# The R521 in Limpopo near the Vivo junction remains closed after a truck jack-knifed. The Department of Transport and Community Safety spokesperson Mashudu Mabata says traffic officers are on scene directing vehicles to use the road edge to and from Alldays and Louis Trichardt. She says motorists must be patient, exercise caution and follow […]
# Airlink verdedig sy formasievlugte oor die Kaapstadse stadion voor Saterdag se tweede toets tussen die Springbokke en die All Blacks. Die lugdiens sê geen lugvaart-veiligheidsregulasies is oortree nie, ondanks kommer op sosiale media omdat die vliegtuie buitengewoon laag gevlieg het. Airlink sê die verbyvlug het deeglike beplanning en oefening vereis onder toesig van die […]
# The Buffalo City Metro is experiencing a surge in non-biting midges and flying gnats. After consultation with entomologists, the Metro’s spokesperson Luzuko Buku assured citizens that while they could be mistaken for mosquitoes due to having the same appearance, they are entirely harmless and do not bite. He said the unusual weather patterns could […]
# Airlink has defended its formation flyover over Cape Town Stadium before Saturday’s second Test between the Springboks and the All Blacks. It says no aviation safety regulations were breached, despite social media concerns that the aircraft appeared to fly unusually low. Airlink says the flypast required careful planning and rehearsals under guidance from the […]
# The United Progressive People Alliance is concerned that Hammanskraal residents endured almost two weeks without reliable water. The Alliance’s mayoral candidate for the City of Tshwane, Abel Tau, says the crisis forced families, schools and businesses to live without basic hygiene. He says water returned only as the ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa visited, raising […]
# Die polisie se Nasionale Ingrypings-eenheid het ʼn gesoekte vermeende baasbrein agter onwettige mynbedrywighede doodgeskiet tydens ʼn opsporingsoperasie in Carletonville, Gauteng. Lede van die eenheid is na ʼn huis waar die verdagte vermoedelik geskuil het. Nasionale polisiewoordvoerder Athlenda Mathe sê die verdagte het op die polisie losgebrand, wat hulle gedwing het om terug te skiet. […]
# Die Tshwane-metropolisiedepartement het die naweek 358 verdagtes tydens ʼn multidissiplinêre Operasie Shanela in Akasia en Soshanguve in hegtenis geneem. Die verdagtes is gearresteer vir misdade soos verkragting en gewapende roof. Die polisiewoordvoerder, Johan van Dyk, sê 74 ongedokumenteerde buitelanders is aangekeer en aan immigrasiebeamptes oorhandig:
# Tshwane se burgemeester, Nasiphi Moya, het Molatelo Mashola aangestel as nuwe burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Nutsdienste in die plek van Frans Boshielo. Moya se woordvoerder, Samkelo Mgobozi, sê Mashola was die raad se hoofsweep, wat politieke leierskap vereis het terwyl hy in al die bestuurstrukture gewerk het. Hy sê die Nutsdienste-portefeulje is baie belangrik omdat dit […]
# A wanted alleged illegal mining kingpin was killed by the police’s National Intervention Unit during a tracing operation in Carletonville, Gauteng. Members went to a house where the suspect was believed to be hiding. National spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says the suspect started shooting at police, forcing them to open fire. She says an AK-47 rifle […]
