# A six-year-old girl is in critical condition after being stabbed multiple times inside a classroom at a special needs school in Umhlali on KwaZulu-Natal’s North Coast this morning. She was taken to a specialist facility under advanced life support care. Police say a teenage suspect, reportedly a former learner, forced his way onto the […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse regering bied van vandag tot Donderdag gratis voertuigveiligheidstoetse vir leerdervervoer- en openbare vervoer-voertuie aan as deel van Mobiliteitsmaand. Dit vind van agt-uur soggens tot drie-uur namiddag by die Gene Louw-verkeerskollege en deelnemende toetssentrums plaas. Die hoofdirekteur, Maxine Bezuidenhout, sê gekwalifiseerde beamptes sal bande, remme, ligte en die onderstel nagaan en motoriste voorsien […]
# The Western Cape government is offering free vehicle safety checks for learners and public transport vehicles from today until Thursday as part of Mobility Month. Checks run from 8am to 3pm at Gene Louw Traffic College and participating testing centres. Mobility chief director Maxine Bezuidenhout says the assessments by qualified examiners will check tyres, […]
# Altesaam 474 verdagtes is tydens weeklikse misdaadbekampingsoperasies in Kaapstad weens verskeie misdade aangekeer. Twee verdagtes word verbind met die moord op twee mense en ‘n kaping in Cafda. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Veiligheid en Sekerheid, JP Smith, sê die stad sal aanhou druk uitoefen vir meer ondersoek- en forensiese bevoegdhede om misdaad beter te bestry. […]
# Die Tuinroete-distriksmunisipaliteit in die Wes-Kaap moedig inwoners aan om meer bome te plant om gemeenskappe beter toe te rus vir stygende temperature en toekomstige hittegolwe. Die naderende El Niño en voorspellings van uiters warm somertemperature in 2027 kan ‘n uitdaging wees vir Suid-Afrikaners. Woordvoerder, Herman Pieters, sê om bome te plant bied ‘n praktiese, […]
# Standard Bank has secured the full debt financing for a nine-billion-rand programme to modernise Gautrain over the next 15 years. The investment will be managed by new concessionaire, Sihamba Sonke Mobility after taking over the system’s operations and maintenance in September. Plans include refurbishing 24 trains, buying eight new ones, upgrading stations and signalling […]
# Die Motorbedryfpersoneelvereniging is gekant teen voorgestelde verhogings in voertuigregistrasie- en lisensiefooie in Gauteng. Die provinsie beplan om registrasiefooie tot 40-rand te verhoog en fooie vir die hernuwing van lisensieskyfies op te skuif tot 156-rand – die hoogste in die land vir voertuie onder drie-duisend-500-kilogram. Woordvoerder Phakamile Hlubi-Majola sê die verhogings kom op ‘n tydstip […]
# The Motor Industry Staff Association opposes proposed increases to vehicle registration and licence fees in Gauteng. The province plans to raise registration fees to 40-rand and increase licence disc renewal fees by 24-rand to 156-rand, the highest in the country for vehicles under three-thousand-500 kilograms. Spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says the hikes come as petrol […]
# The Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape is urging residents to plant more trees to help communities cope with rising temperatures and future heatwaves. The approaching El Niño weather cycle and forecasts of soaring summer temperatures could make 2027 a challenging year for South Africans. The municipality’s spokesperson, Herman Pieters, says planting […]
