# The ANC says the removal of the DA’s chairperson of federal Finance, Mark Burke, from Parliament’s finance-related committees does not absolve him from accountability. On Monday it emerged that investment firm Kastelo, a company of which Burke is an owner and founder and currently run by his brother, is under investigation by the South […]
# Gauteng MEC for Education Lebogang Maile says the department will continue efforts to strengthen school safety and combat substance abuse, dangerous weapons and other prohibited items in schools. He joined a SAPS-led unannounced search and seizure operation at three high schools in Alexandra yesterday. Items seized included drugs, knives, glass shards and scissors. Maile […]
# United Arab Emirates, Iran’s second-largest commercial partner, has suspended all trade, commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Tehran until further notice. This is after two ballistic missiles targeted the Gulf state. The UAE Defence Ministry says its air-defence systems detected two ballistic missiles launched from Iran towards the country, with one falling into the […]
# Rugby: Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry trophy splits into two halves, yet is held together by magnetism to capture the unique bond between the Springboks and All Blacks. The trophy design resembles a blade of grass, with South Africa’s half featuring artwork by Bonolo Chepape, and New Zealand’s half adorned with Māori art elements designed by Kereama […]
# The Israel Defence Force says it will open a criminal investigation into the killing of five-year-old Hind Rajab and her six relatives in Gaza in 2024. The IDF has acknowledged for the first time that it opened fire on the vehicle carrying Rajab and her family, after previously denying involvement. Rajab initially survived the attack, […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema has dismissed president Cyril Ramaphosa’s objection to the Impeachment Committee’s evidence leader, saying he is “second-guessing” the committee’s democratic processes to delay it. In a letter, Ramaphosa rejected the appointment of advocate Thandazani Madonsela, citing conflicts of interest. The committee voted 19-5 to postpone the appointment of the evidence leader […]
# Parliament’s Impeachment Committee has resolved to refer a letter by president Cyril Ramaphosa, in which he objects to the recommended evidence leader, for a legal opinion. The president says he removed Madonsela as his appointee to the Judicial Service Commission following interviews for a chief justice in 2022. He also said that Madonsela is […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse premier, Alan Winde, en die LUR vir Polisietoesig en Gemeenskapsveiligheid, Anroux Marais, het die Prokureurs in Polisiestasies-projek formeel van stapel gestuur. Dis ‘n vennootskap met die polisie en ‘n internasionale organisasie teen Transnasionale Georganiseerde Misdaad. Regslui sal by polisiestasies ontplooi word om geregsdienaars te help met onder meer die voorbereiding van dossiere, […]
# Die United Progressive People Alliance dring aan op ‘n onafhanklike en omvattende ondersoek na bewerings teen Tshwane se burgemeester, Nasiphi Moya. Daar word beweer dat ‘n maatskappy wat met die metro sake gedoen het, bouwerk gedoen het by haar privaat woning. Moya het die bewerings ontken. Abel Tau van die alliansie sê dis ernstige […]
