# Die sakeman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala weier om vrae te beantwoord voor die Madlanga-kommissie wat hom moontlik kan benadeel. Dit handel veral oor die Medicare24-kontrak, wat die onderwerp is van hangende strafregtelike aanklagte. Die Polisiediens het sy onderneming gekontrakteer om gesondheids- en risikoverwante dienste te lewer, maar die tender is intussen beëindig. Matlala sê die […]
# The City of Cape Town is hosting a Housing Investment Connect Conference in Century City to accelerate affordable housing delivery and attract private-sector investment. Human Settlements Mayoral Committee Member Carl Pophaim told the SABC that rising population is making housing an increasingly urgent need. The conference discusses unlocking municipal land, streamlining development regulations, promoting […]
# Political economist Patrick Bond says the Constitutional Court ruling blocking Shell and Impact Africa from conducting offshore seismic testing along the Wild Coast goes beyond stopping an oil and gas project. The court handed down the ruling on 15 August, overturning a 2024 Supreme Court of Appeal judgment. Bond says the decision recognises environmental, […]
# Businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has invoked his right against self-incrimination at the Madlanga commission. He says his privilege applies specifically to the Medicare24 contract, which is the subject of pending criminal charges. Matlala says his company was previously contracted by the Police Service to provide health and risk-related services, but the tender has since […]
# The City of Johannesburg says the Johannesburg International Transport Interchange is expected to start operating before the end of 2026. City spokesperson Virgil James says the tender for a managing service provider was concluded, and a 60-day public participation process is required under the Municipal Finance Management Act. He says the facility will have […]
# Suid-Afrikaanse huishoudings ondervind ‘n verergerende bekostigbaarheids-krisis, ondanks ‘n tydperk van gedempte amptelike voedselinflasie. ‘n Peiling deur die Pietermaritzburgse Ekonomiese Geregtigheids- en Waardigheids-organisasie toon dat die koste van ‘n noodsaaklike voedselmandjie mense se inkomste aansienlik oorskry, wat talle gesinne laat sukkel om basiese voeding te verseker. Woordvoerder Mervyn Abrahams sê daar is ‘n erge gaping […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag en die polisie van Limpopo het oorgrens-misdaadoperasies naby die Zimbabwiese grens verskerp. Operasies wat tussen Donderdag en gister uitgevoer is, het daartoe gelei dat sewe vermoedelik gesteelde voertuie teruggevind en beslag gelê is op onwettige sigarette van meer as 800-duisend-rand. Polisiewoordvoerder Malesela Ledwaba sê die optredes het gefokus op die […]
# Vier verdagtes tussen 23- en 53-jaar-oud is in Bellville, Kaapstad, in hegtenis geneem vir afpersing. ‘n Polisiewoordvoerder, Novela Potelwa, sê hulle is drie familielede van Nyanga, waarvan een ‘n polisiekonstabel is, en ‘n Somaliese sakeman wat na bewering geld ingesamel het namens die afpersingsnetwerk. Sy sê hulle het na bewering geld afgepers by meer […]
# The DA says a 197.4-million-rand Gauteng Traffic Police Airwing contract breached procurement rules, with 156.4-million-rand already paid. The DA’s Michael Sun says four officials have been implicated, but none have been suspended or disciplined. He says the contract with Simunye Air Charter was terminated in January after auditor-general findings and a referral to the […]
