwaMakhutha, resulting in six deaths. Jon Gericke spoke to SABC News reporters, Nonjabulo Mtungwa Makamu and Thabiso...

The University of Cape Town has decided, as a precautionary measure, to move some of its academic classes to online platforms. This follows disruptive protests which started on Monday over debt fees and student housing. UCT Vice Chancellor, Professor Mosa Moshabela says the institution has taken every measure to support as many eligible students as possible but warns against unlawful protests whic...

The South African Communist Party  (SACP) says its rejects the contents of the budget that was scheduled for presentation by the Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana to Parliament yesterday but did not happen.  The SACP says it mostly rejects the proposed VAT increase from 15 to 17 percent. The SACP says the unprecedented postponement of the budget must serve as a lesson against a policy...

Three people have been killed in a mudslides at Winkelspruit near Amanzimtoti, south of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. In one indicent, it alleged that a mud slide crashed into a house with a family of four inside. Emergency Services say two children managed to escape, leaving the parents trapped inside the house. In a separate incident, one person was buried beneath mud and rubble when a landslide cras...

South Africa is hosting a two day meeting of foreign ministers from the G20 group of major economies. President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to officially open ministers' meeting in Johannesburg today. But US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend the meeting, a decision which he has attributed to South Africa's land reform policy following Ramaphosa's signing of the Expropriation Bill into law....

Civil organisation,  AfriForum, says inspite of the organisation's opposition to recent developments in the country's political landscape, Afrikaaners continue to see themselves as indigenous to South Africa. The organisation tried to engage with the presidency on a number of these issues, including  the Expropriation Act, but received to correspondence from government. The organisation...

The Student Representative Council (SRC) of UCT has called for a task team that will look into the accommodation crisis and historical debts of students at universities. Access to the university's upper campus was restricted, and some lectures were disrupted on Monday morning, as students protested over alleged lack  of accommodation and students -- who can't register due to historic debt. A...

The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, has acknowledged that the replacement of the gold SASSA cards with black Postbank cards has not been well executed.  Malatsi appeared before a joint sitting of Parliament's Social Development and Communications and Digital Technologies committees to explain why the process of card replacements has been so slow. The meetin...

Experts have suggested categorising South African state owned enterprises into strategic and non-strategic entities. With around 700 SOE's at the national, provincial, and local levels, many are struggling to make a profit. Professor Dilip Garach argues that these entities should rather be privatised, while government remains a shareholder. His remarks come as Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is...

Minister of Trade and Industry, Parks Tau has established a fund aimed at addressing challenges linked to foodborne illnesses, particular in township stores, including spaza shops. This was announced by Minister Tau during his briefing to the Select Committee on Economic Development and Trade in Parliament yesterday. The fund's implementation will be led by the National Empowerment Fund and the Sm...

The Congress of South African Trade Unions is  protesting; ahead of the Budget Speech.  Cosatu are against budget cuts especially in the education and health sectors. There are various demonstrations in the Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo. The pickets and marches coincide with the Budget Speech to be tabled by Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana this afternoon. The Federation reje...

The African National Congress' National Working Committee has made sweeping changes to its provincial structures in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. The party has removed former provincial secretaries Bheki Mtolo and TK Nciza in its newly-reconfigured provincial structures. Former ANC KZN Deputy Chairperson Micheal Mabuyakhulu is set to make a political comeback in the province as co-ordinator while par...

The overall audit outcomes of Gauteng Municipalities have improved in in their recent audit outcomes, with 8 out of the 11 municipalities receiving unqualified opinions. This is according to Gauteng Finance and Economic Development MEC Lebogang Maile who has just outlined the state of Gauteng's municipal finances for audit outcomes of 2023/ 2024 financial year.  Maile says these audits are im...