# A coordinated operation involving police from the Free State, Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape, resulted in the seizing of crystal meth valued at 50-million-rand and the arrest of a 35-year-old man. On Tuesday, members of the Aliwal North Detectives and Crime Intelligence received information about a truck travelling from Smithfield to Aliwal […]
# ActionSA in Gauteng is urging Municipal Public Accounts Committee members to report all forms of intimidation and victimisation to the police. It has emerged that public representatives entrusted with oversight of public finances are often intimidated. ActionSA’s, John Moodey, says during a meeting stark realities that have led to the failures, especially of local […]
# Die premier van Gauteng, Panyaza Lesufi, en die burgemeester van Tshwane, Nasiphi Moya, sal na verwagting vandag die gedenkdiens bywoon van die ses gemeenskapspatrolleerders wat in die Marry Me informele nedersetting in Soshanguve dood is. Ongeïdentifiseerde mans het die patrollielede Saterdag in die vroeë oggendure aangeval. Lesufi en Moya sal ná die gedenkdiens ‘n […]
# Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi and Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya, are today expected to attend the memorial service of six community patrollers who died in the Marry Me informal settlement in Soshanguve. The patrollers were attacked by unidentified men in the early hours of Saturday morning. Lesufi and Moya will also host a community imbizo […]
# Die DA eis verantwoording nadat die Gautengse Departement van Menslike Nedersettings in die 2024/25-boekjaar toelaes ter waarde van 450-miljoen-rand verloor het weens swak beplanning. Die DA-lid, Mervyn Cirota, sê dit verminder sy begroting van ses-miljard-rand na vyf-miljard-rand. Die Nasionale Tesourie voer onvoldoende prestasie aan as die rede. Cirota kritiseer die departement se onbevoegdheid en […]
# The DA is calling for accountability after the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements lost 450-million-rand in grant funding for the 2024/25 financial year due to poor planning. The DA’s Mervyn Cirota says this reduces its budget from six-billion-rand to five-billion-rand. The National Treasury cited unsatisfactory performance as the reason. He criticised the department’s incompetence, […]
# Die DA vra ‘n omvattende ondersoek na die vermeende brandstigting-verwante bosbrande in die Wes-Kaap. Op ‘n parlementêre vraag is onthul dat 68 van die meer as elf-duisend veldbrande wat in die provinsie aangemeld is, as brandstigting ondersoek word – 97-persent daarvan in Kaapstad. Die party dring daarop aan dat die polisie die skuldiges moet […]
# The DA calls for a wide-ranging investigation into suspected arson-related wildfires in the Western Cape. A parliamentary reply revealed that 68 of the more than eleven-thousand wildfires reported in the province are being investigated as arson, with 97-percent occurring in Cape Town. The party urges the police to arrest those responsible. The DA’s Dave […]
# Die Departement van Landbou, Landelike Ontwikkeling en Omgewingsake in die Vrystaat het ‘n uitbreking van Afrika-kommandowurms bevestig. Een-en-dertig gevalle is in verskeie gebiede aangemeld, insluitend in Jacobsdal, Luckhoff en Petrusburg. Die besmetting is besig om na Boshof te versprei en bedreig mielie- en sorghum-oeste. Boere word aangeraai om hul vee te verskuif en veeartse […]
