# The Gauteng Department of Community Safety has urged courier companies and delivery drivers to remain vigilant following a rise in hijackings targeting courier vehicles. Authorities recently arrested five suspects linked to a courier hijacking, while two alleged robbery suspects were fatally wounded during a separate police operation in Boksburg. The department spokesperson Ofentse Morwane […]
# Amnestie Internasionaal sê Indië voorsien steeds wapens aan Israel ondanks die beduidende gevaar dat dit gebruik kan word in die voortslepende volksmoord op Palestyne in Gaza. Ondersoekers het twee-duisend-596 verskepings van wapens, ammunisie, onderdele en toerusting ontleed wat sedert 7 Oktober 2023 van Indië na Israel gestuur is. Indiese ondernemings het minstens 390-duisend-516 kleinwapenonderdele […]
# The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association has welcomed a new fast-tracked payment system for independent power producers affected by electricity curtailment. Under the new mechanism, the National Transmission Company South Africa will pay the full estimated value of compensation claims upfront before final verification. SAPVIA says the move will ease cash-flow pressures, particularly for […]
# Die polisie in Tshwane het gister 376 verdagtes in Bronkhorstspruit en Ekangala aangekeer tydens ‘n multidissiplinêre misdaadvoorkomingsoperasie. Hulle word verdink van misdade soos moord, poging tot moord en gewapende roof. Polisiewoordvoerder Johan van Dyk sê 44 ongedokumenteerde buitelanders is aangehou en aan immigrasie-amptenare oorhandig. Veertien spaza-winkels is ondersoek en agt eienaars beboet omdat hulle […]
# Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry says 13 countries have backed its proposal to establish a Maritime Defence Alliance to protect international shipping routes and global trade. This follows the disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, which normally carries about 20-percent of global oil and gas exports, due to the US-Iranian conflict. The countries in favour of […]
# African and global aviation organisations are urging African countries to implement Advanced Passenger Information and Passenger Name Record systems to strengthen border security and improve travel. The African Airlines Association, Airlines Association of Southern Africa and International Air Transport Association say the systems should follow international standards while protecting passenger data. The bodies say […]
# Amnesty International says India continues to supply arms to Israel, despite the substantial risk they could be used in the ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Its investigators analysed two-thousand-596 shipments of weapons, ammunition, parts and components shipped from India to Israel since 7 October 2023. Indian companies have supplied at least 390-thousad-516 small […]
# Die burgemeester van Kaapstad, Geordin Hill-Lewis, sê die metro se kapitale uitgawes van meer as 12,2-miljard-rand vir die 2025/2026-boekjaar is nie net ‘n rekord-infrastruktuurbelegging vir Kaapstad nie, maar ‘n Suid-Afrikaanse rekord vir ‘n stad in ‘n enkele jaar. Nagenoeg 75-persent van die metro se infrastruktuurbelegging hou ‘n regstreekse voordeel in vir laerinkomste-huishoudings. Hill-Lewis sê […]
# Die Parlement se Staande Komitee oor Finansies sê die aanstelling van die adjunkminister van Beplanning, Monitering en Evaluering, Seiso Mohai, as raadsvoorsitter van die Openbare Beleggingskorporasie, is ‘n belangrike stap om bestendigheid in die regering te versterk. Hy vervang die adjunkminister van Finansies, David Masondo, wat verlede week die sesde persoon geword het om […]
