# Former Australian bishop Christopher Saunders has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison for sexually abusing two young men during his time as a Catholic cleric. The 76-year-old was found guilty of 13 sex offences in August. Saunders was acquitted of alleged offences against a third young man. He will be eligible for parole […]
# Israel is marking three years today since the Hamas-led attacks on the seventh of October 2023 killed about one-thousand-200 people, while 251 others were taken hostage. This was the single deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust. The Palestinian militant group targeted several areas, including Israel’s military base, small villages near the border and […]
# Die Oscar-bekroonde aktrise Eva Marie Saint is op 102-jarige ouderdom oorlede in haar huis in Los Angeles. Haar loopbaan het oor meer as sewe dekades gestrek. Sy het rolle vertolk in onvergeetlike klassieke rolprente soos On the Waterfront, waarvoor sy die Oscar vir beste vroulike byspeler gewen het, North by Northwest en Exodus. Saint […]
# Die polisie- en gevangenis-vakbond POPCRU in Limpopo vra ʼn deeglike ondersoek na gister se botsing in Levubu-weg in die Vhembe-distrik waarin drie polisielede en nog drie mense dood is. ʼn Polisievoertuig waarin drie verhoorafwagtende gevangenes tronk toe geneem is, het teen ʼn bakkie van Tshisimani Water gebots. POPCRU se provinsiale sekretaris, Peggy Ramavhunga, sê […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling is bekommerd oor die Departement van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling se gekwalifiseerde ouditmening vir die 2025/26-boekjaar. Die komitee wys op voortslepende swakhede in die maatskaplike sekerheidsagentskap, SASSA, se betaalstelsel wat tot finansiële verliese lei. Die voorsitter, Bridget Masango, sê swakhede wek ernstige kommer oor die doeltreffendheid van beheer- en toetsing-meganismes […]
# Die Gautengse regering het die Gautengse Regulerende Inligtingstelsel vir Openbare Vervoer bekend gestel, wat die ontvangs, verwerking en uitreiking van bedryfslisensies vir openbare vervoer sal hervorm en bespoedig. Die LUR vir Paaie en Vervoer, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, sê operateurs van elektroniese taxi-dienste sal voorrang geniet. Hy sê baie van hulle ondervind probleme om wettig te […]
# The minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana says the Public Investment Corporation is implementing the recommendations of the Mpati Commission. The commission made several recommendations aimed at strengthening governance, improving transparency, tightening investment oversight, and ensuring that the PIC acts solely in the best interests of its clients and beneficiaries. It also recommended depoliticising board appointments. […]
# The Gauteng Political Killings Task Team has arrested a second suspect in connection with the murder of EFF member Monica Dube. She was shot dead in front of her family at her home in Wallmannsthal, Tshwane, in June. This latest breakthrough follows the arrest of the first suspect, Sipho Mahlangu, in July, who remains […]
# Cricket: Australia’s head coach, Andrew McDonald, has confirmed all-rounder Cameron Green will not play the first Test against South Africa, starting in Durban on Friday. He sustained an abdominal strain during the third one-day match against the Proteas in Potchefstroom last week. This is likely to leave Australia with a choice between Cooper Connolly […]
