# Activists and Citizens Forum calls for justice for former police Commissioner Khomotso Phahlane following the withdrawal of charges against him. The Forum’s Dennis Bloem says the damage caused by Investigating Directorate Against Corruption was unforgivable and the charges should be fully withdrawn, not provisionally. He accuses IDAC of failing to investigate since 2016. He […]
# Die Motorbedryf-personeelvereniging vra die regering om dringend die tydelike verlaging in die brandstofheffing weer in te stel te midde van skerp stygings in brandstofpryse. Die petrolprys styg om middernag met tot drie-rand-33-sent per liter, dieselpryse met tussen twee-rand-84- en drie-rand-24-sent en lampoliepryse met vier-rand-77-sent. Woordvoerder Phakamile Hlubi-Majola sê die jongste verhogings plaas huishoudings verder […]
# Die voormalige waarnemende nasionale polisiekommissaris, Khomotso Phahlane, sê die bedrog- en korrupsie-aanklagte teen hom is ongegrond. Die Ondersoekdirektoraat teen Korrupsie het die saak teen hom en sy mede-beskuldigdes teruggetrek hangende ‘n hersiening. Dit hou verband met ‘n kontrak van 191-miljoen-rand vir noodwaarskuwingstoerusting vir die Polisiediens. Sowat 65-miljoen-rand is aan die diensverskaffer, Instrumentation for Traffic […]
# Police arrested 14-thousand-581 suspects nationwide in the latest seven-day Operation Shanela crackdown on serious crime and gender-based violence and femicide. One-thousand-811 wanted suspects were traced by detectives. Police spokesperson Amanda van Wyk says the arrests also include 174 rape suspects, 140 murder suspects and 130 accused of attempted murder:
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê die presidensiële Een-miljard-bome-veldtog kan klein- en grootskaalse ekonomiese bedrywighede bevorder en werk skep. Die veldtog is deel van die bestaande Nasionale Vergroeningsprogram wat oor die volgende vyf jaar ʼn miljard bome wil plant. Ramaphosa sê in sy weeklikse nuusbrief die hantering en oorkoming van ongelykhede vereis dat die Vergroeningsprogram ook […]
# Union federation COSATU and its affiliates will mark World Day for Decent Work tomorrow, with nationwide marches and pickets to highlight the plight of workers. Spokesperson Zanele Sabela says workers are under siege from rampant retrenchments, non-compliance with the National Minimum Wage, increasing casualisation of jobs, and escalating attacks on collective bargaining rights. She […]
# Former acting national police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane says the fraud and corruption charges against him were fabricated. The Investigating Directorate against Corruption has provisionally withdrawn the case against him and his co-accused over a 191-million-rand Police Service emergency warning equipment contract, pending a review. About 65-million-rand was paid to the service provider, Instrumentation for […]
# The Motor Industry Staff Association is calling on government to urgently reinstate a temporary fuel levy reduction as fuel prices are set to soar tomorrow. Petrol prices will go up by up to three-rand-33-cents per litre, diesel prices by between two-rand-84-cents and three-rand-24-cents a litre, and illuminating paraffin prices by four-rand-77-cents. MISA spokesperson Phakamile […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Presidential One Billion Trees Campaign has the potential to catalyse both small- and large-scale economic activity and job creation. The campaign, which is part of the existing National Greening Programme, aims to plant one billion trees over the next five years. In his weekly newsletter, Ramaphosa says addressing and overcoming the […]
