# Two SAPS officers and a murder suspect were rescued after being trapped by an angry mob in Ndwendwe, KwaZulu-Natal, following an arrest yesterday. Police had apprehended a 22-year-old murder suspect after a two-hour search and initially handed him over without incident. However, a large crowd later gathered, blocked the property’s exit with concrete blocks […]
# Five suspected kidnappers have been arrested following an intelligence-driven operation targeting kidnapping syndicates in Gauteng. The arrests stem from the abduction of a woman in Edenvale on 17 June, with a two-million-rand ransom demanded from her husband. Police tracked two vehicles and made arrests during a planned drop yesterday. Spokesperson Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi says three […]
# Free State MEC for Agriculture, Rural Development and Environmental Affairs, Elsabé Rockman, says the province has surpassed the one-million mark in vaccinating livestock against foot-and-mouth disease. The milestone forms part of South Africa’s broader effort to contain outbreaks and protect the livestock industry through the national rollout of vaccines to combat the disease. Rockman […]
# The City of Johannesburg cleared the first legal hurdle in a dispute over its increased water demand management levy. The Johannesburg High Court dismissed AfriForum’s urgent application to halt the levy, ruling the organisation failed to prove urgency. The city’s Nombuso Shabalala says AfriForum knew since May that the levy would take effect on […]
# Die DA sê Johannesburg ervaar ‘n brandstofkrisis wat sekere munisipale voertuie raak en dienslewering bedreig. Woordvoerder Belinda Kayser‑Echeozonjoku sê departemente en instellings, insluitend Johannesburg Water en Pikitup, word geraak nadat hervullingsdienste opgeskort is. Sy sê ‘n metro wat nie brandstof kan bekostig nie, kan ook nie ‘n bykomende finansiële verpligting van tien-miljard-rand vir ‘n […]
# Die Forum for South Africa kritiseer die 600-miljoen-rand wat toegeken is om veiligheidsmaatreëls te versterk voor die beplande betogings teen onwettige immigrasie. KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, die Oos-Kaap en die Wes-Kaap word beskou as moontlike brandpunte vir geweld. FOSA se leier, Tebogo Mashilompane, het die uitgawes beskryf as paniekbesteding, politieke vertoon en ‘n moontlike plunder-geleentheid wat […]
# Vier mans het in ‘n Oos-Kaapse hof verskyn nadat hulle in hegtenis geneem is vir die moord op vier mense tydens ‘n aanval in KwaDwesi, Gqeberha, vroeër die maand. Die aanvallers het ‘n huis binnedring en begin losbrand. ‘n Man en drie vroue is dood en twee mense gewond. Die mans het in die […]
# The DA says the City of Johannesburg is facing a fuel crisis that has left some municipal vehicles unable to operate, threatening service delivery. The party’s Belinda Kayser-Echeozonjoku says departments and entities, including Johannesburg Water and Pikitup, are affected by suspended refuelling services. She says a metro that cannot afford fuel also cannot afford […]
# Die Gautengse Onderwysdepartement het verskoning gevra aan leerders, ouers en skole wat geraak is deur vertragings met die uitreiking van rapporte. Dis veroorsaak deur tegniese probleme wat toegang tot die Suid-Afrikaanse Skooladministrasie- en -bestuurstelsel beïnvloed omdat die Citrix-omgewing wat die stelsel ondersteun, tydelik onbeskikbaar was. Die departement se woordvoerder, Onwabile Lubhelwana, sê stelsel-administrateurs en […]
