# Die visekanselier van die Universiteit van Fort Hare in die Oos-Kaap, Sakhela Buhlungu, het bedank, maar die universiteit se raad sê hy kan nie onmiddellik uittree nie. Buhlungu het gister bedank net voordat hy sy verdediging sou voorlê in ‘n dissiplinêre verhoor waar hy teregstaan op aanklagte van growwe wangedrag, verset teen gesag en […]
# The South African Council of Churches says a national day of mourning should be considered in light of the recent spate of mass killings. Twenty-eight people were killed in shootings in Gauteng and the Western Cape over the weekend. The council’s general secretary, Reverend Mzwandile Molo, says South Africans have become desensitised to violence, […]
# The Vice-Chancellor of University of Fort Hare in the Eastern Cape, Sakhela Buhlungu, has resigned, but the institution’s Council says he cannot leave immediately. Buhlungu resigned yesterday just before presenting his defence at a disciplinary hearing where he faces charges of gross misconduct, insubordination and bringing the university into disrepute, including unlawfully appointing two […]
# Independent non-profit think tank Africa Asia Dialogues warns against the lack of a sense of urgency from South African leaders in addressing mass shootings. Twenty-eight people were killed in Gauteng and the Western Cape over the weekend – 18 in a tavern shooting in Carletonville, and ten in Lwandle. Senior research fellow at the […]
# ‘n Maatskaplike werker vir die staat, Phumzile Sithole, sê die veroordeelde pedofiel Iain Wares moet regstreekse tronkstraf opgelê word. Sy het getuig tydens voorvonnisverrigtinge in die Wynbergse Landdroshof in Kaapstad. Sithole sê die 87-jarige Wares, ‘n voormalige onderwyser in Skotland en Suid-Afrika, toon geen berou nie, ontken sy misdade en gee ander die skuld […]
# Die Suider-Afrikaanse Alliansie vir Alkoholbeleid sê die onlangse massaskietvoorvalle het leemtes blootgelê in die wyse waarop drankwinkels en drankondernemings gelisensieer en gemonitor word, veral in arm, digbevolkte gebiede. Agtien mense is die naweek in ‘n taverne in Wedela aan die Gautengse Wes-rand doodgeskiet en tien in Lwandle, Kaapstad. Woordvoerder Nomcebo Dlamini het aan Newzroom […]
# State social worker Phumzile Sithole calls for direct imprisonment for convicted paedophile Iain Wares. She was testifying in pre-sentencing proceedings at the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town. Sithole says 87-year-old Wares, a former teacher in Scotland and South Africa, is unrepentant, denies his crimes and blames others for his conviction. Sithole stresses the […]
# Hewige donderstorms word vandag in dele van Suid-Afrika verwag. Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Noordwes en die Noord-Kaap kan geraak word. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens se voorspeller, Lehlohonolo Thobela, waarsku die storms kan plaaslike oorstromings, skade aan huise en gevaarlike toestande op paaie veroorsaak. Hy vra inwoners om verspoelde gebiede te vermy, skuiling te soek tydens weerlig […]
# Severe thunderstorms are expected to hit several parts of South Africa today. Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West and the Northern Cape will be affected. SA Weather Service forecaster Lehlohonolo Thobela says the storms could cause localised flooding, damage to homes and dangerous driving conditions. He urges residents to avoid flooded roads, seek shelter during […]
