# A professor in Criminology at the University of Pretoria, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, says South Africa has 187-thousand-681 police personnel, but only about 25-thousand operational officers may be available at any time. The total includes 155-thousand-231 sworn officers and 32-thousand-413 civilians who don’t do frontline policing. Speaking to 702, he says after suspensions, leave and absenteeism, […]
# Vyf mense is gisteraand dood en elf beseer in ‘n botsing op die kruising tussen Ou Pretoria-hoofweg en Maxwell-rylaan in Midrand, Gauteng. Xolani Fihla van die Johannesburgse Metro-polisie sê ‘n taxi-bestuurder wat in ‘n noordelike rigting gery het, het na bewering ‘n rooi verkeerslig veronagsaam en teen twee voertuie gebots wat in ‘n oostelike […]
# Mpumalanga taxi boss Oupa “Bafana” Sindane has asked the Madlanga Commission to postpone his appearance until he is medically fit to attend and until an urgent application in the High Court in Pretoria is heard on October 6. He is seeking to interdict his testimony before the commission. Sindane’s lawyer, Thabani Masuku, says the […]
# Five people were killed and eleven injured in a three-vehicle crash at Old Pretoria Main Road and Maxwell Drive in Midrand, Gauteng, last night. Johannesburg Metro Police spokesperson Xolani Fihla says the driver of a taxi travelling northbound allegedly failed to stop at a red light and hit two vehicles travelling eastbound. The taxi […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse LUR vir Onderwys, Jaco Londt, sê die provinsiale Onderwysdepartement vra matrieks om die skoolvakansie verstandig te benut, met die eindeksamen wat oor slegs 20 dae begin. Meer as 71-duisend voltydse kandidate sal na verwagting vanjaar die Nasionale Senior Sertifikaat-eksamen in die provinsie skryf. Londt moedig matrieks aan om gebruik te maak van […]
# Rise Mzansi veroordeel die moord op 11 mense, insluitend ‘n swanger vrou, en die besering van drie in KwaMakhutha, KwaZulu-Natal. Woordvoerder Mabinda Seaba sê uiterste geweld het te algemeen geword en hulle eis besliste optrede, aanspreeklikheid en nuwe leierskap. Seaba vra die verwydering van onwettige vuurwapens, die ontwrigting van misdaadnetwerke deur vinnige optrede gegrond […]
# Die premier van KwaZulu-Natal, Thami Ntuli, sê die massaskietery in KwaMakhutha naby Durban kan verband hou met gevegte oor dwelmgebiede en onwettige vuurwapens. Die polisie soek na verdagtes nadat 11 mense, insluitend ‘n swanger vrou, in die Ziko-gebied doodgeskiet en nog drie gewond is. Ntuli sê berigte uit die gemeenskap dui op dwelmbedrywighede en […]
# South Africa could need more than 129.9-billion-rand to revive two mothballed State-owned refineries and strengthen energy security. The Central Energy Fund says reviving Sapref in Durban could cost about 116.1-billion-rand, with a final investment decision targeted for 2027/28. The Mossel Bay gas-to-liquids refinery would restart in phases, with the first phase costing about 5.8-billion-rand, […]
# Die George-munisipaliteit en die Wes-Kaapse regering het ‘n GO GEORGE-proefroete tussen George-middestad en George-lughawe ingestel. Dit sal weekliks nuwe reiskeuses aan buspassasiers bied, insluitende mense wat op die lughawe werk. Die munisipaliteit se woordvoerder, Ntobeko Mangqwengqwe, sê roete 19 sal daagliks van 5-uur soggens tot 8-uur saans bedryf word. Hy sê busse sal in […]
