# Die Polisie- en Gevangenisse-vakbond verwelkom die Arbeidshof se weiering van ‘n aansoek om verlof tot appèl teen die oordrag van bedrywighede by die Mangaung-korrektiewe sentrum in Bloemfontein in die Vrystaat. Die hof het voorheen beslis dat die oordrag na die Departement van Korrektiewe Dienste, met ingang 1 Julie, Artikel 197 van die Wet op […]
# Die Parlement se portefeuljekomitee oor Minerale en Petroleumbronne sê Suid-Afrika benodig ‘n regulatoriese raamwerk wat die omgewing en gemeenskappe se regte beskerm, terwyl dit beleggers voldoende sekerheid bied om verantwoordelike olie- en gas-verkenning te onderneem. Die Konstitusionele Hof het Shell en Impact Africa se verkennings-bedrywighede langs die Wildekus verbied. Die komitee is bekommerd oor […]
# A three-meter crocodile has been spotted in the Vaal River, prompting authorities to discourage swimming and water activities until it is captured. Water Policing team’s Charles Van Der Merwe says a set capture cage is in place. The crocodile, likely a West African slender-snouted species, is not aggressive but poses a safety concern. He […]
# Mpumalanga se polisie het in Tonga naby die grens met Eswatini beslag gelê op 630-kilogram dagga ter waarde van meer as vier-miljoen-rand. Woordvoerder Mpho Nonyane-Mpe sê beamptes het ‘n vragmotor en sleepwa met Eswatini-nommerplate deursoek en 49 sakke dagga ontdek. ‘n Verdagte is in hegtenis geneem. Die polisie het ook die vragmotor afgeneem, wat […]
# The DA says the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development wasted more than 20.6-million-rand on 211 events between 2022 and 2026, while farmers continue to struggle for support. The DA’s Bronwynn Engelbrecht says the spending was revealed in a response to questions in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature. She says the department should prioritise […]
# A new study by Stellenbosch University and Artefact South Africa is calling for targeted prevention and support strategies to address cyberbullying among teenagers. Researchers Daniel le Roux and Camryn Twaddle found that 63.9-percent of learners surveyed had been involved in cyberbullying. Twaddle says the study found that girls and boys experienced different forms of […]
# ‘n Studie deur die Universiteit van Kaapstad het bevind stokvelle kan ‘n belangrike platform word vir die verbetering van voeding en voedselsekerheid in lae-inkomste gemeenskappe. Die Internasionale Navorsings- en Ontwikkelingsentrum het die studie befonds. Ondersoek is ingestel na die uitwerking van kruideniersware-stokvelle op voedselaankope en voedingsverwante besluite in twee lae-inkomstegemeenskappe in Kaapstad, Dunoon en […]
# ‘n Elektrisiën van Kimberley in die Noord-Kaap, Andrew “Benji” Benjamin, is die wenner van MasterChef South Africa se sesde seisoen en het prysgeld van ‘n miljoen-rand losgeslaan. Die 40-jarige amateursjef het Candice Meth van Durban in ‘n spannende eindronde uitgestof. Benjamin, ‘n hoogspanning-elektrisiën, het kykers en beoordelaars beïndruk met sy kalm benadering en kookvernuf. […]
# The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union welcomes the Labour Court judgment handed down yesterday, dismissing an application for leave to appeal over the transfer of operations at the Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein, Free State. The court previously ruled that the transfer to the Department of Correctional Services, effective 1 July, triggered Section […]
