# ‘n Vroue-spuitvliegtuigvlieënier is dood nadat ‘n helikopter op die Roodegrond-plaas naby Patensie in die Oos-Kaap neergestort het. Die polisie sê die helikopter het kraglyne getref en die 43-jarige vlieënier is op slag gedood. ‘n Ondersoek is geopen om die oorsaak vas te stel. Owerhede hou die naam van die vlieënier terug totdat sy amptelik […]
# KwaZulu-Natal’s disaster teams are on high alert as the South African Weather Service issued a level four severe thunderstorm warning for today and tomorrow. Yesterday, Newcastle was hit by heavy rain and hail, causing flooding and damage to roads, homes, businesses, and government offices. Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs spokesperson Senzelwe Mzila […]
# The FW de Klerk Foundation has dismissed claims by US president Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Afrikaners are being persecuted in South Africa. The foundation says these allegations of killings and illegal land seizures are false. They warn that spreading such misinformation risks damaging South Africa’s reputation and international relations. […]
# Die afgetrede adjunkhoof van die Ekurhuleni-metropolisie, Revo Spies, het aan die Madlanga-kommissie gesê hy het die eerste keer van CAT VIP Protection gehoor toe hy die ooreenkoms van verstandhouding met die EMPD gesien het. Spies sê die ooreenkoms het luukse voertuie, ‘n helikopter en bedryfs-ondersteuning aan die metropolisie beloof. Hy sê die dokument was […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria het beslis die staat mag nie die beweerde bekentenis van beskuldigde twee, Bongani Ntanzi, gebruik om beskuldigde een, Muzi Sibiya, in die Senzo Meyiwa-moordverhoor te kruisondervra nie. Die verdediging het aangevoer Ntanzi se verklaring kan nie op ander toegepas word nie. Die uitspraak volg nadat die polisie oorspronklik betreders ondersoek […]
# Retired Ekurhuleni Metro Police deputy chief Revo Spies has told the Madlanga Commission he had never heard of CAT VIP Protection until seeing its memorandum of understanding with the EMPD. Spies says the deal promised luxury vehicles, a helicopter, and operational support to metro police. He describes the document as poorly drafted, legally flawed, […]
# The High Court in Pretoria has ruled that the state cannot use the alleged confession of accused two, Bongani Ntanzi, to cross-examine accused one, Muzi Sibiya, in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial. The defence argued Ntanzi’s statement cannot be applied to others. The ruling comes as police originally investigated intruders in the 2014 shooting […]
# A 43-year-old female crop duster pilot has died after a helicopter crashed onto the Roodegrond farm near Patensie in the Eastern Cape. Police say the helicopter struck power lines, killing the pilot instantly. An inquest docket has been opened to determine the cause. Authorities have withheld the pilot’s identity pending formal identification. Local farmers, […]
# Oud-president Jacob Zuma se dogter, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, het onskuldig gepleit met die aanvang van haar verhoor in die Hooggeregshof in Durban. Sy staan tereg op aanklagte van aanhitsing tot terrorisme en openbare geweld oor sosialemediaplasings tydens die onrus in Julie 2021 na haar pa tronk toe is vir minagting van die hof. Die verhoor […]