# The prison escape trial of convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester, Nandipha Magudumana and their co-accused will run in the Free State High Court from 19 April to 18 June next year. They face charges including aiding and abetting escape, arson and violating a corpse. During their brief pre-trial appearance today, Bester’s lawyer, MoAfrica […]
# Die taxibaas Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni sê die Shongwe-kommissie het bevind slagoffers van taxiverwante geweld in Gauteng is met hoëkalibergewere en ander vuurwapens doodgeskiet. Sibanyoni het voor die Madlanga-kommissie getuig die wapens is soortgelyk aan dié wat staatsinstellings soos die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag en die polisie gebruik. Hy sê die kommissie het Ezinkabi ook geïdentifiseer […]
# Taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni says the Shongwe commission found that victims of taxi-related violence in Gauteng were shot with high-calibre rifles and other firearms. Sibanyoni told the Madlanga commission some weapons were similar to those issued to state agencies, including the South African National Defence Force and police. He says the commission also […]
# Die DA in die Wes-Kaap neem kennis van die ANC se erkenning dat voortdurende moorde en geweldsmisdaad gemeenskappe in die provinsie raak en dringend aandag verg. Gillion Bosman van die DA sê dit is egter nie genoeg om die probleem net te erken nie en vra ANC-lede in die provinsiale wetgewer om hul invloed […]
# Die vakbondfederasie COSATU prys SAMWU vir sy volgehoue stryd namens werkers van die Msunduzi Plaaslike-munisipaliteit in KwaZulu-Natal en die Kannaland Plaaslike-munisipaliteit in die Wes-Kaap. Die vakbond het opgetree teen die praktyk om werknemers vir jare op kontrakte aan te hou en die versuim om uitstaande oortydbetalings te vereffen. COSATU se woordvoerder, Nonzuzo Dlamini, sê […]
# Vyf van die ses Suid-Afrikaners wat vermis word na die verwoestende oorstromings in Nepal en Tibet is van KwaZulu-Natal. Die LUR vir Vervoer en Menslike Nedersettings, Siboniso Duma, sê die ander een is van KuGompo City in die Oos-Kaap. Minstens 270 mense is volgens berigte dood en meer as een-duisend-300 is nog nie opgespoor […]
# Five of the six South African citizens missing after the devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet are from KwaZulu-Natal. Transport and Human Settlements MEC, Siboniso Duma, says the other one is from KuGumpo City in the Eastern Cape. At least 270 people have reportedly died, while over one-thousand-300 are still unaccounted for. The department’s […]
# The DA in the Western Cape has noted the recognition by the ANC that the persistent killings and violent crime affecting communities across the province require urgent attention. The DA’s Gillion Bosman says however, recognising the problem is not enough. He is calling on ANC members of the provincial legislature to use their influence […]
# Union federation COSATU says it commends the South African Municipal Workers’ Union for standing firm for workers in the Msunduzi Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal and Kannaland Local Municipality in the Western Cape. The union pushed back against exploitative practices of retaining personnel in contracts for years and the non-payment of outstanding overtime. COSATU’s spokesperson, […]
