# Two alleged victims in the rape and sexual grooming case against former deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya have urged the Randburg Magistrate’s Court to keep him behind bars. In victim impact statements read in court, they expressed fears for their safety if Sibiya were to be released on bail. The 16-year-old complainant alleges […]
#AfriForum says the City of Johannesburg’s consideration of private sector involvement in water supply shows that the current municipal service delivery model is failing residents. The organisation believes communities should have alternatives to unreliable municipal services. AfriForum’s Lambert de Klerk says private companies and community organisations should be allowed to help provide water services to […]
# Die ANC-Vroueliga veroordeel Saterdag se moord op drie vrouebestuurders in ‘n Boxer-winkel in Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal. ‘n Medewerknemer is daardie oggend ontslaan na ‘n tugverhoor ontslaan en het ‘n vergadering met die bestuurders gevra waar hy hulle toe na bewering geskiet het. Die verdagte het van die toneel gevlug. Die liga sê die voorval, twee […]
# The DA urges the Eastern Cape government to strengthen measures to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease following its confirmation in kudu at Addo Elephant National Park. The source of the infection and any links to other outbreaks remain under investigation. The party’s Heinrich Müller calls for better monitoring in nature reserves, tighter controls […]
# Die voormalige adjunk-nasionale polisiekommissaris Shadrack Sibiya se regsverteenwoordiger, Estelle Kilian, het in die Randburgse Landdroshof in Gauteng aangevoer hy is nie ‘n vlugrisiko nie en sal nie inmeng met getuies nie. Sibiya doen aansoek om borgtog in sy seksuele misdrywe-saak. Kilian sê hy het onderneem om nie met staatsgetuies in verbinding te tree nie. […]
# Die DA vra die Stad Tshwane om rioollekkasies in Chantelle, The Orchards, dringend te herstel. Woordvoerder Leanne de Jager sê rou riool loop oor in ‘n vleiland langs ‘n kleuterskool en huise, ondanks herhaaldelike aanmelding deur inwoners. Sy sê inwoners kla oor ‘n oorweldigende stank, asook slange en knaagdiere wat deur die besoedeling gelok […]
# Die adjunkminister van Polisie, Polly Boshielo, sê geregsdienaars sal in verskeie provinsies ontplooi word om politieke moorde te voorkom voor volgende maand se plaaslike regeringsverkiesing. Dit volg op ‘n skietvoorval in Katlehong, Gauteng, waarin vier lede van die ANC-Jeugliga dood en drie beseer is. Hulle het vooraf ‘n gedenkdiens vir die vermoorde plaaslike ANC-leier, […]
# Famous South African musician David Kramer announced the unexpected death of his wife, Renaye. The couple was together since their school days in Worcester in the Western Cape in the 1960s and shares two daughters, Jesse and Amy. Seventy-five-year-old Kramer writes on social media he is heartbroken over Renaye’s death, but doesn’t revealed the […]
# Former deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya’s lawyer, Estelle Kilian, has told the Randburg Magistrate’s Court in Gauteng he is not a flight risk and will not interfere with witnesses. Sibiya is seeking bail on sexual offences. Kilian says he has undertaken not to contact state witnesses, whose identities are largely unknown to him. […]
