IMC set up to ensure justice system is victim-centric:
Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Maite Nkoana-Mashabane says an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) has been set up to look at how the criminal justice system can be more “victim-centric”.
: SAnews – South African News Janine
GDP figures a promising sign:
President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures released by Statistics South Africa earlier today, which show the economy grew by 3.1 percent from April to June 2019.
: SAnews – South African News Janine
Parliament seeks solution to violence:
An urgent meeting between the Presiding Officers of Parliament and the relevant oversight committees is to be called to determine a parliamentary intervention in the ongoing violent tensions in the country.
: SAnews – South African News Janine
189 arrested for public violence, malicious damage to property:
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has increased the deployment of members to cover all the areas identified as hotspots of violence, where shops have been looted and property set alight.
: SAnews – South African News Janine
Department to probe Post Office employee:
Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has ordered an investigation into how the alleged murderer of Uyinene Mrwetyana remained in the employ of the South African Post Office (SAPO) despite alleged criminal convictions against him.
: SAnews – South African News Edwin
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