The SA Navy has only one working warship partially patrolling South Africa’s territorial
waters. All the navy’s submarines are out of service, its five outdated patrol vessels are broken and none of the four diving teams is operational. Defence Minister Angie Motshekga revealed all of this during a parliamentary question- and-answer- session. Motshekga says this is not as a result of mismanagement but due to financial constraints faced by the SA Navy.

The SA Navy has only one working warship partially patrolling South Africa’s territorial waters. All the navy’s submarines are out of service, its five outdated patrol vessels are broken and none of the four diving teams is operational. Defence Minister Angie Motshekga revealed all of this during a parliamentary question- and-answer- session. Motshekga says this is not as a result of mismanagement but due to financial constraints faced by the SA Navy.

METRO FM Talk with Faith Mangope

METRO FM Talk with Faith Mangope

Timothy Walker (Maritime Project Leader and Senior Researcher at the Institute for Security Studies)

Human rights education is vital in order for all to enjoy their human rights. In the last week we saw the story of illegal miners who were seemingly stuck underground in Stilfontein, trend as many grappled with the question of whether they should be rescued using public resources considering the fact that they were engaging in an illegal activity.

Human rights education is vital in order for all to enjoy their human rights. In the last week we saw the story of illegal miners who were seemingly stuck underground in Stilfontein, trend as many grappled with the question of whether they should be rescued using public resources considering the fact that they were engaging in an illegal activity.

After 8 Is After 8 - illegal Miners (Human rights education)

The historic Durban Declaration of Crime Free Construction Sites has been signed by
Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson, Deputy Minister of Police
Cassel Mathale, Deputy Minister of Finance Ashor Sarupen, and Construction Industry
Development Board (CIDB) chair Khulile Nzo at the National Construction Summit on
Crime-Free Construction in Durban. The agreement is set to decisively stop the
criminal disruption of construction sites countrywide by the so-called construction
mafia.

The historic Durban Declaration of Crime Free Construction Sites has been signed by Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson, Deputy Minister of Police Cassel Mathale, Deputy Minister of Finance Ashor Sarupen, and Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) chair Khulile Nzo at the National Construction Summit on Crime-Free Construction in Durban. The agreement is set to decisively stop the criminal disruption of construction sites countrywide by the so-called construction mafia.

Timothy Walker (Maritime Project Leader and Senior Researcher at the Institute for Security Studies)

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