# Die getuienisleier van die Madlanga-kommissie, advokaat Matthew Chaskalson, sê WhatsApp-boodskappe toon hoe taxi-base Oupa Sindane en Joe Sibanyoni na bewering beskermingsfooie van konstruksiemaatskappye eis. Chaskalson het selfoonboodskappe voorgelê wat na bewering verwys na gedwonge betalings en dreigemente om werksaamhede te ontwrig. In een gesprek spreek Sindane teleurstelling uit oor die feit dat hy nie […]
# Die Activists and Citizens Forum sê townships het al hoe onveiliger geword ná die reeks dodelike skietvoorvalle by sjebiens oor die naweek in Gauteng en die Wes-Kaap. Dennis Bloem van die forum doen ‘n beroep op sterker polisie-optrede van misdaadintelligensie om massaskietvoorvalle te voorkom en die verantwoordelikes te identifiseer. Hy versoek ook die regring […]
# Meer as 300 gevangenes neem deel aan die jaarlikse Funda Mzantsi-kampioenskap in George in die Wes-Kaap. Hulle ding mee met studente en gemeenskapsboekklubs in lees, debatvoering, spel en boekresensies. Die kompetisie, wat deur die Departement van Korrektiewe Dienste en die Nasionale Biblioteek van Suid-Afrika georganiseer word, bevat 12 amptelike tale, met Nama, ‘n inheemse […]
# Madlanga Commission evidence leader Advocate Matthew Chaskalson says WhatsApp messages show taxi bosses Oupa Sindane and Joe Sibanyoni allegedly demanding protection fees from construction companies. Chaskalson presented cellphone messages allegedly referencing forced payments and threats to disrupt operations. In one chat, Sindane expresses disappointment over not receiving his share of a deal involving a […]
# The Activists and Citizens Forum says townships have become increasingly unsafe following the series of deadly tavern shootings in Gauteng and the Western Cape over the weekend. The forum’s Dennis Bloem calls for stronger police crime intelligence operations to prevent mass shootings and identify those responsible. He also urged the government to tighten border […]
# Die Vryheidsfront Plus in Gauteng sê as agt swaar gewapende aanvallers met AK-47s ‘n taverne kan binnestorm, 18 mense kan vermoor en 15 wond, beteken dit georganiseerde gewapende misdaad is buite beheer in dele van die provinsie. Woordvoerder Jaco Mulder verwelkom die eerste inhegtenisneming in Tzaneen, Limpopo, maar sê misdaadintelligensie moes die netwerk vroeër […]
# University of Cape Town Emerita professor Sue Harrison has been elected an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, recognising her contribution to engineering research, innovation and capacity development. Harrison, now Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation at the University of Queensland in Australia, spent 30 years at UCT, where she built a […]
# The High Court in Pretoria has struck from the roll an urgent application by Mpumalanga taxi boss Oupa Sindane to stop the Madlanga Commission from hearing his evidence. Sindane challenged WhatsApp messages while his lawyer sought a postponement, citing a medical certificate and cultural seclusion. Commission chairperson Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga ordered evidence leader advocate […]
# The DA welcomes the Special Investigating Unit’s recovery of 42-million-rand linked to the Tembisa Hospital corruption scandal. However, the party argues recovering public money is not enough, calling for the entire corruption network to be investigated, with those found responsible facing disciplinary or criminal action. The DA’s Madeleine Hicklin has urged the Gauteng Health […]
