# Die Minister van Binnelandse Sake, Leon Schreiber, het die arrestasie verwelkom van ‘n amptenaar van die Grensbestuursowerheid wat van korrupsie by die Maseru-grenspos beskuldig word. Die amptenaar is in hegtenis geneem na ‘n gesamentlike ondersoek waarby Binnelandse Sake se Teenkorrupsie-tak, die SAPD se Misdaadintelligensie-eenheid en Ladybrand-speurders betrokke was. Die beampte het na bewering ‘n […]
# Die Madlanga-kommissie het bewerings van afpersing en korrupsie teen die senior ondersoeker van die Ondersoekdirektoraat Teen Korrupsie, Suneel Bellochun, aangehoor. Die ondersoeker was onlangs betrokke by sakeman Vusimusi Matlala se pleitooreenkoms oor die SAPD-Medicare24-tender. Bellochun het na bewering gereelde beskermingsbetalings geëis van ongedokumenteerde Pakistanse spaza-winkeleienaars in die Oos-Kaap. Getuie N het bankrekords ingedien wat […]
# Die Johannesburg Crisis Alliance waarsku die stad se verergerende afvalbestuursmislukkings is besig om in ‘n openbare gesondheidsnoodtoestand te ontaard. Die organisasie sê voortgesette vertragings met die verwydering van vullis skep gesondheids-, omgewings- en veiligheidsrisiko’s vir inwoners. Die Alliansie skryf die krisis toe aan arbeidsgeskille, swak kontrakteursprestasie, finansiële beperkings en swak langtermynbeplanning. Hy sê Pikitup […]
# Two men have been arrested after officers discovered a hijacked vehicle and suspected human organs at a residence in Naledi, Soweto. Johannesburg Metro Police spokesperson Xolani Fihla says the Tactical Response Unit followed up on a tip-off about a vehicle being stripped at the property. He explained that further search of the yard uncovered […]
# Die voormalige burgemeester van Newcastle, Ntuthuko Mahlaba, word vandag tydens ‘n amptelike provinsiale begrafnis in die dorpie Nkande in eNquthu, KwaZulu-Natal ter ruste gelê. Mahlaba is dood nadat hy Sondag deur ‘n voertuig getref is terwyl hy in sy tuisdorp gedraf het. As ‘n voormalige LUR en lid van die ANC se provinsiale taakspan […]
# Die Tshwane Metropolisie het omvattende padsluitings rondom die Loftus Versfeld-stadion aangekondig vir vandag se wedstryd tussen die Springbokke en Skotland. Verskeie paaie, insluitend Kirkness-, Park-, Bond-, Eastwood- en dele van Arcadia-strate, sal geraak word. Motoriste word versoek om die omgewing rondom die stadion te vermy en alternatiewe roetes soos Francis Baard-, Pretorius- en Justice […]
# Farmers in Mpumalanga have raised concerns over delays in the rollout of Foot and Mouth disease vaccines, warning the current pace is too slow. The Red Meat Producers Organisation says only 33-thousand-500 cattle have been vaccinated from 61-thousand doses received. The Gert Sibande District remains the hardest hit by the outbreak. Provincial manager Hennie […]
# Former Newcastle mayor Ntuthuko Mahlaba is being laid to rest today at an official provincial funeral in Nkande Village, eNquthu, KwaZulu-Natal. Mahlaba died after being struck by a vehicle while jogging in his hometown last Sunday. A former MEC and ANC Provincial Task Team member, he also held several senior leadership positions within the […]
# The Madlanga Commission has heard allegations of extortion and corruption against senior investigator of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption, Suneel Bellochun. The investigator was recently involved in businessman Vusimusi Matlala’s plea deal on the SAPS-Medicare24 tender. Bellochun allegedly demanded regular protection payments from undocumented Pakistani spaza shop owners in the Eastern Cape. Witness N submitted […]
