# Controversial businessman Stuart James Scharnick has been arrested outside the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria following an alleged intimidation confrontation with Sowetan journalist Herman Moloi. Scharnick, an associate of suspended police deputy commissioner Shadrack Sibiya, was reportedly captured on camera during the incident. Scharnick had been attending proceedings involving National Coloured Congress leader and Member […]
# The High Court in Pretoria will hear arguments on former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s application for a discharge under Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Act on the 31st. The state has closed its case, while the defence argues prosecutors failed to establish a prima facie case. Mapisa-Nqakula faces 12 corruption charges and […]
# Ondersoeke na die noodlottige gebou-instorting in Ormonde, Johannesburg, het bevind balke en kolomme wat die betrokke betonblaaie gesteun het, was nie sterk genoeg vir die bykomende las nie. Nege werkers is dood en ses beseer toe ‘n deel van die tweede verdieping vroeër vanjaar ingetuimel het. Die minister van Openbare Werke en Infrastruktuur, Dean […]
# Self-proclaimed political fixer Brown Mogotsi is expected back in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court next Tuesday for his fourth bail application, based on new facts. The North West businessman Mogotsi today briefly appeared in court on allegations that he staged his own assassination attempt in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg, last year. He faces charges of […]
# Die N3 naby Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal bly gesluit nadat ‘n dieseltenkwa vanoggend gebots en aan die brand geslaan het. Die bestuurder is gered. Die voorval het op die noordwaartse rybaan gebeur, maar die voertuig het die middelman oorgesteek en aan die suidelike kant tot stilstand gekom. Brandstof het uitgelek en noodspanne het die gebied […]
# The N3 near Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal remains closed after a diesel tanker crashed and caught fire this morning. The driver has been rescued. The incident happened on the northbound carriageway, with the tanker crossing the median and coming to rest on the southbound side. Fuel was spilled, prompting emergency crews to secure the area. […]
# Investigations into the fatal Ormonde building collapse in Johannesburg have found that beams and columns supporting the affected slabs were not strong enough for additional construction loads. Nine workers died and six were injured when part of the second floor collapsed earlier this year. Public Works and Infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson says investigators raised […]
# Die voormalige burgemeester en huidige wykraadslid van Knysna, Aubrey Tsengwa, is in die Joodse Kamp-buurt doodgeskiet. Die Wes-Kaapse polisie sê die 48-jarige is in sy voertuig in Ngxalo-straat aangeval. Drie passasiers is gewond, van wie een in die hospitaal opgeneem is. Die aanvaller het weggehardloop en niemand is nog aangekeer nie. Tswenga het van […]
# Higher Education and Training deputy minister Nomusa Dube-Ncube is leading the launch of Higher Health’s first Comfort Room at Ekurhuleni East TVET College’s Springs Campus. The initiative, run by the non-profit organisation Higher Health, will provide students with a safe, accessible space for mental health support, gender-based violence, HIV services, discrimination concerns and other […]
