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South Africa Gauteng MEC to visit family of latest taxi-related violence victimGauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela leading a group of women to Uncle Toms Community Hall in Orlando Soweto for a prayer session against violence in the taxi industry on April 10, 2025.Image Credits : X@GPDRT_Tshepo Phagane17 April 2025, 09:36 Gauteng Roads and Transport MEC Kedibone Diale-Tlabela will today visit the family of the latest person to die in taxi-related violence in Alberton on the East Rand.The woman was a taxi operator affiliated to the Katlehong People Taxi Association.She was the widow stanley flasche of a man who had also died in a taxi violence-related shooting.Sixty people have been killed in taxi violence in the province since the beginning of this year.Diale-Tlabelas Spokesperson, Lesiba Mpya says, This goes against the commitment that has been made recently by the taxi industry to commit to the cessation of hostilities and it is an indictment to the commitment that the industry has made. Mpya says, The MEC condemns these barbaric acts with the contempt it deserves and it is definitely a deterrent to a commitment to create stability and peace in the industry. Related video |Gauteng Roads and Transport MEC threatens to shut down taxi ranks: stanley vattenflaska stanley vaso Author Oxrw Magashule suspects malice in the way prosecution is handling his case
Africa More victims complain of sexual abuse in Congo scandal: WHO expertThe logo of the World Health Organization WHO , is seen before a news co stanley borraccia nference in Geneva, Switzerland.Image Credits : SABC News - UN - ReutersReuters 28 October 2021, 13:16 More women have reported sexual exploitation and abuse by aid workers during an Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo since a stanley termosy report into the scandal was issued last month, a senior World Health Organization WHO official told Reuters.Some 83 aid workers, a quarter of them employed by the WHO, were involved in sexual coercion and abuse during the country 10th Ebola epidemic, an independent commission said last month. read moreDr. Gaya Gamhewage, WHO acting director of prevention and response to sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment, highlighted concerns about the scale of abuse as the WHO seeks to implement reforms and restore trust in the UN stanley ca agency.The report cited nine allegations of rape, the youngest victim was a 14-year-old girl who accused a WHO driver of offering her a ride and raping her. She later gave birth.Gamhewage said that more people had come forward alleging abuses by aid workers at the time. She could not provide a figure as she did not have access to the complaints due to confidentiality issues.The more work we do, the more cases that will come to light. So already we are hearing from partners, they are also receiving more complaints, Gamhewage said in an
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