# The DA says the creation of a cyber commissioner is urgently needed to stop the growing online trade in illegal firearms. According to the party, criminals are using digital networks and covert couriers to move guns into the Western Cape, a threat the South African Police Service admits it cannot fully contain. The DA’s […]
# Limpopo Premier Phophi Ramathuba has called on families to identify loved ones as postmortems begin tomorrow following Sunday’s Makhado bus crash. Ramathuba confirmed the death toll has risen to 43, with 45 others injured. The bus, traveling from the Eastern Cape to Zimbabwe and Malawi, lost control on the mountainous Jambuzi Valley stretch of […]
# Afgetrede adjunkhoofregter Mbuyiseli Madlanga het beperkte mediatoegang verleen by die voortgesette ondersoek in Pretoria, terwyl vyf geheime getuies voorberei om te getuig. Die ooreenkoms tussen die kommissie, News24 en Daily Maverick laat afstandgetuienis sonder kamera’s toe ten einde getuies se identiteit te beskerm, maar ook openbare toegang te verseker. Hoofgetuienisleier Matthew Chaskalson sê die […]
# Die geskorste Nasionale Adjunk-Polisiekommissaris Shadrack Sibiya sê politieke moorde in Suid-Afrika het afgeneem danksy die taakspan vir politieke moorde. Sibiya voer aan die taakspan se kundigheid sal nou opgeneem word in die Moord- en Roofeenheid vir landwye ontplooiing. Sibiya beklemtoon hulpbronne moet aangewend word op breër ernstige en geweldsmisdade om permanente, goed verspreide strukture […]
# Die Streekhof in Kroonstad in die Vrystaat het Mandau Sejani en Daniel Mosiuwa Motaung tot lewenslange tronkstraf gevonnis vir die moord op ‘n boer, Eric David Wessels. Die mans het Wessels op 24 Oktober 2020 aangeval, hom met ‘n plastieksak versmoor en besittings gesteel. Mojalefa Senokoatsane van die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag het die uitspraak as […]
# Retired deputy chief justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga has granted limited media access at the ongoing inquiry in Pretoria as five secret witnesses prepare to testify. The agreement between the commission, News24 and Daily Maverick allows remote, off-camera testimony to protect witnesses’ identities while ensuring public access. Chief evidence leader Matthew Chaskalson says the arrangement balances […]
# Parliament Portfolio Committee on Education chairperson Joy Maimela has criticised the Afrikaans and English language policy in some Free State schools for discriminating against African languages. During visits to Lejweleputswa schools, she also highlighted a shortage of black African teachers at Orion Special, infrastructure challenges, vandalism, drug abuse, and unreliable scholar transport. The committee […]
# The South African Independent Power Producer Association will meet with Eskom later this month to discuss concerns that planned renewable projects may bypass existing grid-access rules applied to independent producers. The association has also alerted the Competition Commission of potential market-dominance risks. Chairperson Leoné Human says Eskom must compete on equal terms, warning that […]
# Die UDM se jeugorganisasie eis dat die regering ‘n plan moet skep om die voortdurende toename in tiener- en kinderswangerskappe in Suid-Afrika aan te pak. Die woordvoerder, Zintombi Sododile sê volgens onlangse verslae het 31-duisend meisies tussen 10- en 19-jaar-oud die afgelope jaar in KwaZulu-Natal geboorte gegee en meer as 23-duisend tienerswangerskappe is in […]
