# The state has told the Brakpan Magistrate’s Court that former SAPS Special Task Force member Matipandile Sotheni was found with a cellphone while in custody. Prosecutor Trott Mphahlele says the phone was discovered during a prison search on 2 September and was allegedly used to communicate with someone outside the facility about his murder […]
# The DA in Gauteng is demanding an opening date for the Women’s Living Heritage Monument in Pretoria. Spokesperson Leanne de Jager welcomes the issuing of the monument’s long-awaited occupancy certificate, but says the 200-million-rand facility must now open to the public. The monument has remained closed since 2018 amid construction and compliance problems. De […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse Onderwysdepartement belê 44-miljoen-rand in sy Matriekskoolvakansieprogram voor die eindeksamen. Die fondse word verdeel oor herfs-, winter- en lenteskole. Die DA-lid, Peter Johnson, verwelkom die stap en sê ‘n verdere 25-miljoen-rand per jaar gaan aan wiskunde- en wetenskaps-ondersteuning:
# Solidarity has expressed concern over growing mining retrenchments after Sibanye-Stillwater announced one-thousand-114 employees and contractors could be affected by restructuring at its Kwezi shaft in Rustenburg, North West. Spokesperson Willie Venter says one-thousand-214 jobs are under threat at De Beers’ Venetia mine and one-thousand-800 at Petra Diamonds’ Finsch and Cullinan mines. He says it’s […]
# Western Cape MEC Ivan Meyer opened EOT Solutions’ new 30-million-rand advanced manufacturing facility at Freeport Saldanha in the Western Cape. The facility supports about 15 direct jobs and introduces world-class metal processing technology, including one of South Africa’s largest fibre laser beam cutting machines. Meyer says the investment supports the province’s Growth for Jobs […]
# Die EFF se burgemeesterskandidaat vir Johannesburg, Tlaleng Mofokeng, sê die stad het vergeet van sy mandaat en dompel inwoners in ‘n bestuurskrisis. Sy het tydens ‘n debat op SABC-TV oor die komende plaaslike regeringsverkiesing gesê dienslewering het in duie gestort, infrastruktuur het agteruitgaan en aanspreeklikheid ontbreek. Mofokeng sê dringende ingryping word benodig om Johannesburg […]
# ActionSA says it must be made clear to Ekurhuleni residents that the ANC has no appetite for insourcing, having voted against an insourcing motion in 2022.The party’s Tumelo Tshabalala says Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza announced 593 cleaning and security posts in March, but six months later none have been filled despite budget approval. He argues […]
# ActionSA se burgemeesterskandidaat vir Ontwikkelingsbeplanning in Johannesburg, Ayanda Allie, sê ontwikkelingsbeplanning het agteruitgegaan. Sy sê die metro slaag nie daarin om munisipale verordeninge toe te pas, onwettige grondbesettings hok te slaan en stedelike verval te bestuur nie. Allie het inwoners tydens ‘n debat op SABC versoek om die party se leier en voormalige burgemeester, […]
# Die geregtelike ondersoek na die dood van die anti-apartheidsaktivis Steve Biko is tydelik opgeskort. Sy familie het ‘n dringende aansoek in die Hooggeregshof in Gqeberha in die Oos-Kaap gebring om die verrigtinge op te skort omdat hulle meer tyd nodig het om behoorlik voor te berei. Die familie sê honderde dokumente moet nog noukeurig […]
