# The DA in the Western Cape has raised alarm over 12 violent attacks on social workers in the past year. These include hijackings, armed robberies, and assaults, mostly in high-risk areas like Khayelitsha and Gugulethu. The DA’s Wendy Kaizer-Philander is calling for urgent intervention, including a dedicated police task team. She warns that the […]
# ‘n Voormalige polisiebeampte van Montagu in die Wes-Kaap is gevonnis tot 25-jaar tronkstraf vir die verkragting van ‘n tiener in ‘n traumakamer in 2016. Die meisie was 15-jaar-oud toe haar ma haar na die polisiestasie geneem het ná ‘n woordewisseling by die huis om die polisie te vra om die kind te kalmeer. Frederick […]
# A former policeman from Montagu in the Western Cape was sentenced to 25-years in jail for raping a teenager in the trauma room in 2016. The girl was 15-years-old when her mother took her to the police station following an altercation at home, requesting police to calm the child down. Frederick Soldaat, now 64, […]
# Die Unisa Thabo Mbeki Afrika-skool vir Openbare en Internasionale Sake, in vennootskap met die Miriam Makeba-stigting, sal vandag die derde jaarlikse Miriam Makeba-gedenklesing by Unisa se hoofkampus in Tshwane aanbied. Die lesing, met die tema ‘Aluta Continua,’ gedenk 30 jaar sedert Suid-Afrika se politieke skikking van 1994, en sal Makeba se nalatenskap vereer. Sprekers […]
# The Unisa Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs, in partnership with the Miriam Makeba Foundation, will host the Third Annual Miriam Makeba Memorial Lecture at Unisa’s main campus in Tshwane today. The event, themed “Aluta Continua,” marks 30 years since South Africa’s 1994 political settlement and will honour Makeba’s legacy. Speakers […]
# Regter Nathan Erasmus het die verdediging se aansoek geweier om aanklagte te laat vaar teen Kelly Smith en Steveno van Rhyn in die Joslin Smith-verhoor. Die verdediging het ‘n gebrek aan geloofwaardige bewyse aangevoer, maar die Hooggeregshof, wat in Saldanhabaai sit, het beslis dat daar wel ‘n saak teen hulle is. Van Rhyn en […]
# Judge Nathan Erasmus has denied defence applications to drop charges against Kelly Smith and Steveno van Rhyn in the Joslin Smith trial. Despite arguments citing lack of credible evidence, the High Court sitting in Saldanha Bay ruled that there is a case to answer. Accused duo, Van Rhyn and Jacquen Appollis, chose not to […]
# Privaat studentebehuisingsverskaffers in Pretoria het die Nasionale Finansiële Hulpskema vir Studente gekritiseer vir nie-betaling en onregverdige uitsluiting van ‘n behuisingstoetsprojek by die Tshwane Universiteit van Tegnologie. Ten spyte van beloftes om fakture teen 17 April te betaal, het verskaffers gedeeltelike, of geen betalings ontvang nie. Baie het fasiliteite opgradeer gebasseer op formele NSFAS-ooreenkomste, maar […]
# Die EFF in Gauteng is bekommerd oor twee onlangse brande by die Tembisa-hospitaal, met die jongste brand wat vandag uitgebreek het. Die aanvanklike brand het die Ongevalle- en Noodgevalle-afdeling verwoes, bedrywighede verlam en meer as 80 pasiënte moes verplaas word. Die EFF gee regerings-verwaarlosing die skuld, met verwysing na langdurige infrastruktuurkwessies en ‘n gebrek […]
