# Die Gautengse Onderwysdepartement het ‘n manlike onderwyser van Minerva Secondary School in Alexandra geskors na verskeie leerders se bewerings van seksuele wangedrag en teistering. Die bewerings hou verband met onbehoorlike kommunikasie tussen die leerkrag en leerders, wat na bewering in Junie begin het en deur WhatsApp en ander interaksies voortgeduur het. Die departement se […]
# DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis is urging Tshwane residents to give the party an outright victory in the November local government elections, arguing that coalition governments have failed to deliver stable and effective governance. Tensions have erupted between the metro’s coalition partners, with the ANC and EFF accusing ActionSA and mayor Nasiphi Moya of reneging […]
# The Gauteng Education Department has suspended a male teacher from Minerva Secondary School in Alexandra, following allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment by several learners. The allegations relate to inappropriate communication between the educator and several learners, which reportedly began in June and continued through WhatsApp and other interactions. The department’s spokesperson, Onwabile Lubhelwane, […]
# The MK Party and United Africans Transformation have applied for leave to appeal a Western Cape High Court order halting public hearings of Parliament’s Section 89 Impeachment Committee into President Cyril Ramaphosa. This follows the Constitutional Court’s refusal last week to hear a direct appeal, saying the matter was not in the interests of […]
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has launched the lawyers in police stations project to help improve criminal investigations and prosecutions. The initiative, run with the police and the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime, will place lawyers at police stations to train officers, improve statements and strengthen case dockets. Following a pilot at Grassy Park, […]
# The DA in Limpopo says Great North Transport is on the brink of collapse despite receiving nearly one-billion-rand in taxpayer funding since 2016. The party is opposing a further 200-million-rand bailout. The DA’s Jacques Smalle says the state-owned regional bus company has until the end of this month to present a plan to the […]
# City Power is stepping up efforts to fight electricity infrastructure crime in Alexandra. This follows the arrest of two suspects for allegedly tampering with electricity equipment over the weekend. One suspect was arrested after residents reported three men digging near a mini substation, while another was arrested in a separate incident. City Power’s Isaac […]
# Die vakbond Solidariteit het die sekuriteitsmaatskappy G4S en die Departement van Korrektiewe Dienste versoek om dringend met meer as 50 werknemers by die Mangaung Korrektiewe Sentrum in die Vrystaat te vergader wat sedert verlede maand nie hulle gewone salarisse ontvang het nie. Werkers is vasgevang in ‘n voortgesette regsgeskil oor die oorname van die […]
# Die MK-party en United Africans Transformation het aansoek gedoen om verlof tot appèl teen die bevel van die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof wat openbare verhore deur die Parlement se Artikel 89-ampsklagkomitee teen president Cyril Ramaphosa staak. Dit volg na die Konstitusionele Hof se weiering verlede week om ‘n direkte appèl aan te hoor, omdat die saak […]
