# Die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag sê die besluit om borgtog te weier aan die voormalige adjunk-nasionale polisiekommissaris, Shadrack Sibiya, stem ooreen met waarvoor die staat gepleit het. Woordvoerder Kaizer Kganyago sê die staat het ‘n sterk saak gestel. Sibiya word in die Randburgse Landdroshof in Gauteng aangekla van verkragting, die seksuele gereedmaking van ‘n minderjarige en […]
# The Department of Water and Sanitation has warned that South Africa’s water crisis is worsened by leaking pipes, rising demand and poor municipal investment. Speaking at a Water Research Commission event, the department’s director-general Sean Phillips says 47-percent of water in Gauteng is lost or unaccounted for, and 60-percent in eThekwini. He says 74-percent […]
# Die Verkiesingskommissie het meer as 700 klagtes ontvang oor verkiesingsverwante inhoud voor volgende maand se plaaslike regeringsverkiesing. Die meeste hou verband met plasings op X. Hoofverkiesingsbeampte Sy Mamabolo sê sommige behels die ongemagtigde gebruik van foto’s deur kunsmatige intelligensie geskep, maar het nog nie die verkiesingsomgewing noemenswaardig ontwrig nie. Die OVK het ‘n ooreenkoms […]
# A total of 17-thousand-160 suspects were arrested for various crime offences during a week of coordinated crime-fighting operations across all nine provinces. The arrests were made through the simultaneous execution of Operation Shanela and National Festive Season Operations, targeting violent crime, organised criminal networks, drug trafficking and illicit trade. Police spokesperson Vincent Mukhathi says […]
# Die GOOD-party vra die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, om môre brandstofprys-verligting aan te kondig in sy mediumtermyn-begrotingsverklaring. Die party sê dit sal die uitwerking van die wêreldwye brandstofkrisis versag, inflasie in toom hou en druk op rentekoerse verminder. GOOD se sekretaris-generaal, Brett Herron, sê die geopolitieke onbestendigheid wat brandstofpryse skerp laat styg het, […]
# The ACDP says it is cautiously optimistic that the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement will bring good news, particularly regarding the country’s debt levels, with revenue collection expected to beat forecasts. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana will tomorrow outline the government’s fiscal policy approach over the next three years, including revenue and expenditure performance. ACDP’s Steve Swart […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority says the denial of bail to former deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya aligns with what the prosecution had sought. Spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago says the state presented a strong case against Sibiya, who faces charges of rape, sexual grooming and human trafficking in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court in Gauteng. The […]
# The Electoral Commission received over 700 complaints over election-related content ahead of next month’s local government elections, mostly linked to posts on X. Chief electoral official Sy Mamabolo says some involve unauthorised use of images via artificial intelligence, but have not yet significantly disrupted the electoral environment. The IEC has signed an agreement with […]
# Die voormalige adjunk-nasionale polisiekommissaris, Shadrack Sibiya, is borgtog geweier in die Randburgse Landdroshof in Gauteng. Landdros Hleziphi Mkhasibe het gelas daar is nie voldoende redes vir sy vrylating nie. Sibiya staan tereg op aanklagte van seksuele gereedmaking van ‘n 16-jarige, die verkragting van ‘n 18-jarige vrou in ‘n Johannesburgse hotel in Mei en mensehandel. […]
