# Three more suspects, aged between 17 and 20-years-old, have been arrested for the Westbury double murder in Gauteng. This brings the total number of arrested suspects to five, following the shooting of a group of teenagers in which two were killed and several others were wounded last month. Police spokesperson, Brenda Muridili, says the […]
# Amnesty International South Africa has accused the government of failing the lives of five million people living in informal settlements, many of them living on flood-prone land. Its latest report, Flooded and Forgotten: Informal Settlements and the Right to Housing in South Africa, examines the incidence and impact of floods on residents of informal […]
# Former US president George W Bush has paid tribute to former vice-president, Dick Cheney. The 84-year-old, who served under Bush passed away due to complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease. Cheney was a central figure in the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the US and allied forces. Bush says history will remember […]
# Cricket: Pakistan defeated South Africa by two wickets in Faisalabad, to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series. Quinton de Kock top-scored with 63 off 71 balls, while debutant Lhuan-dré Pretorius scored 57 as the Proteas were bowled out for 263 in 49.1 overs. Naseem Shah and Abrar Ahmed claimed three wickets […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Polisie het die Polisiediens en die Reguleringsowerheid vir die Privaat Sekerheidsbedryf gekritiseer vir herhalende ouditmislukkings en swak gevolgbestuur. Die komitee het die SAPD se onreëlmatige besteding van 650-miljoen-rand bevraagteken, insluitend ‘n tender vir die lewering van mediese dienste wat toegestaan is aan Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala – wat van poging tot […]
# Kroonprins Mohammed bin Salman van Saoedi-Arabië bring op 18 November ‘n amptelike werksbesoek aan die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, in die Withuis. Dit vind plaas te midde van Trump se poging om sy land te oortuig om by die lys nasies aan te sluit wat reeds Abraham-ooreenkomste onderteken het. Die ooreenkomste is in 2020 […]
# Rugby: Rassie Erasmus hou die Franse afrigter, Fabian Galthie, aan die raai en gaan eers Donderdag die Springbok-span aankondig vir Saterdag se kragmeting. Hy kondig gewoonlik die groep op die Dinsdag voor ‘n wedstryd aan. Die botsing op die Stade de France in Parys sal die eerste tussen die twee lande wees sedert Suid-Afrika […]
# Convicted Australian murderer, Erin Patterson, has officially lodged an appeal against her convictions. The 51-year-old was sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 33 years in September for murdering three relatives and trying to kill another with a toxic mushroom meal at her home in the state of Victoria in 2023. The […]
# Die GOOD-party sê kritiek teen die staat se instelling van grondhervormings- en swart ekonomiese bemagtigingsbeleid is geregverdig, maar om die behoefte aan hervormende beleide teen te staan, is iets anders. Die bekende Suid-Afrikaanse gholfspeler Gary Player het gevra vir die dringende herroeping van die Wet op Swart Ekonomiese Bemagtiging, omdat dit volgens hom ‘n […]
