# The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation welcomes the High Court in Johannesburg’s 326-million-rand asset forfeiture order against the Hangwani Maumela syndicate, but says it’s not enough. Spokesperson Anele Gcwabe urges the National Prosecuting Authority to prosecute all those implicated in the alleged two-billion-rand Tembisa Hospital corruption scandal in Gauteng, and the blacklisting of companies linked to […]
# Women and Men Against Child Abuse sê herhaalde vertragings met die vonnisoplegging van die veroordeelde pedofiel, Iain Wares, ontsê sy slagoffer geregtigheid. Die voormalige onderwyser aan Rondebosch Boys Primary in Kaapstad is skuldig bevind in ‘n geskiedkundige saak van seksuele misbruik meer as drie dekades gelede teenoor ‘n leerder, wat destyds 12-jaar-oud was. Die […]
# City Power in Johannesburg sê kabeldiefstal, opsetlike beskadiging en ander infrastruktuurverwante voorvalle het die onderneming in slegs een naweek meer as 311-duisend-rand gekos. Woordvoerder Isaac Mangena sê daar was tussen Donderdag en Sondag 19 voorvalle, insluitend kabeldiefstal, brande by substasies en opsetlike beskadiging. Die grootste enkele diefstal was in Jeppestown waar sowat 400-meter koperkabel […]
# AfriForum has called on police to provide an update on the investigation into former Johannesburg mayor Thapelo Amad’s alleged reckless handling of a firearm. He allegedly appeared in a video discharging a firearm in public in April. AfriForum’s Jacques Broodryk says they lodged a criminal complaint with police, alleging contraventions of the Firearms Control […]
# City Power in Johannesburg says cable theft, vandalism, and other infrastructure-related incidents cost the utility more than 311-thousand-rand in one weekend. Spokesperson Isaac Mangena says the power utility recorded 19 incidents, including cable theft, substation fires, and vandalism, between Thursday and Sunday. He says the biggest theft involved about 400 metres of copper cable […]
# Women and Men Against Child Abuse says the repeated delays in the sentencing of convicted paedophile Iain Wares are denying his victim justice. The former teacher from Rondebosch Boys Primary in Cape Town was convicted in a historic sexual abuse case in which he violated a learner who was 12-years-old at the time of […]
# ActionSA in die Wes-Kaap sê hy is bekommerd na ‘n toesigbesoek aan die Sarepta-ouetehuis in Kuilsrivier, wat bevind het die fasiliteit is onder ernstige operasionele en finansiële druk. Sarepta huisves tans 136 inwoners, waarvan nagenoeg 60-persent psigiatriese pasiënte is wat uit hospitale in die sorg van die inrigting ontslaan is. Stephan Gerber van ActionSA […]
# Die DA sê die Stad Tshwane moet dringend die installering van watermeters en verwante infrastruktuur in Hammanskraal afhandel. Dit volg na die opdrag om die Magalies-verpakkingsaanleg op te rig. Inwoners kla lankal oor hul watergehalte, ʼn probleem wat ná die dodelike cholera-uitbreking in 2023 vererger het. Themba Fosi van die DA sê indien die […]
# ActionSA in the Western Cape says it is alarmed by findings from an oversight visit at Sarepta Old Age Home in Kuilsrivier, where it revealed a facility under severe operational and financial strain. Sarepta currently accommodates 136 residents, with approximately 60-percent of these psychiatric patients who have been discharged from hospitals into the facility’s […]
