# UK prime minister Andy Burnham is making changes to the government’s early release scheme for prisioners, which will see rapists, serious child sex offenders and grooming gang offenders excluded. It comes after he paused plans to release six-thousand prisoners early next month to ease overcrowding in jails. The country’s adult mens’ prisons are now […]
# Die Verkiesingskommissie het ʼn WhatsApp-kieserregistrasiediens bekendgestel om dit makliker te maak vir kwalifiserende landsburgers om te registreer vir November se plaaslike regerings-verkiesing. Meer as 1,7-miljoen mense het die OVK gekontak tydens verlede naweek se kieserregistrasienaweek. Vrydag is die sperdatum vir registrasie. Die OVK se uitvoerende hoof, Sy Mamabolo, sê die WhatsApp-platform laat gebruikers toe […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Taxiraad in Gauteng veroordeel die moord op sy provinsiale hoof van dissipline, Jabulani Ntshangase. Hy is Vrydag in Midrand doodgeskiet en niemand is nog in hegtenis geneem nie. Santaco se woordvoerder, Graham Fritz, sê Ntshangase het die taxibedryf met onderskeiding gedien. Hy vra die polisie om alles in hul vermoë te […]
# Rugby: Springbok assistant coach Deon Davids has quashed suggestions they see Saturday’s one-off Test against the Pumas in Buenos Aires as a warm-up for the series against New Zealand. A 26-man squad has travelled to Argentina while another group remained in Johannesburg to prepare for Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry. Davids says playing Los Pumas with […]
# Lede van die Tshwane Metropolisiedepartement het die afgelope naweek 66 motoriste in Sinoville, Akasia, Pretoria-Sentraal, Mamelodi, Cullinan en Hammanskraal in hegtenis geneem vir bestuur onder die invloed van alkohol. Dit was deel van ‘n reeks geteikende padveiligheidsoptredes. ‘n Polisiewoordvoerder, Puleng Motholo, sê die departement sal met die volle mag van die wet optree teen […]
# AfriForum is calling on the National Energy Regulator of South Africa to abandon its key performance indicators plan, saying this will not solve the country’s power distribution crisis in struggling municipalities. The KPIs aim to address technical management and operation aspects of municipal electricity reticulation systems, which could lead to improved efficiency and effectiveness […]
# Die Motorbedryf-personeelvereniging verwelkom die daling in die petrolprys, maar waarsku die skerp styging in diesel- en lampoliepryse gaan arm huishoudings swaar tref en voedselpryse laat styg. Die petrolprys daal om middernag met 52-sent per liter, maar diesel word tot een-rand-38-sent duurder, en lampolie een-rand-52-sent. MISA se woordvoerder, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, sê die regering moet maniere […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the Special Investigating Unit to investigate allegations of maladministration and unlawful conduct involving nine tenders linked to the operationalisation of the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality Police in the Free State. The probe will also scrutinise overpayments made to suppliers, as reflected in the municipality’s annual financial statements for the year […]
# Die vakverbond Cosatu sê hy is teleurgesteld oor president Cyril Ramaphosa se aanstelling van die Nasionale Raad oor Geslagsgeweld en Vrouemoord ná aanbevelings van die Parlement. Die raad bestaan uit sewe lede, insluitend akademici, ʼn geslagsaktivis, ʼn kliniese sielkundige en ʼn maatskaplike werker. Cosatu-woordvoerder Matthew Parks sê daar is geen verteenwoordigers uit byvoorbeeld die […]
