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ANC RESPONDS TO AFRIFORUM CHARGES GBV-F @KASIBC_NEWS  The African National Congress (ANC) has noted the reported laying of charges led by AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit targeting ANC Secretary-General, Cde Fikile Mbalula. This follows public remarks made in condemnation of the rape of a seven-year-old girl at Bergview College in Matatiele .  The ANC reaffirms its unwavering position on the crisis of Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBV-F), which President Cyril Ramaphosa has described as the second pandemic devastating our society. The violation of a child is not only an act of brutality, it is a reflection of systemic failure.  It demands outrage and urgent action. Our comments were made in that spirit to express the ANC’s collective response to this atrocity, to rally society behind justice for the survivor, and to call for institutional accountability.  Following the public apology by the Minister of Police regarding the misidentification of an individ...

PROGRESS TOWARDS FATF GREYLISTING REMOVAL @KASIBC_NEWS  The African National Congress (ANC) welcomes the significant progress made by the South African government in addressing the 22 action items identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) since South Africa was greylisted in 2023. This development follows the FATF’s positive report confirming that South Africa has substantially completed its action plan and now qualifies for an on-site assessment.  This assessment will verify the implementation of reforms in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), and assess the country’s sustained political commitment to financial system integrity and transparency.  This is a major milestone for South Africa, both domestically and internationally. It strengthens the credibility of our financial system and contributes to the global and national fight against illicit financial flows, terrorism financing, and the legacy of state capture.  ...

THE TRAGIC DEATH OF TETELO SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATOR @KASIBC_NEWS  Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane is deeply saddened to have learned about the tragic death of a 34-year-old male educator from Tetelo Secondary School in Soweto, who was unfortunately found dead on Monday, 9 June 2025. According to reports, the educator had allegedly requested an e-hailing service on Wednesday, 4 June 2025, and subsequently went missing. It is alleged that his family was informed of his death on Monday, 9 June 2025.   Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding this incident.  Our Psycho-Social Support Unit has been dispatched to the school to provide necessary counselling to learners and educators following this traumatic loss. The deceased educator taught English and isiZulu to Grade 11 and Grade 12 learners at Tetelo Secondary School.  The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) mourns the loss of not only an educator, but a beacon of hope that was meant to empow...

THE REPATRIATION OF AFRICAN ANCESTORS' SACRED HUMAN REMAINS FROM EURO-WESTERN COUNTRIES @KASIBC_NEWS The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) notes the recent call by Minister Gayton McKenzie and the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) for public assistance in identifying the remains of South Africans who died in exile during the anti-apartheid struggle. These include liberation fighters, cultural icons, visual artists and indigenous peoples whose mortal remains lie in unmarked graves on foreign soil, despite their contributions to the freedom we all enjoy today.  While the EFF fully supports the repatriation of our heroes and heroines for dignified reburial on home soil, we are deeply concerned by what appears to be performative posturing by the Minister. The issue of ancestral repatriation is not symbolic it is a matter of national identity, redress, and historical justice.  On 24 November 2024, the EFF formally submitted to the Minister detailed information on the grave...

MOTION OF NO CONFIDENCE TSHWANE SPEAKER MNCEDI NDZWANANA @KASIBC_NEWS  The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Tshwane has resolved that it will bring a Motion of No Confidence (MoNC) against Speaker of Council Cllr Mncedi Ndzwanana, during the Council Meeting of 26 June 2025. Since 2023, Tshwane’s Council Chamber, which is meant to serve as a beacon of democracy, has been subjected to the tyranny of a Speaker of Council, who runs it like a dictator, who views Councillors as his subjects. He makes his rulings based on emotion, and neither logic nor the rules of Council. Due to this attitude, Councillors cannot participate in meetings as equal peers. His discriminatory behaviour has reached a point where parties outside of the governing coalition do not have a fair say or hearing for that matter, in Council meetings. The speaker has developed a disposition to dismiss all propositions of the DA Caucus, as legally and rationally sound as they may be, these include: Points of order; Requests f...

Mayor of Tshwane, Dr Nasiphi Moya on Menopause @KASIBC_NEWS  The ANC Women’s League is appalled by the statement made by the ANC Youth League in Greater Tshwane Region, and strongly condemns the impertinent and imprudent “invocation of menopause as a metaphor for political atavism and reactionary regression by the ANC Youth League”. Such language is not only scientifically and socially flawed but also deeply disrespectful to the lived experiences of women, particularly within our movement, which champions equality, dignity and progressive discourse. Chapter two (2) of the South African Constitution guarantees the right to human dignity and the extent to which the right is protected is limitless, and the ANCWL subscribes to the principles of non-sexism and opposed to all forms of discrimination and chauvinism.  Irrespective of our anger and dissatisfaction on various issues we differ upon, it is impolite to vulgarise the reproductive cycle of women. Menopause is a natural biolo...

NSFAS PAYMENT CHAOS @KASIBC_NEWS  The DA condemns the burning of the offices of the Northern Cape Urban Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College offices in Kimberley this week by students protesting the delays in receiving their National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) allowances. Students who have been unable to pay rent or study fees due to NSFAS’ failures are being put in an impossible position - but burning and breaking TVET College offices and campuses will never solve the problems NSFAS has created. The DA condemns the destruction of property. The burning of TVET offices will only further hamper the students’ end goal. Their frustration and delays while NSFAS tries to complete their "reconciliation process" - which became necessary after the switch from direct payment partners back to NSFAS - is now boiling over. NSFAS must rapidly complete this process in such a way that causes no suffering to vulnerable students. Payment cannot be withheld a...