# Western Cape police are offering a 100-thousand-rand reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the killing of five people in Lavender Hill over the weekend. Gunmen stormed a house in the area, killing four men and a woman while three others were wounded. The Anti-Gang Unit has launched […]
# ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed confidence in the party’s electoral prospects in the local government elections, saying it will have plenty to celebrate after the November fourth polls. He made the remarks during a door-to-door campaign in Soweto yesterday. Soweto is expected to be a key battleground in the elections. Ramaphosa also defended […]
# US Attorney General Todd Blanche has denied claims that president Donald Trump is laying the groundwork to undermine next month’s midterm election results. This comes as the Justice Department has filed a lawsuit to block certification of Alaska’s Senate election if Republican incumbent senator Dan Sullivan loses. Predictions are that the Republican Party will […]
# Cricket: South Africa will be without fast bowler Anrich Nortjé for the third and final Test against Australia in Cape Town starting tomorrow. He sustained a groin injury in the second Test in Gqeberha. Gerald Coetzee is an almost like-for-like replacement but has not played a Test in nearly two years, and all-rounder Corbin […]
# Sonke Gender Justice veroordeel die ANC se nasionale voorsitter, Gwede Mantashe, se kru en minagtende reaksie op ‘n vraag deur ‘n Newzroom Afrika-joernalis oor bewerings dat munisipale raadslede in Noordwes seks eis van vroue in ruil vir werksgeleenthede. Mantashe het gereageer deur na vroulike geslagsdele te verwys. Die ANC het Mantashe intussen opdrag gegee […]
# Die Motorbedryf-personeelvereniging waarsku motoriste betaaldag-naweke is van die gevaarlikste tye op Suid-Afrikaanse paaie. Meer as 27-persent van noodlottige botsings word met alkohol verbind, terwyl ongeveer 12-duisend mense jaarliks op die paaie sterf. Meer as die helfte van die slagoffers is voetgangers. MISA se woordvoerder Phakamile Hlubi-Majola sê dronkbestuur sal slegs verbeter as mense ‘n […]
# Rugby: Die Italiaanse skeidsregter Andrea Piardi is volgende maand weer in beheer van ‘n Springbok-toets na verlede maand se omstrede wedstryd teen die Wallabies in Perth, toe hy in die laaste tien minute vier geelkaarte aan Australië uitgedeel het. Hy hanteer die 13de die Bokke se Nasieskampioenskapstoets teen Frankryk in Parys. Suid-Afrika speel die […]
# Madlanga Commission commissioner Sesi Baloyi says the media has enormous power and responsibility, but that power must be exercised fairly, independently and in the public interest. The distinguished lawyer delivered the keynote address at editors’ forum SANEF’s fundraising gala dinner in Houghton, Johannesburg, held under the theme, “Authoring Democracy’s Next Chapter.” Baloyo urged the […]
# Die parlementêre gekose komitee oor Veiligheid en Justisie vra streng interne hervorming in die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens. Die komitee het sy oorsig van die polisie se 2025/26-jaarverslag afgehandel en kommer uitgespreek oor die Ouditeur-generaal se ouditbevindings. Wesenlike bevindings oor aangemelde prestasie-inligting het met 35,71-persent gestyg, van 14 in die vorige siklus tot 19. Die komitee […]
