# The Parliament Portfolio Committee on Social Development has condemned the reported intimidation of South African Social Security Agency’s Eastern Cape Regional Manager, Bandile Maqethuka, in kuGompo. Maqethuka says the intimidation is linked to SASSA’s anti-fraud operations to recover more than 10-million-rand allegedly stolen from the agency’s system. Committee chairperson Bridget Masango says threats of […]
# Die waarnemende minister van Polisie, Firoz Cachalia, het ʼn oorsigbesoek aan Ekurhuleni gebring om die polisie se gereedheid en vermoë op stasie-vlak te bepaal. Hy het die polisiekantore in Kemptonpark en Tembisa besoek en gefokus op geslagsgeweld, vrouemoord en ondersteuning aan slagoffers. Die ministerie se woordvoerder, Kamogelo Mogotsi, sê Cachalia het ná die onlangse […]
# The Border Management Authority and the South African Revenue Service say more than one-thousand-800 trucks were processed in a single day at the Lebombo Port of Entry in Komatipoort, Mpumalanga, amid ongoing congestion. BMA spokesperson Mmemme Mogotsi says authorities are working with Mozambican counterparts and other stakeholders to improve the movement of traffic while […]
# Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has conducted an oversight visit to Ekurhuleni to assess police readiness and capacity at station level. The visit included Kempton Park and Tembisa police stations, with a focus on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide and support for victims. The ministry’s spokesperson, Kamogelo Mogotsi says Cachalia inspected the GBV desks and […]
# Die Dierebeskermingsvereniging se Nasionale Raad ondersoek die SAPD-hond, Sky, se dood by die Roodeplaat-fasiliteit in Pretoria. Die raad sê hy het inspeksie gedoen by die fasiliteit, maar wag nog vir noodsaaklike inligting en dokumente voor die ondersoek afgehandel kan word. Intussen het die voorsitter van die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Polisie, Ian Cameron, gesê die […]
# The National Council of the SPCA is investigating the death of SAPS service dog Sky at the Roodeplaat facility, in Pretoria. The Council has inspected the facility but says it is still waiting for vital information and supporting documents before the investigation can be concluded. Meanwhile, the chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police, […]
# Die regering en die Nuwe Ontwikkelingsbank het ‘n leningsooreenkoms ter waarde van ongeveer drie-miljard-rand aangegaan om ‘n grootmaatwatervoorsieningsprojek in Limpopo te ondersteun. Die befondsing sal aangewend word vir die eerste fase van die Olifants-bestuursmodelprogram. Die projek sal water aan gemeenskappe en nywerheidsverbruikers in die Mogalakwena-munisipaliteit voorsien, uit die Flag Boshielo-dam in die Olifantsrivier. Die […]
# The government and the New Development Bank have signed a loan agreement worth about three-billion-rand to support a bulk water supply project in Limpopo. The funding will go towards the first stage of the Olifants Management Model Programme. The project will provide water to communities and industrial users in Mogalakwena Municipality, using water from […]
# The GOOD Party opposes the DA’s Electoral Court application challenging its candidate lists for the local government elections on 4 November. GOOD argues its single-candidate proportional representation lists were certified by the Electoral Commission and comply with the law. GOOD secretary-general Brett Herron says the party’s legal team is also checking whether DA mayoral […]
