The Department of International Relations and Cooperation, DIRCO has dismissed allegations of racially motivated attacks in rural and farming communities, as stated in the 2024 US Human Rights Report. DIRCO calls the claims inaccurate, citing South African police data from January to March 2025, which recorded six murders in farming areas, involving farm workers, dwellers and farmers, with no evidence of racial motives. Elvis Presslin spoke to Jacques Broodryk, Chief Spokesperson for AfriForum Community Safety

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation, DIRCO has dismissed allegations of racially motivated attacks in rural and farming communities, as stated in the 2024 US Human Rights Report. DIRCO calls the claims inaccurate, citing South African police data from January to March 2025, which recorded six murders in farming areas, involving farm workers, dwellers and farmers, with no evidence of racial motives. Elvis Presslin spoke to Jacques Broodryk, Chief Spokesperson for AfriForum Community Safety

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DIRCO dismisses allegations of racially motivated attacks

Defenders of the People (DOP) has raised alarm over a long-standing housing crisis affecting approximately 300 households in Winnie Mandela Section, Olifantsfontein, where multiple families have allegedly been allocated to a single residential stand, creating overcrowding, conflict and uncertainty. The party says generations of residents have been forced to live under a controversial "two-in-one" arrangement, while successive administrations in the City of Ekurhuleni have failed to provide a lasting solution. DOP has since initiated discussions with municipal authorities, demanding urgent intervention and greater transparency in efforts to resolve the matter. We spoke to DOP National Spokesperson, Councillor Samuel Mokalapa.

Defenders of the People (DOP) has raised alarm over a long-standing housing crisis affecting approximately 300 households in Winnie Mandela Section, Olifantsfontein, where multiple families have allegedly been allocated to a single residential stand, creating overcrowding, conflict and uncertainty. The party says generations of residents have been forced to live under a controversial "two-in-one" arrangement, while successive administrations in the City of Ekurhuleni have failed to provide a lasting solution. DOP has since initiated discussions with municipal authorities, demanding urgent intervention and greater transparency in efforts to resolve the matter. We spoke to DOP National Spokesperson, Councillor Samuel Mokalapa.

Defenders of the People (DOP) concerned over  long-standing housing crisis

The Minister of Small Business Development, Stella Ndabeni, will hold a press conference today on the Spaza Shop Support Fund. She is expected to give an update on application processing and support to qualifying South African-owned spaza shops. The briefing follows a Portfolio Committee hearing which heard only R57 million of the R500 million fund has been disbursed to 930 shops so far. The Minister will also address claims that foreign nationals benefited from the fund. We spoke to Kgothatso Ramautswa, President of the South African Spaza Shops Association.

The Minister of Small Business Development, Stella Ndabeni, will hold a press conference today on the Spaza Shop Support Fund. She is expected to give an update on application processing and support to qualifying South African-owned spaza shops. The briefing follows a Portfolio Committee hearing which heard only R57 million of the R500 million fund has been disbursed to 930 shops so far. The Minister will also address claims that foreign nationals benefited from the fund. We spoke to Kgothatso Ramautswa, President of the South African Spaza Shops Association.

 Minister of Small Business Development to hold a press conference on the Spaza Shop Support Fund 

Community organization Movement For CARE has launched The Cost Of CARE campaign opposing a proposed barrier in Cape Town. The group says money earmarked for the wall should instead fund housing, basic services and safer public spaces. A public launch will be held at Cissie Gool House in Woodstock on Wednesday. We spoke to Nkosikhona Swaartbooi, Coordinator for the Movement For Collective Action and Racial Equity (Movement For CARE).

Community organization Movement For CARE has launched The Cost Of CARE campaign opposing a proposed barrier in Cape Town. The group says money earmarked for the wall should instead fund housing, basic services and safer public spaces. A public launch will be held at Cissie Gool House in Woodstock on Wednesday. We spoke to Nkosikhona Swaartbooi, Coordinator for the Movement For Collective Action and Racial Equity (Movement For CARE).

DIRCO dismisses allegations of racially motivated attacks

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