# The MK Party has accused the government of tampering with police investigations into political killings. This comes after National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola and Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia agreed to send copies of 121 dockets from the KwaZulu-Natal political killings task team to the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. The MK Party’s David Skosana […]
# At least 15 people have been killed and 18 others injured after Lisbon’s famous Glória Funicular railway car derailed and crashed in Portugal. According to reports, a cable came loose along the railway’s route, causing it to lose control and collide with a nearby building. Authorities say some foreign nationals were among the dead, […]
# Golf: South Africa’s Jacques de Villiers fired an opening round 63 to share the lead with England’s Joe Knox on seven under par at the Sunshine Tour’s Sunbet Challenge at the Wild Coast Sun Country Club in Port Edward. South Africa’s Albert Venter is two strokes further back and the leaders’ nearest challenger on […]
# Deputy Chief Justice Dunstan Mlambo has warned that without independence, the legitimacy of the judiciary and its ability to safeguard freedom would collapse. He delivered the keynote address at the opening of the J20 Summit of Constitutional and Supreme Courts in Johannesburg yesterday. The two-day summit is being held under the theme, Justice in […]
# US president Donald Trump has dismissed renewed calls for the full release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. This comes as lawmakers are pushing for more files related to the late disgraced financier and convicted sex offender’s case to be released. On Tuesday, the US House of Representatives Oversight Committee released over 33-thousand pages of […]
# The Gauteng Education Department says three teachers, accused of sexually assaulting pupils, have been removed from the Tiyelelani Secondary School in Soshanguve, Pretoria. The trio is known for allegedly sexually assaulting pupils, while a bus driver is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a pupil. Learning at the school has been disrupted, as […]
# The ANC has condemned the leaking of Limpopo chairperson Stan Mathabatha’s step-aside letter. In a letter to ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula, he communicated his decision to voluntarily step aside, citing misconduct and a lack of values in the ANC. He said this was particularly evident in the processes and conduct of party members […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse ingenieurs- en kontrakteringsgroep van maatskappye, Murray en Roberts, se sakereddingspraktisyns het ‘n bykomende 80-miljoen-rand se finansiering verkry. Die groep is in November 2024 vrywillig in sakeredding geplaas. Praktisyn Josh Cunliffe sê befondsing was tot nou instrumenteel in die bestendiging van Murray en Roberts se voortgesette sakereddingspogings. Hy sê daarby het die befondsing […]
# SAT-CARe, wat staan vir Southern African Trees for Climate Adaptation and Resilience, stel ʼn toeganklike instrument bekend wat riglyne verskaf oor die slim gebruik van inheemse bome in Suider-Afrika. Professor Guy Midgley van die Universiteit Stellenbosch sê dié digitale instrument maak staat op data oor klimaat, grond en die omgewing, asook gedetailleerde spesie-kenmerke om […]
