# AfriForum het die waarnemende nasionale polisiekommissaris, Puleng Dimpane, gevra om dringend in te gryp met voortslepende geweld tussen vermeende onwettige mynbougroepe in Schoemanskloof, Mpumalanga. Ses vermoedelik onwettige mynwerkers is in Augustus doodgeskiet, met nog skietvoorvalle wat verlede week aangemeld is. Jacques Broodryk van AfriForum vra die polisie om die groter misdaadnetwerke agter onwettige mynbou […]
# Die Hooggeregshof in Johannesburg het beslis daar is wesenlike verskille in die ANC-sekretaris-generaal, Fikile Mbalula, se lastersaak teen die ANC se Nasionale Uitvoerende Komitee-lid, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. Sy beskuldig Mbalula daarvan dat hy stemme gekoop het op die party se Nasrec-konferensie in 2022. Waarnemende regter Henno Viljoen het gelas die saak moet mondelings aangehoor word […]
# The National Consumer Commission has announced a safety recall affecting 291 Volkswagen Amarok vehicles sold in South Africa between June and September this year. The Commission’s Phetho Ntaba says the curtain airbags may not fully deploy during a front or side impact because of contact with a vehicle component. Ntaba urged owners to take […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare sê die regering moet belegging in die onderwyssektor verhoog om onderwysers te ondersteun en leeruitkomste te verbeter. Die vakbond sê op Wêreld-onderwyserdag, onderwysers benodig beter werksomstandighede en ondersteuning, omdat hulle te kampe het met oorvol klaskamers, personeeltekorte, veiligheidskwessies, beperkte hulpbronne en toenemende administratiewe druk. Claude Naiker van die vakbond vra […]
# The Investigating Directorate Against Corruption has provisionally withdrawn the corruption case against former acting police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane and his co-accused. The case relates to a 2016 police contract worth more than 191-million-rand for emergency warning equipment, with 65-million-rand paid to the service provider. IDAC spokesperson Henry Mamothame says the accused face charges including […]
# The High Court in Pretoria has dismissed businessman Morgan Maumela and the Maumela Family Trust’s urgent bid to stop the sale of a Ferrari SF90 Stradale worth at least 9.5-million-rand. The vehicle was preserved as part of a Special Investigating Unit investigation into alleged corruption at Tembisa Hospital. SIU spokesperson Selby Makgotho told Newzroom […]
# Die mynwerkersvakbond N-U-M het sy steun vir Woensdag se Wêrelddag vir Ordentlike Werk toegesê en vra werkers om by landwye sitstakings onder leiding van COSATU aan te sluit. Mpho Phakedi van die vakbond sê ordentlike werk is steeds noodsaaklik te midde van werkloosheid, armoede en ongelykheid, en hulle eis lewensvatbare lone, veilige werkplekke en […]
# The murder trial into the deaths of Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane is underway in the High Court in Durban, amid changes to defence teams. Accused Lindokuhle Mkhwanazi is seeking to separate his trial from that of Siyanda Myeza, who faces six additional charges. Advocate Muzi Mzelemu will now represent Mkhwanazi and […]
# ’n Studie deur Zero Carbon Analytics toon dat uiterste weerstoestande aanhoudende stygings in voedselpryse veroorsaak, aangesien ongekende temperature ontwrigting in voorrade teweegbring. Daar is bevind dat byna alle skerp stygings in voedselpryse wat vanjaar aangeteken is, insluitend dié van stapelvoedsel soos koring, mielies, kakao en suiker, verband hou met droogte, hitte en swaar reënval. […]
