Goitsemang Matlhabe

Goitsemang Matlhabe

Trio arrested for shooting of 5-year-old Soshanguve boy abandon bail due to pending matters

Goitsemang Matlhabe|Published

All three men informed the court on Tuesday that they would be abandoning their bail bid as they had other pending matters against them, which they would also be ...

Parties slam Ramaphosa over address to the nation

Siyabonga Sithole , Sipho Jack and Goitsemang Matlhabe|Published

This comes after Ramaphosa addressed the nation regarding the work and some of the successes of the sixth administration during his address to the nation on Sunday. ...

Special votes kick off without hitch in northern Tshwane townships

Goitsemang Matlhabe|Published

Many of the special voters who made their way down to various voting stations on Monday ahead of the main election taking place on Wednesday, said they were happy ...

Ramaphosa speech last-ditch attempt to save sinking ANC

Goitsemang Matlhabe and Sipho Jack|Published

Ramaphosa addressed the country regarding the readiness for the forthcoming elections on Wednesday, while also taking an opportunity to speak on the road travelled ...

Political parties divided over ‘vote rigging’ videos doing rounds on social media

Goitsemang Matlhabe|Published

It was important for political leaders to provide leadership and not cause panic and fuel fears of “vote rigging” taking place.

Parties urge Ramaphosa to address Home Affairs ID collection ‘crisis’

Goitsemang Matlhabe|Published

United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa wrote to Ramaphosa informing him of reports from across the country indicating that there was a pattern of Home ...

DA lays criminal case against ANC SG in KZN for removal of election posters

Goitsemang Matlhabe|Published

DA says it has officially lodged a case with the Howick police after video evidence surfaced of ANC members busy with the removal of the DA’s election boards.

NatJoints calls for tolerance in the wake of politically motivated violence

Goitsemang Matlhabe|Published

To date, police have confiscated 38 licensed pistols and five rifles from members of taxi associations in Mthatha for further investigation.

Newly-renamed Brigitte Mabandla Justice College to help build SA legal sector

Goitsemang Matlhabe|Published

Established in 1957, it had served as cornerstone of the justice system.

DA calls on political leaders to denounce violence following attack on members

Goitsemang Matlhabe|Published

This is not the first time that political violence occurred within the South African political landscape, especially since the start of the election season.

ANC government blasted for poor treatment of NGOs looking after society’s most vulnerable

Goitsemang Matlhabe|Published

NGOs in the Gauteng province were forced to take the Department of Social Development to court on an urgent application as a result of the delays in funding and ...

Impact of NHI ‘will pale in comparison to Life Esidimeni tragedy’

Goitsemang Matlhabe|Published

What happened with the Life Esidimeni tragedy will pale in comparison to what the National Health Insurance (NHI) will end up doing to South Africa’s healthcare ...

Women will continue to be ‘cheap commodity’ if they don’t take up leadership

Goitsemang Matlhabe|Published

The SARA president said given that women represented the highest number of voters, logic should have been that a black woman should have been president, however, ...

Leaders who broke the system can’t be trusted to fix it - Rise Mzansi

Goitsemang Matlhabe|Published

That democracy had not been felt either, she said, by the millions of women who suffer under the scourge of gender-based violence and femicide in the country on ...

FF+ accuses ‘dismal’ ANC of criticising thriving sporting codes based on colour

Goitsemang Matlhabe|Published

The FF+ has criticised the ANC’s insistence to criticise sporting codes particularly when white individuals and sports people when they have contributed to the achievement. ...

Refugee support organisation calls on SIU to broaden investigation

Goitsemang Matlhabe|Published

The South Africa Refugee-led Network said they believed more needed to be done to address corruption of organisations and departments purporting to be assisting ...

MK Party members undeterred by transport ‘sabotage’

Goitsemang Matlhabe|Published

The 37 000-capacity Orlando Stadium in Soweto would have been packed to the brim had it not been for alleged acts of “sabotage”, MK Party members claimed.

MK PARTY ready to deliver its People’s Manifesto at Orlando Stadium

Goitsemang Matlhabe and Sipho Jack|Published

As hundreds of supporters started making their way to the stadium, MK Party national spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela said party president Jacob Zuma was expected to ...

BLF to be registered as NGO post elections

Goitsemang Matlhabe and Sipho Jack|Published

He said BLF will play a role similar to that of an AfriForum, which, according to him, will play a role as a critical player for the MK.

Non-profit organisations back signing of BELA Bill

Goitsemang Matlhabe|Published

Section27 announced that it welcomed the National Assembly's passing of the long-awaited Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill, which now awaits the President’s assent. ...

Immigrants the scapegoat for SA’s socio-economic challenges before elections

Goitsemang Matlhabe|Published

The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change’s latest listing has revealed that immigrants have been increasingly blamed for socio-economic issues plaguing South ...

ANC Education chair accused of bulldozing BELA Bill through to National Assembly

Goitsemang Matlhabe|Published

Voices decry callous manner in which party is using its majority

ActionSA pressures PSC to root out ‘ghost workers’ from state-owned entities

Goitsemang Matlhabe|Published

It was with this in mind that ActionSA’s Team Fix SA members Mpumi Edward and Sello Lediga delivered a Memorandum of Demands to the Public Service Commission’s offices ...

GOOD Party backs signing of NHI Bill

Goitsemang Matlhabe|Published

South Africa can simply not abandon its constitutional responsibilities to develop a just and fair state on the basis of the government’s track record of incompetence, ...

SA faces exodus of skilled artisans in the wake of lacklustre wage deal

Goitsemang Matlhabe|Published

The concerns raised by Solidarity Trades’ Network come after Seifsa, as recently as May 13, signed a wage agreement at the Birchwood Conference Centre in Boksburg ...