# Die Durbanse Hooggeregshof het Teneil Ursula Kok tot 20 jaar tronkstraf gevonnis vir die moord op haar driejarige dogter, Fadillah Chantal Kok, in Mei 2022. Die hof het mishandeling in haar verlede en geestesgesondheids-probleme as versagtende faktore beskou. Die NVG se woordvoerder, Natasha Ramkisson-Kara, sê regter Jacqueline Henriques het beveel dat sy haar vonnis […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare is woedend nadat die Gautengse regering versuim het om 1,8-miljard rand van sy 2023/24-begroting te bestee. Die vakbond sê dit verraai openbare vertroue, veral terwyl hospitale met tekorte sukkel, skole oorvol is, en infrastruktuur ineenstort. Die vakbond eis antwoorde van die LUR vir Finansies, Lebogang Maile, en vra ‘n dringende […]
# The Public Servants Association is outraged after the Gauteng Provincial Government failed to spend 1.8-billion-rand of its 2023/24 budget. The PSA says this is a betrayal of public trust, especially while hospitals face shortages, schools are overcrowded, and infrastructure decays. The union demands answers from the Finance MEC Lebogang Maile, and calls for an […]
# The Durban High Court has sentenced Teneil Ursula Kok to 20-years imprisonment for murdering her three-year-old daughter, Fadillah Chantal Kok, in May 2022. The court considered her abusive past and mental health struggles as mitigating factors. NPA’s spokesperson Natasha Ramkisson-Kara says Judge Jacqueline Henriques ordered she serve her sentence near Durban to stay connected […]
# Die polisie in KwaZulu-Natal-polisie het met ‘n soektog begin nadat agt mense gisteraand in die Zama-informele nedersetting in Umlazi se U-afdeling doodgeskiet is. Polisiewoordvoerder Robert Netshiunda sê die slagoffers, ses mans en twee vroue tussen 22 en 40 jaar oud, is met veelvuldige skietwonde gevind. Netshiunda sê onbekende verdagtes het ‘n woning bestorm en […]
# KwaZulu-Natal police have launched a manhunt after eight people were shot dead at Zama informal settlement in Umlazi’s U Section last night. Police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda says the victims, six men and two women aged 22 to 40, were found with multiple gunshot wounds. Netshiunda say unknown suspects stormed a dwelling and opened fire. […]
# The Gauteng Department of Health is urging residents to visit healthcare facilities for free blood pressure screenings on World Hypertension Day. Under the theme Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live Longer, the department highlights that hypertension, known as the silent killer, often goes undetected. Spokesperson Motalatale Modiba says regular screening, treatment, and […]
# South African National Parks has deployed two fire trucks to support the Knysna Municipality in the Western Cape as it battles a worsening water crisis. The vehicles, stationed at the Garden Route National Park, are assisting with emergency water distribution. The agency is working closely with local authorities to ease the pressure on residents. […]
# Die Gautengse Gesondheidsdepartment vra inwoners om op Wêreld-hoëbloeddrukdag gesondheidsinrigtings te besoek vir gratis bloeddruktoetse. Die departement beklemtoon op die dag met die tema Meet jou bloeddruk behoorlik, beheer dit, leef langer, dat hoë bloeddruk, wat as die stille moordenaar bekend staan, dikwels ongemerk bly. Woordvoerder Motalatale Modiba sê gereelde toetsing, behandeling en leefstyl-aanpassings kan […]
