South Africa’s Deputy Communications Minister Pinky Sharon Kekana has urged South Africans to pay their TV licenses, saying the public broadcaster cannot be turned around without their contribution. Ms. Kekana was addressing Parliament’s communications committee, where the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board and top executives presented their strategy for putting the cash-strapped public broadcaster […]
There were 55 murders, 109 rapes, 137 sexual offences, 878 assaults, 44 carjackings, and 819 burglaries every day in South Africa in the 2017 to 2018 year – and at least 5 farm murders every month, according to official figures released by the South African Police Services (SAPS). The SAPS “Crime Statistics 2017/2018” were released […]
South Africa’s highest court has legalised the use of cannabis by adults in private places. Pro-marijuana activists cheered in the public gallery and chanted “Weed are free now” when the Constitutional Court gave its landmark ruling. In a unanimous ruling, judges also legalised the growing of marijuana for private consumption. South Africa’s government’s had opposed […]
