# The Cape Winelands District Municipality’s Fire Services says the fire in the Cogmanskloof mountains above Montagu and Ashton remains active. The fire, which started on Thursday afternoon in the veld above Zolani, initially spread into CapeNature-managed land on the mountain peaks. From there, it ran along the ridge and onto the Montagu side of […]
# The GOOD Party is urging the new Western Cape Commissioner for Children, Sarah Roberts, to develop a five-year strategy with a three-part focus. The focus is on hunger and food insecurity, bullying and sexual predation at schools perpetrated by young boys and even educators. GOOD’s secretary general, Brett Herron, says children, especially young girls, […]
# In sy jongste aansoek in die Johannesburgse Hooggeregshof, probeer die veroordeelde moordenaar en verkragter, Thabo Bester, om die Departement van Justisie en Korrektiewe Dienste te dwing om sy tronkvoorwaardes te verslap. Bester voer aan dat sy huidige eensame opsluiting by die Kgosi Mampuru Korrektiewe Sentrum ongrondwetlik is en sy reg op ‘n billike verhoor […]
ʼn Brand het Sondagnag die lewens van vyf gesinslede in die Steve Biko-plakkerskamp in Etwatwa in Ekurhuleni geëis terwyl ʼn tiener ongedeerd ontsnap het. Die Ramp- en Noodbestuursdiens se woordvoerder, William Ntladi, sê toe hulle op die toneel aankom, was ʼn vyfvertrekhut in ligte laaie en mense binne-in vasgekeer. Hy sê paramedici het die pa, […]
# The JG Zuma Foundation says the persecution of former president Jacob Zuma through his children is cruel and cowardly. Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla’s trial for incitement to commit terrorism and public violence linked to the July 2021 unrest begins at the KwaZulu-Natal High Court today. Her father’s corruption case is set to resume next month. The […]
# Die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag se Ondersoekdirektoraat teen Korrupsie sê hy gaan nie bespiegel oor wat aanleiding gegee het tot sy ondersoek- en bedryfshoof, Matthews Sesoko, se ontvoering nie. Hy is Vrydag op pad huis toe ontvoer, aangerand en van sy elektroniese toestelle beroof. Sesoko se aanvallers het hom Saterdagoggend naby Rabie Ridge, oos van Midrand […]
# Die Khampepe-kommissie sal na verwagting vandag sy openbare verhore by die Sci-Bono-ontdekkingsentrum in Johannesburg begin met openingsverklarings deur belanghebbende partye. Die kommissie, wat deur president Cyril Ramaphosa aangestel is, het opdrag om te bepaal of pogings aangewend is om die ondersoek en vervolging van misdade uit die apartheidsera te verhoed. ‘n Lid van die […]
# Basic Education minister, Siviwe Gwarube, will launch the Funda Uphumelele National Survey in Pretoria today. This is a landmark initiative providing South Africa’s first comprehensive picture of early grade reading outcomes across all eleven official spoken languages. The department’s spokesperson, Terence Khala, says the survey forms part of a broader drive to ensure that […]
# The Gauteng government has condemned the vandalism of newly installed G20 Summit signage near Nasrec, where the G20 Leaders’ Summit is set to take place next weekend. Streetlights and traffic lights were also damaged along the R55 route. Provincial government spokesperson, Elijah Mhlanga, says these vindictive actions are aligned and designed to consolidate the work […]
