# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Mineral and Petroleum Resources says South Africa needs a regulatory framework that protects the environment and the rights of affected communities, while providing investors with sufficient certainty to undertake responsible exploration. The Constitutional Court has blocked Shell and Impact Africa’s offshore exploration activities along the country’s Wild Coast. The committee […]
# Mpumalanga police seized 630 kilograms of dagga worth more than four-million-rand in Tonga near the Eswatini border. Spokesperson Mpho Nonyane-Mpe says officials searched an articulated truck and trailer with Eswatini registration plates and discovered 49 bags of dagga. A suspect was arrested and detained. The truck, reportedly belonging to a logistics company based in […]
# A University of Cape Town study has found South Africa’s stokvels could become an important platform for improving nutrition and food security in low-income communities. Funded by the International Research Development Centre, the study examined how grocery stokvels influence food purchasing and nutrition-related decisions in two low-income Cape Town communities, Dunoon and Khayelitsha. The […]
# ʼn Gewapende man is doodgeskiet op ʼn plaas by De Hoop buite Robertson in die Wes-Kaap na ʼn ure-lange dooiepunt met die polisie. Hulle het op ʼn klagte gereageer en het onder skoot gekom, waarna die taktiese taakspan ontbied is om in te gryp. Woordvoerder Nonkululeko Phokane sê die situasie is aan die Spesiale […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse polisie het ʼn 16-jarige tiener van Malmesbury aangekeer in verband met ʼn internasionale netwerk wat kinders seksueel misbruik. Dit volg op ʼn gesamentlike operasie deur die Amerikaanse Federale Ondersoekburo, die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens se nasionale ondersoekspan vir Elektroniese en Reeksmisdade, die Amerikaanse ambassade en die nasionale sentrum vir vermiste en uitgebuite kinders. Polisiewoordvoerder […]
# Electrician Andrew “Benji” Benjamin from Kimberley in the Northern Cape has been crowned the winner of MasterChef South Africa’s Season 6, taking home one-million-rand. The 40-year-old home cook beat Durban’s Candice Meth in the tense finale. Benjamin, who works as a high-voltage electrician, won viewers and judges over with his calm approach and cooking […]
# A gunman has been killed following a prolonged armed standoff with police on a farm at De Hoop outside Robertson in the Western Cape. Police initially responded to a complaint but came under fire, prompting Tactical Response Team members to intervene. Spokesperson Nonkululeko Phokane says the situation was later escalated to the Special Task […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Korrektiewe Dienste het kommer uitgespreek oor bewerings by die Kgosi Mampuru-tronk in Pretoria. Gevangenes beweer hulle moet 240-rand betaal vir toegang tot ʼn stapelbed. Dié wat nie kan betaal nie, moet op die sementvloer slaap in selle wat oorvol en vuil is. Die komitee sê hy is ook bekommerd oor […]
# Western Cape police have arrested a 16-year-old Malmesbury teenager linked to an international child sexual abuse network. This followed a joint intelligence operation involving the US’ Federal Bureau of Investigation, SAPS’ National Serial and Electronic Crime Investigations team, the US embassy, and the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children. Police spokesperson Amanda van […]
