RC 260922702Bongani Bingwa
Tuesday, 22 September 2026
South Africa’s strained relationship with the United States dominated, alongside a deep examination of gender-based violence and the socialisation of boys into harmful masculinity.
- 07:32
US Ambassador Leo Brent Bozel III defended Washington’s five demands, including changes involving land expropriation and BEE, while refusing several times to say whether Afrikaners face genocide.
- 07:10
Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola said South Africans should prepare for the worst as Washington pressures Pretoria over sovereignty, land reform, BEE and foreign policy.
- 06:55
Medical Research Council scientist Yandisa Kweia linked violent masculinity to boys being taught emotional suppression, dominance and entitlement, alongside trauma, neglect and witnessing violence at home.
- 06:33
President Cyril Ramaphosa called gender-based violence and femicide a national crisis after 10 women’s bodies were found dumped in Gauteng since July, promising more resources and technology.
- 07:05
Joburg motorists remain without speed-camera enforcement nearly 10 months after the city’s contract expired; more than three million camera fines previously contributed to almost R47 million in annual revenue.