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Attempted murder charge added in viral toddler drug-smoking video case

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Attempted murder charge added in viral toddler drug-smoking video case

Mapaballo Borotho Screenshots: X Johannesburg mother and three others charged with attempted murder and child abuse after video shows toddler smoking drugs. State to oppose bail, citing Schedule 5 offence; suspects expected back in court on Monday. The four-year-old child has been taken to a place of safety after receiving medical attention. The Johannesburg mother who was filmed encouraging her four-year-old toddler to smoke drugs appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrates’ […]

today31/07/2025

Pretoria Court hands life sentence to Thabo Masoka for raping minor with Down Syndrome

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Pretoria Court hands life sentence to Thabo Masoka for raping minor with Down Syndrome

Mapaballo Borotho Image: FreePik The Pretoria Magistrates’ Court has sentenced Thabo Xolani Masoka to life imprisonment for raping an 11-year-old girl with special needs. Masoka denied the charges, claiming the child was his girlfriend, but medical and psychiatric evidence proved she could not consent. Civil society group #NotInMyName condemned the case, calling it a stark reminder of South Africa’s ongoing gender-based violence crisis. The Pretoria Magistrates' Court has sentenced Thabo Xolani […]

today31/07/2025

GDE allocates R2.8 billion to tackle school overcrowding in Gauteng 

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GDE allocates R2.8 billion to tackle school overcrowding in Gauteng 

Mapaballo Borotho Image @iStock images The Gauteng Department of Education has allocated R2.8 billion in the 2025/26 financial year to tackle school overcrowding. A Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model is being considered to speed up infrastructure delivery and ensure long-term sustainability. Meanwhile, the department has settled R426.27 million of municipal debts owed by schools, with the remaining balance set to be cleared by early August 2025. The Gauteng Department of Education […]

today31/07/2025

JMPD seizes over R270 000 in drugs from Hillbrow drug den

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JMPD seizes over R270 000 in drugs from Hillbrow drug den

Zuko Komisa Images: @JoburgMPD on X The JMPD has seized a substantial amount of illicit drugs worth nearly R280 000 in a raid on a Hillbrow drug den. Acting on a tip-off, the operation recovered crack rock and Nyaope, but no arrests were made at the scene. Police have launched a manhunt for the individuals responsible and are urging the public to provide further information. The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department […]

today31/07/2025

Pretoria businessman Jerry Boshoga still missing eight months after his kidnapping

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Pretoria businessman Jerry Boshoga still missing eight months after his kidnapping

Mapaballo Borotho Video screenshot @SABC news Eight months after Jerry Boshoga's disappearance, his family remains without answers. Police have confirmed the case is still under investigation and dismissed social media rumours that he was found dead. The kidnapping has been linked to controversial businessman Vusi Cat Matlala. Eight months after the mysterious disappearance of Pretoria businessman Jerry Boshoga, his family remains without answers, not knowing whether he is still alive. […]

today31/07/2025

Ditebogo Jr Phalane

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Murder accused in Detebogo Phalane case fails to convince court to grant him bail 

Mapaballo Borotho Image: Supplied One of the three men accused of killing five-year-old Ditebogo Phalane appeared in the Pretoria North Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. Bail was denied for Elia Moleko, while his co-accused, Nido Gumbe and Ali Sithole, had earlier abandoned their applications.  The case was postponed to 10 September 2025 for indictment. One of the three men accused of the brutal murder of five-year-old Ditebogo Phalane from Soshanguve appeared in […]

today30/07/2025

4 million smart IDs issued in 2025, up 17% from previous record

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Five Home Affairs officials sacked for corruption and sexual misconduct 

Mapaballo Borotho Image @DHA media Five Home Affairs officials have been fired for fraud and sexual assault. Their dismissal brings the total number of officials removed for corruption in July to 38. Minister Leon Schreiber warned that the department will no longer tolerate corruption or abuse. The Department of Home Affairs has dismissed five officials with immediate effect for serious offences, including fraud and sexual misconduct. This latest action brings […]

today30/07/2025

Gauteng Health dismisses reports of unclaimed corpses at Helen Joseph Hospital

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Electricity failures blamed for deaths of psychiatric patients in Northern Cape

Mapaballo Borotho Image: @iStock The Health Ombudsman has found that psychiatric patients at the Northern Cape Mental Health Hospital died due to prolonged electricity failures caused by theft and vandalism. Patients were exposed to freezing conditions, with some dying from hypothermia, pneumonia, and stroke, while nurses worked in the dark with cellphone torches. Professor Taole Mokoena slammed the hospital for taking a year to restore power, saying the deaths could […]

today30/07/2025

Attempted murder charge added in viral toddler drug-smoking video case

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Joburg mother arrested after 3-year-old is seen smoking drugs in viral video

Bulelwa Hoala Screenshots: @DisprinXtra on X Three suspects, including a mother, were arrested after a viral video showed a 3-year-old boy being given drugs to smoke in Sophiatown. Gauteng’s Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit responded swiftly, detaining the suspects after the child was brought to the police by JMPD and his grandmother. The child received medical attention and was placed in a place of safety, while […]

today30/07/2025

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POPIA ActTo promote the protection of personal information processed by public and private bodies; to introduce certain conditions so as to establish minimum requirements for the processing of personal information; to provide for the establishment of an Information Regulator to exercise certain powers and to perform certain duties and functions in terms of this Act and the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000; to provide for the issuing of codes of conduct; to provide for the rights of persons regarding unsolicited electronic communications and automated decision making; to regulate the flow of personal information across the borders of the Republic; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

RECOGNISING THAT—

  • section 14 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, provides that everyone has the right to privacy;
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AND BEARING IN MIND THAT—

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AND IN ORDER TO—

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1.2  Parliament assented to POPIA on 19 November 2013. The commencement date of section 1Part A of Chapter 5section 112 and section 113 was 11 April 2014. The commencement date of the other sections was 1 July 2020 (with the exception of section 110 and 114(4). The President of South Africa has proclaimed the POPI commencement date to be 1 July 2020.

 
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