# 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 […]
# Die Amerikaanse ambassadeur in Suid-Afrika, Leo Brent Bozell, versoek die regering om sy ideologiese houding opsy te skuif en die belange van landsburgers eerste te stel. Amerika het nuwe visumbeperkings ingestel teen Suid-Afrikaners wat verbind word met beleid wat sekere groepe benadeel. Bozell het aan Daily Maverick gesê die regering se versuim om die […]
# The Public Servants Association is alarmed at the Special Investigating Unit’s revelations of over two-billion-rand in irregular contracts by the Department of Defence. The SIU has flagged a 217-million-rand deal linked to the acquisition of an Alpha‑2B Covid-19-drug from Cuba, and other contracts. PSA’s Claude Naicker says irregular expenditure of this magnitude undermines morale […]
# 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 […]
# Government is urging South Africans to donate blood as the country’s stocks are under pressure. The South African National Blood Service needs three-thousand-500 units a day to maintain a five-day supply for each blood group. It emphasises blood cannot be manufactured, and with a limited shelf life, regular donations are essential to keeping hospitals […]
# Die Nasionale Regeringskool het twee nuwe kwalifikasies vir staatsamptenare ingestel in die vorm van Staatsdiens-administrateur vlak vyf en Algemene Bestuurder Staatsdiens vlak ses. Die kwalifikasies met 120 krediete behoort binne 12 maande afgehandel te wees. Die skool se waarnemende hoof, Phindile Mkwanazi, sê die twee nuwe beroepskwalifikasies is daarop gemik om gestruktureerde riglyne aan […]
# US ambassador to South Africa Leo Brent Bozell is calling on government to put its ideological posturing aside and put citizens first. The US has imposed new visa restrictions targeting South Africans linked to policies it considers discriminatory. In an opinion piece for Daily Maverick, Bozell says government’s refusal to condemn the incitement of […]
# The Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance says the recent mass shootings have exposed gaps in how liquor outlets are licensed, located and monitored, especially in poor, densely populated areas. Eighteen people were killed at a tavern in Wedela on the Gauteng West Rand, and ten at an entertainment venue in Lwandle, Cape Town, over the […]
