# An Austrian cyclist was killed on the N2 near Swellendam in the Western Cape, just hours after speaking to his wife about his travels through Africa. The 72-year-old Rudolf Köberl-Labenbacher was cycling towards Heidelberg on Wednesday when he was struck by a vehicle about four kilometres outside Swellendam. He had told his wife, Hertha, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has raised questions about possible social media restrictions during discussions around media freedom. Speaking at a Black Wednesday commemoration in Johannesburg, Ramaphosa stressed the importance of an independent media in holding government accountable. Black Wednesday commemorates the apartheid government’s crackdown on anti-apartheid publications in 1977. Ramaphosa highlighted concerns about misinformation, and […]
# DRDGold says its gold production increased by ten-percent to more than 42-thousand ounces in the three months from July to September, compared with the same period last year. The gold producer’s operating profit rose by 42-percent to 1.6-billion-rand, while revenue increased by 31-percent to about three-billion-rand. The company generated 726-million-rand in free cash and […]
# The extortion and money-laundering case againstg Mpumalanga businessman Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni and three co-accused has been postponed in the Delmas Magistrate’s Court to April next year. The group allegedly extorted more than two-million-rand in protection fees from a businessman during a road construction project in the province. The state alleges witnesses and an investigator […]
# DRDGold says its gold production increased by ten-percent to more than 42-thousand ounces in the three months from July to September, compared with the same period last year. The gold producer’s operating profit rose by 42-percent to 1.6 billion-rand, while revenue increased by 31-percent to about three-billion-rand. The company generated 726.million-rand in free cash […]
# Die Bedingingsraad het beslis die woordvoerder van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling, Lumka Oliphant, se afdanking was onregmatig. Sy is ‘n jaar gelede afgedank ná bewerings van wangedrag, wat sy ontken. Oliphant se afdanking hou verband met bewerings dat sy inligting uitgelek het oor oudminister Sisisi Tolashe se reis van drie-miljoen-rand na New York. Sy ontken sy […]
# Die president van die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank, Lesetja Kganyago, sê groter mededinging in betalingsdienste kan vernuwing bevorder en koste verlaag, maar die wetsraamwerk moet bybly. Hy het tydens die Bank-betalingskonferensie gesê diensverskaffers buite die tradisionele banksektor behoort toegelaat te word om sekere dienste te bied sonder om aan dieselfde vereistes te voldoen. Kganyago sê die […]
# Altesaam 17-duisend-160 verdagtes is aangekeer tydens ‘n week van gekoördineerde misdaadbekampingsoperasies in al nege provinsies. Die inhegtenisnemings was tydens ‘n gesamentlike poging tussen Operasie Shanela en die Nasionale Feestyd-operasies, wat gemik is op die bekamping van geweldsmisdaad, georganiseerde misdaadnetwerke, dwelmhandel en onwettige handel. Polisiewoordvoerder Vincent Mukhathi sê daar is beslag gelê op 175 onwettige […]
# Agricultural union TLU SA says it regrets the establishment of a new Red Meat Forum by Vrystaat Landbou. Spokesperson Zelda Brits says a parallel structure recruiting producers nationally could create uncertainty and weaken the Red Meat Producers’ Organisation. Brits says producers should support commodity organisations, hold leaders accountable and drive change from within, rather […]
