# A 44-year-old member of the Mpumalanga Police Flying Squad has been arrested during an early-morning operation at the Secunda Police Station today. He is allegedly linked to the hijacking of diesel trucks in the province. Mpumalanga police spokesperson, Mavela Masondo, says the involvement of the officer came to light during the investigation following the […]
# Tennis: Frenchman Gael Monfils played the final match of his Grand Slam career, falling to American Learner Tien, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 in the US Open second round. Russia’s Karen Khachanov knocked out world number four Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime. In the women’s draw, second seed Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina continued her bid for the world number […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu is bekommerd oor die inentingskrisis van kinders, wat die Gesondheidsdepartement tot openbare gesondheids-noodtoestand verklaar het. Die hoeveelheid kinders onder een wat nie ingeënt is nie, het gestyg van 12,1-persent in 2017 tot 36,3-persent vroeër vanjaar, wat een uit elke drie babas weerloos laat. Woordvoerder Matthew Parks sê dit keer die groot […]
# Rescuers have pulled two workers alive from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal, more than a week after they became trapped by the devastating flash flood at the Nepal-China border. They were recovered from a tunnel of the Trishuli-3 Hydropower Project. Sanjaya Shah and Kabir Maharjan have injuries to their hands and legs. At least 39 others […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum vra president Cyril Ramaphosa om meer fondse beskikbaar te stel en die werksaamhede van die Madlanga-kommissie te verleng. Honderd-47-miljoen-rand is aanvanklik begroot, waarvan 123-miljoen-rand reeds bestee is terwyl bykomende befondsing gesoek word. Woordvoerder Dennis Bloem sê Ramaphosa kan nie vir Suid-Afrikaners vertel daar is nie geld nie terwyl 700-miljoen-rand beskikbaar […]
# Die organisasie, Mining Affected Communities United in Action, vra ʼn onmiddellike ondersoek nadat twee jong seuns in ʼn dam van die Harmony Goudmyn naby die Nyakallong-township in die Vrystaat verdrink het. Volgens berigte het die twee seuns van agt- en nege-jaar verlede maand in ʼn verlate, onomheinde dam by die Harmony Goudmyn gaan swem […]
# Die landbou-organisasie TLU SA vra die regering om beslissend op te tree om die verspreiding van staats-vuurwapens na misdadigers teen te werk. Hy verwys na die gewese polisieman Christiaan Prinsloo, wat tussen 2007 en 2015 sowat twee-duisend vuurwapens uit polisiebewaring aan misdadigers verskaf het.Bennie van Zyl van TLU SA sê die wapens moes vernietig word, […]
# Amnesty International South Africa says that, with high levels of dissatisfaction with service delivery and visible failures in many municipalities, the November local government elections are a critical moment of accountability. According to the Auditor General’s report, only 39 out of 257 municipalities achieved a clean audit in the last audit report. Amnesty International […]
# Die IVP eis die onmiddellike ontplooiing van die KwaZulu-Natal Politieke Taakspan om die moord op twee raadslede in afsonderlike voorvalle te ondersoek. Die raadslid van Wyk 17, Khethelo Mdluli, van die uMlalazi munisipaliteit, is verlede week by sy huis in Gingindlovu geskiet en hy is later in die hospitaal aan sy beserings oorlede. Die […]
