# A Grade 8 learner at Kuyasa High School in Dimbaza, Eastern Cape, has been stabbed to death, allegedly by a fellow learner. The alleged attacker is a Grade 10 learner who has been placed in suspension. Police have opened an inquest docket. Education Department spokesperson Malibongwe Mtima has condemned the incident. Psychosocial support has […]
# World Bank senior financial sector specialist Laura Pop has told the Madlanga Commission that countries need vetting systems tailored to their specific risks, institutions and governance challenges. Drawing on more than a decade of anti-corruption work in Ukraine, Moldova, Kenya and Albania, Pop says one-size-fits-all models cannot address local corruption effectively. She says extraordinary […]
# World Bank senior financial sector specialist Laura Pop has told the Madlanga Commission that a functioning judiciary alone cannot guarantee effective justice. Pop says weaknesses in system can undermine accountability and public confidence. She cites Kenya’s judicial vetting and Ukraine’s anti-corruption courts as examples of reforms aimed at addressing compromised institutions. Pop says extraordinary […]
# Former SAPS Head of Financial Services in the ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape, lieutenant colonel Pieter Andries Nel, has been convicted of 160 charges after admitting to defrauding the police of more than 1.2-million-rand. Nel pleaded guilty to 80 fraud and 80 money-laundering counts in the Upington Serious Commercial Crimes Court. Between 2022 and […]
# Retired South African Defence Force soldiers are taking the Defence Department to court amid reports that thousands of military retirees and their families could lose medical cover from November. The Regular Force Medical Continuation Fund has reportedly warned it can no longer pay claims because it is financially unsustainable. Retirees, disabled veterans, widows and […]
# Police have launched a manhunt after former SABC sports presenter and businessman Owen Ndlovu was allegedly abducted outside a church in Katlehong on the Gauteng East Rand. Police say Ndlovu was picking up his wife when three armed men confronted the couple. His wife was pushed aside before the suspects forced Ndlovu into his […]
# The Department of Electricity and Energy, CSIR and the World Bank Group have launched a strategic framework for offshore wind development in South Africa. The launch took place during the Africa Green Hydrogen Summit in Cape Town. Deputy minister Alexandra Abrahams says South Africa’s geographical position offers highly consistent coastal wind profiles, creating opportunities […]
# Police are investigating a case of murder after the body of an unidentified woman was discovered at a waste site in Copesville, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. The woman was found with her hands tied behind her back, while police say she had apparent burn injuries. The body was discovered by people collecting waste. The woman’s identity […]
# The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry says trade conditions improved marginally in July and August, but remain challenging. SACCI says its Present Conditions Index recovered from 35 in June to 42 in August. The chamber’s CEO Alan Mukoki warns rising crude oil prices could increase business input costs and affect spending. Meanwhile, […]
