# The DA in Johannesburg is calling for an investigation into ten-billion-rand that has been diverted to satisfy the South African Municipal Workers’ Union. The party says the money should have gone toward crucial water and roads projects. DA Johannesburg caucus leader Belinda Kayser-Echeozonjoku says residents deserve water, roads, and functional infrastructure, not a mayor […]
# Armed men abducted 25 female students from the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Kebbi State in north-western Nigeria. The assailants, armed with rifles and reportedly using coordinated tactics, stormed the school on Monday and killed the vice principal before kidnapping the students. Another staff member sustained gunshot wounds. This is the first major school […]
# Rugby: SA Rugby CEO Rian Oberholzer says the newly established Nations Championship, which will see the 12 best countries in the world compete against each other, will change the game globally. The Springboks will host England, Scotland and Wales in July next year in the new biennial tournament. Oberholzer says the competition will transform […]
# Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says the G20 leaders’ declaration will not be hindered by the absence of the United States. A total of 42 countries are confirmed to attend the Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg this weekend. Russia, Mexico, Argentina and China will instead be represented by ministers or deputies. The US says it will oppose […]
# The ANC in Ekurhuleni has expressed alarm over evidence emerging from the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry about the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department. Suspended EMPD deputy chief, Julius Mkhwanazi, is accused of having run a rogue unit within the department that was complicit in several crimes ranging from murder to theft, fraud and corruption. The ANC […]
# The African Christian Democratic Party has criticised South Africa’s immigration laws, describing them as very weak. This comes as the party has questioned the arrival of 153 Palestinian refugees in South Africa last week, citing potential breaches of immigration laws. The group was admitted into the country on 90-day humanitarian visas. ACDP deputy president […]
# COSATU het twee nuut geregistreerde vakbonde verwelkom, die Suid-Afrikaanse Vakbond vir Huishoudelike Dienste en Geallieerde Werkers en die Suid-Afrikaanse Taxibestuurders-werkersvakbond. Cosatu het beide vakbonde bygestaan en deur die registrasieproses gelei. Cosatu se woordvoerder, Zanele Sabela, sê daar is na raming byna een-miljoen huishoudelike werkers sowel as taxibestuurders, wat van die kwesbaarste werkers in die […]
# Die Inligtingsreguleerder het die Inkomstediens opdrag gegee om oudpresident Jacob Zuma se belastingrekords te openbaar. Daar is bevind die Ontvanger het geen regsgrondslag gehad om toegang te weier nie ná ‘n aansoek ingevolge die Wet op die Bevordering van Toegang tot Inligting. Die rekords het betrekking op die belastingjare 2010 tot 2018. Die reguleerder […]
# Die Departement van Water en Sanitasie het ‘n streng waarskuwing uitgereik aan lede van die publiek om weg te bly van riviere, strome en ander watermassas tydens die aanhoudende swaar reën in dele van die land. Dit is omdat watervlakke wat vinnig styg en sterk strome aansienlike gevare inhou. Die departement se woordvoerder, Mandla […]
