# Strafregtelike aanklagte is teruggetrek teen die geskorste nasionale polisiekommissaris, Fannie Masemola, in die Pretoriase Landdroshof. Hy het tereggestaan ingevolge die Wet op Openbare Finansiële Bestuur oor ‘n tender van 360-miljoen-rand tussen die polisie en Medicare 24 van die omstrede sakeman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala. Masemola is geskors nadat hy aangekla is. Die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag het […]
# Criminal charges have been withdrawn against suspended national police commissioner Fannie Masemola in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court. He had been facing Public Finance Management Act charges linked to a 360-million-rand SAPS-Medicare 24 tender awarded to controversial businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala. Masemola was suspended following the charges. The National Prosecuting Authority requested the withdrawal after […]
# Economist Thabi Leoka says South African motorists face record fuel prices next month. Central Energy Fund figures show 95 unleaded petrol’s price could surge by two-rand-78 to 29-rand-70 a litre, eclipsing June’s record of 28-rand-6-cents. Diesel wholesale prices could hit 33-rand-5-cents, up three-rand, driven by Russian-Ukrainian war disruptions. Leoka warns higher transport costs will […]
# Die adjunkminister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, Bernice Swarts, gaan Donderdag op Erfenisdag ‘n landwye veldtog lei om 10-miljoen bome te plant. Dis deel van president Cyril Ramaphosa se Een-Miljard-Bome-program, om burgers aan te spoor om die uitwerking van klimaatsverandering te beperk. Swarts sal die hoofgeleentheid in Vryheidspark in Pretoria lei voor sy […]
# The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment says the temporary precautionary measure implemented on 11 September to manage the sardine mortality event remains in force. This is despite no renewed widespread mortality being reported, except an isolated fresh sardine stranding near Mbotyi on the northern Wild Coast last week. The department’s spokesperson, Zolile […]
# Die parlementêre portefeuljekomitee oor Vervoer betreur die beweerde voorval waarin ‘n kontrakteur van die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Padagentskap betrokke was. Die Zimbabwiese sakeman Lawrence Mudzinganyama is op kamera vasgevang toe hy ‘n groep vroue in die Vlamo-restaurant in Sandton, Johannesburg, gedreig het nadat hulle sy toenaderings verwerp het. Voorsitter Donald Selamolela verwelkom minister Barbara Creecy […]
# The Board of Healthcare Funders supports the objective of keeping medical scheme contribution increases as low as possible, but says this cannot be achieved through contribution guidance alone. The Council for Medical Schemes recommended that contribution increases for the 2027 benefit year be anchored at 3.8-percent. BHF’s managing director, Katlego Mothudi, says healthcare providers […]
# Die organisasie Suid-Afrikaanse Vroue in die Boubedryf en Bou-omgewing veroordeel alle vorms van intimidasie, teistering, dreigemente of mishandeling van vroue. Beeldmareriaal toon hoe die Zimbabwiese sakeman Lawrence Mudzinganyama ‘n groep vroue dreig nadat hul sy toenadering verwerp het in ‘n luukse restaurant in Sandton, Johannesburg. Mudzinganyama het hom aan die polisie oorgegee en is […]
# Deputy minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Bernice Swarts, will lead a nationwide campaign to plant ten million trees on Heritage Day on Thursday. This forms part of president Cyril Ramaphosa’s One Billion Trees Programme to mobilise citizens to mitigate climate change. Swarts will lead the main event at Freedom Park in Pretoria […]