Sandiso Phaliso

1 week ago | groundup.org.za | Sandiso Phaliso |Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

The police team investigating the alleged rape of a seven-year-old girl in Matatiele, Eastern Cape, told Parliament on Tuesday they have been unable to speak to the victim. The alleged victim’s mother has refused access so that police can take down statements from the girl, known publicly as Cwecwe, SAPS deputy national commissioner Tebello Mosikili told Parliament’s police portfolio committee on Tuesday. Social workers have not been able to provide psycho-social support, Mosikili said.

1 week ago | ewn.co.za | Sandiso Phaliso

The South African Police Service (SAPS) says it is investigating why a person suspected of rape was taken to the Khayelitsha Day Hospital without being questioned. A young woman says that on 30 March, in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, she was abducted by a stranger and raped several times throughout the night. The next day she reported the incident at Makhaza Police Station. She gave a statement and was then taken to hospital to undergo an examination and receive post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for HIV.

2 weeks ago | bizcommunity.com | Daniel Steyn |Sandiso Phaliso

2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show moreAdvertise your job vacancies About R750m has been cut from the Gauteng, Free State and Western Cape housing budgets due to underspending in the first half of the 2024/25 financial year. This has affected the ability of these provinces to pay suppliers for work already done on housing developments. Funds were cut from the Human Settlements Development Grant (HSDG) and Informal Settlements Upgrading Partnership Grant (ISUPG) budgets.

2 weeks ago | bizcommunity.ug | Anna-Bet Stemmet |Karabo Ledwaba |Daniel Steyn |Sandiso Phaliso

2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show moreAdvertise your job vacancies DHL Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the e-commerce marketplace Temu to deepen their cooperation and to further expand their partnership. Photo by Alan W on UnsplashThe agreement aims to enhance collaboration to better support local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in established markets as well as in growth markets, such as Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

3 weeks ago | groundup.org.za | Daniel Steyn |Sandiso Phaliso

Housing budgets have been cut by R750-million due to “underspending” in the first half of the 2024/25 year by the Western Cape, Gauteng and Free State. The three provinces are challenging the rationale of the cuts, saying they were on track to spend their full allocations by the end of the year. The Western Cape and Gauteng say the cuts have affected their ability to pay suppliers for work already done.