# Bishop Azwihangwi Maumela has apologised and withdrawn remarks he made after suspended deputy police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya’s sexual offences court appearance. Maumela says he reflected on his comments and accepts he should have handled the matter with greater sensitivity, particularly because it involves a minor. Maumela has withdrawn allegations concerning president Cyril Ramaphosa, law […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum sê aanklagte van aanranding, seksuele gereedmaking en verkragting teen die geskorste adjunk-nasionale polisiekommissaris, Shadrack Sibiya, is uiters ernstig. Woordvoerder Dennis Bloem sê howe moet geen genade betoon aan mense wat van verkragting beskuldig word nie. Hy sê die saak is ‘n terugslag vir die stryd teen geslagsgeweld. Bloem moedig ondersoekers […]
# The DA says the South African Police Service has still not fixed its crime data on women and children, 15 months after the problem was first flagged. During a Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police meeting, police confirmed that the issue has not yet been resolved. The DA’s Ian Cameron says the SAPS withdrew the […]
# Kommissaris Sesi Baloyi van die Madlanga-kommissie sê die Mpumalanga-taxi-eienaar Oupa Sindane moes vrae beantwoord wat nie verband hou met sy strafsaak oor ‘n beweerde afpersingskema van twee-miljoen-rand nie. Sy regsverteenwoordigers vra meer tyd om vrae te identifiseer wat hy sonder benadeling kan beantwoord. Baloyi sê die redes vir sy afwesigheid word verswak deur sy […]
# Die Pretoriase Landdroshof het die sakeman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala se vrou, Tsakane, en haar medebeskuldigdes, Claudette Masethe en Given Makofane, 20-duisend-rand borgtog elk toegestaan in ‘n huurkontrak-bedrog- en korrupsiesaak. Cat Matlala bly intussen in aanhouding in die Kgosi Mampuru-gevangenis in dieselfde saak. Die beskuldigdes word aangekla van die gebruik van bedrieglike dokumente en vervalste […]
# Limpopo Transport and Community Safety MEC Nakedi Kekana is urging road users to exercise caution as traffic volumes are expected to rise from tomorrow to Monday amid school holidays. Kekana’s spokesperson Dali Tshifhiwa says the province is hosting the St Engenas ZCC pilgrimage at Moria and the Phalaphala FM Royal Heritage Festival in Vhembe. […]
# Electoral Commission chairperson Mosotho Moepya says the Electoral Code of Conduct is vital to free and fair elections. Speaking at the signing ceremony ahead of November 4 local government elections, Moepya says the code gives 136-thousand-790 candidates equal opportunities to campaign without intimidation, violence or unfair distortion. Moepya warns that violations could undermine the […]
# Madlanga Commission Commissioner Sesi Baloyi says Mpumalanga taxi boss Oupa Sindane should have answered questions unrelated to his criminal case involving an alleged extortion scheme worth more than two-million-rand. Sindane’s lawyers want more time to identify questions he can answer without prejudicing his rights. Baloyi says Sindane’s failure to distinguish between questions he could […]
# Die lugvaartreus Airbus wil die gebruik van sy C295-militêre vervoervliegtuie in Suid-Afrika en elders in Afrika uitbrei. Die vliegtuig kan ingespan word vir soldate- en vragvervoer, mediese ontruimings en humanitêre operasies vanaf ongeteerde aanloopbane. Airbus het ‘n vier-jaar-ooreenkoms onderteken met Wits Universiteit en Frankryk se Hoër Instituut vir Lugvaartkunde en Ruimtevaart om opleiding in […]
