# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Police is demanding answers on what it says seems to be impunity and a lack of accountability within the police service. A police constable currently stationed in Kuilsriver, Cape Town, is out on bail for rape but remains in service, while a warrant officer in Lentegeur, previously suspended and at a later stage charged with drunk driving, has returned […]
# US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has imposed sanctions on four judges from the International Criminal Court for infringing on US and Israeli sovereignty. The judges, Solomy Balungi Bossa of Uganda, Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza of Peru, Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini Gansou of Benin and Beti Hohler of Slovenia, are barred entry into […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus sê hy gaan met die LUR vir Landbou, Vuyiswa Ramakgopa, en betrokke departementele amptenare skakel om seker te maak omvattende maatreëls word ingestel om bye te beskerm. Dit volg nadat die Suid-Afrikaanse Byeboere Organisasie beklemtoon het omvattende stappe moet gedoen word om bye te beskerm. Jaco Mulder van die VF Plus […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse Landboudepartement waarsku veeboere om waaksaam en versigtig te wees. Dit volg nadat nuwe gevalle van bek-en-klouseer in Newcastle en Bergville in KwaZulu-Natal aangemeld is, wat by veilings ook na Mpumalanga en Gauteng versprei het. Die departement se woordvoerder, Mary James, sê boere word aangeraai om diere net by betroubare bronne te koop […]
# Die GOOD-party sê hy is versigtig optimisties oor die jongste misdaadstatistiek wat van Januarie tot Maart 2025 ‘n sterk en gerusstellende afname in misdaad in Tshwane aandui. In vergelyking met dieselfde tydperk in 2024 is daar ‘n afname van 17,7-persent in moorde van 226 tot 186. Verkragting daal met 3,1-persent en rooftogte by nie-residensiële […]
# Die polisie in Tshwane het gister Operasie Shanela in Boschkop en Cullinan uitgevoer en 311 verdagtes gearresteer. Die verdagtes se oortredings sluit in moord, poging tot moord, verkragting, afpersing en gewapende roof. Die polisiewoordvoerder, Johan van Dyk, sê by ʼn padblokkade in Boschkop is 24 onwettige buitelanders aangekeer:
# Cricket: Former South Africa white-ball coach, Rob Walter, has been named as New Zealand’s new men’s coach, across all formats, for the next three years. He led the Proteas to the semifinals of the 2023 ODI World Cup and the 2025 Champions Trophy, as well as the final of the 2024 T20 World Cup. […]
# Oscar nominee and musician Cynthia Erivo says hosting this year’s Tony Awards is a beautiful full-circle moment for her. This is as she won a Tony in 2016 for her portrayal of Celie in The Colour Purple. Among this year’s nominees are Jonathan Groff, Danya Taymor, Kara Young, Justin Peck, and Dede Ayite. The […]
# Kaapstad se burgemeester, Geordin Hill-Lewis, sê hulle maak vordering met hulle foto-voltaïese sonkragaanleg van 200-miljoen-rand in Atlantis. Sowat twee-duisend-400 van die beplande 12-duisend-850 sonpanele, wat teen die einde van die jaar krag aan die plaaslike netwerk sal verskaf, is reeds geïnstalleer. Hill-Lewis sê hierdie aanleg kan potensieel tot tien megawatt by die plaaslike netwerk […]
