# Transport minister Barbara Creecy officially opened the Road Safety Practitioners’ Colloquium in Ekurhuleni today under the theme “Strengthening Road Safety through Collaboration, Innovation and Accountability.” The three-day event tackles urgent road safety challenges and aims to turn commitments into measurable action, with a national declaration expected to outline steps to reduce road deaths and […]
# Retired Hawks head Godfrey Lebeya has told the Madlanga Commission that he did not know taxi boss Jotham “King Mswazi” Msibi. Lebeya was asked by evidence leader Advocate Lee Segeels-Ncube whether he knew of Msibi or his activities in the taxi industry, particularly in Mpumalanga, where Lebeya was previously stationed. Lebeya said he remembered […]
# Die Nasional Taxi-alliansie sê bespiegelings oor taxi-tariefverhogings na aanleiding van die jongste brandstofprysverhoging is voortydig. Petrolpryse het met een-rand-34-sent per liter gestyg, terwyl diesel tussen twee-rand-93 sent en drie-rand-14 sent duurder is, afhangende van die graad. NTA-woordvoerder Theo Malele sê die verhogings het die taxibedryf ‘n groot knou toegedien. Hy sê tariefaanpassings moet deeglik […]
# Die kommissaris van die Madlanga-kommissie, Sandile Khumalo, het die voormalige hoof van die Valke, Godfrey Lebeya uitgedaag oor sy reaksie op berigte van ‘n klopjag by sakeman Katiso “KT” Molefe se huis. Khumalo het bevraagteken of daar enige werklike gevaar was nadat hulle bepaal het die mense op die toneel was werklike polisielede.. Hy […]
# Die Verkiesingskommissie sê meer as 142-duisend kandidate is benoem om vanjaar mee te ding vir die tien-duisend-526 setels in die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing. Dit is 43-persent meer as tydens die 2021-verkiesing, toe sowat 99-duisend benoemings ontvang is. Nagenoeg twee-derdes van die kandidate is mans, terwyl vroue ongeveer 38-persent verteenwoordig. Die voorsitter van die OVK, Mosotho […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa se prokureur, Wim Trengove, sê die onafhanklike artikel 89-panel het nie behoorlik oorweeg of die president doelbewus of te kwader trou opgetree het oor die Phala Phala-diefstal nie. Trengove het aan die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof gesê die paneel het die verkeerde regsvrae gevra en nie al die bewyse behoorlik beoordeel nie, insluitend […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa’s lawyer Wim Trengove says the section 89 independent panel failed to properly consider whether the president acted deliberately or in bad faith over the Phala Phala farm theft. Trengove told the Western Cape High Court the panel asked the wrong legal questions and did not properly assess all the evidence, including […]
# Die Verkiesingskommissie sê 546 politieke partye sal op 4 November aan die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing deelneem, wat 75-persent van alle geregistreerde partye verteenwoordig. Twee-honderd-27 nasionale partye, 33 provinsiale partye, 49 metropolitaanse partye en 237 distriksvlakpartye het kandidate benoem. Die OVK se voorsitter, Mosotho Moepya, het op ‘n nuuskonferensie gesê die hoë vlak van politieke deelname […]
# The Electoral Commission says 546 political parties will contest the 4 November local government elections, representing 75-percent of all registered parties. Two-hundred-and-27 national parties, 33 provincial parties, 49 metropolitan parties and 237 district-level parties have nominated candidates. Briefing the media, IEC chairperson Mosotho Moepya said the high level of political participation reflects strong interest […]
