# The Gauteng Provincial Government is urging residents, businesses and institutions to use water sparingly as consumption continues to rise across the province. Reservoir and tower storage levels are declining, despite pumping systems operating near full capacity. Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane account for about 70-percent of water supplied by Rand Water. The Government says repairing […]
# National Coloured Congress leader Fadiel Adams has corrected aspects of his testimony before the Madlanga commission. He acknowledged meeting Witness G before travelling to Orlando police station in Gauteng with another person. Adams opened a case alleging abuse of a police slush fund and wanted the political killings task team disbanded. He also clarified […]
# Grain SA says almost 700-million-rand could be lost across the soybean value chain because of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s approach to calculating location differentials. The organisation estimates a single-reference-point system could result in average transport deductions of 333-rand a tonne, compared with 113-rand under its proposed multi-reference model. Grain SA says the difference could […]
# Higher Education, Science and Innovation minister Blade Nzimande says the South African Women in Science Awards are vital in motivating women and encouraging girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Nzimande says the awards form part of a broader transformation programme, supported through scholarships, postgraduate funding and assistance for emerging researchers. […]
# National Coloured Congress leader and suspendend Member of Parliament Fadiel Adams has been warned against repeatedly relying on the late retired Major-General André Lincoln to support his testimony before the Madlanga commission. Evidence leader Lee Segeels-Ncube challenged Adams over claims that police dockets had been intercepted, asking what evidence supported those allegations. Adams defended […]
# Controversial businessman Stuart James Scharnick has been arrested outside the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria following an alleged intimidation confrontation with Sowetan journalist Herman Moloi. Scharnick, an associate of suspended police deputy commissioner Shadrack Sibiya, was reportedly captured on camera during the incident. Scharnick had been attending proceedings involving National Coloured Congress leader and Member […]
# The High Court in Pretoria will hear arguments on former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s application for a discharge under Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Act on the 31st. The state has closed its case, while the defence argues prosecutors failed to establish a prima facie case. Mapisa-Nqakula faces 12 corruption charges and […]
# Self-proclaimed political fixer Brown Mogotsi is expected back in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court next Tuesday for his fourth bail application, based on new facts. The North West businessman Mogotsi today briefly appeared in court on allegations that he staged his own assassination attempt in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg, last year. He faces charges of […]
# National Coloured Congress leader and suspended Member of Parliament Fadiel Adams has conceded retired police Major-General André Lincoln may have misled him about information relating to Crime Intelligence. He told the Madlanga commission he believed Lincoln because of his extensive knowledge of the Police Service and underworld. Confronted with evidence about the dockets by […]
