# Die Johannesburgse Metropolisiedepartement stel ondersoek in nadat ʼn video aan die lig gekom het waarin beamptes ʼn motoris aanrand. Op die beeldmateriaal wat met ʼn paneel-kamera geneem is, trek beamptes ʼn motoris af waarna een sy hande om die motoris sit en hom begin wurg. Die departement se woordvoerder, Xolani Fihla, sê hulle veroordeel […]
# Die polisie in Tshwane het gister 358 verdagtes in hegtenis geneem tydens ʼn multidissiplinêre misdaad-voorkomingsoperasie in Mabopane en Loate. Die misdade sluit in moord, poging tot moord en gewapende roof. Polisiewoordvoerder Johan van Dyk sê 108 boetes ter waarde van 82-duisend-100-rand is ingevolge die Nasionale Wet op Padverkeer uitgereik en 12 taxi’s is geskut […]
# Canadian prime minister Mark Carney says they will continue to negotiate a new trade deal with the US, but is willing to respond should the new threatened tariffs come into effect. President Donald Trump’s administration announced new 50-percent tariffs on a range of Canadian goods from the 19th of August. Carney says everything’s on the […]
# Die GOOD-party het die Stad Kaapstad se elektrisiteitbelegging van ses-miljard-rand gekritiseer en sê dit wys nie hoeveel werklik bestee is nie, terwyl lae-inkomste gemeenskappe benadeel word. Sekretaris-generaal Brett Herron verwerp die onderneming om inwoners teen Eskom-verhogings te beskerm met tariefverhogings wat laer is as wat die Nasionale Energiereguleerder toelaat. Hy sê dit sluit die […]
# Motorsport: Mercedes’ George Russell describes his season, which he started as clear favourite for the world championship title, as an emotional rollercoaster. A battery deployment failure and a collision with Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari at last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix resulted in his second Did Not Finish. The Briton sits 50 points behind teammate and […]
# The US military completed the 13th consecutive night of strikes against Iran, with reports claiming that four people were killed. The US Central Command says it targeted Iranian military command centres, drone storage facilities, communication networks, coastal surveillance sites, and maritime capabilities. It says this will further diminish the threat Tehran poses to civilian […]
# The DA says the resignation of Public Investment Corporation board chairperson David Masondo is not enough to restore confidence in Africa’s largest asset manager. This followed the precautionary suspension of CEO Patrick Dlamini and the resignation of six non-executive directors. The DA’s Andrew Bateman says new directors will be required to chart a difficult […]
# Die ANC in Ekurhuleni verwelkom die metro se 56 nuwe operasionele voertuie om noodsaaklike dienste te versterk, afhanklikheid van kontrakteurs te verminder en plaaslike regering te herstel. Die voertuie sal ontplooi word in diensleweringsdepartemente soos Water en Sanitasie, Energie, en Vervoer-bestuur. Die ANC-streeksekretaris, Jongizizwe Dlabathi, sê hierdie belegging toon die metro se toewyding om belangrike […]
# The City of Ekurhuleni says that at the end of May this year, its total outstanding creditor balance was approximately eight-billion-rand. About 50-percent of this amount related to current invoices that had not yet reached their payment due dates. However, the metro only has two-billion-rand in its bank account. Ekurhuleni owes Eskom 5.7-billion-rand, Rand […]
