# Die hooggeregshof in Pietermaritzburg het die huurmoordenaar Sabelo Phewa tot twee maal lewenslange tronkstraf gevonnis vir die moord op die munisipale bestuurder van Richmond, Sibusiso Sithole. Sithole is buite die lisensiekantoor in die dorp doodgeskiet, onderweg na ‘n vergadering oor bedrog en korrupsie rondom tenders en gunslone in die munisipaliteit. Phewa word ook met […]
# Die minister van Korrektiewe Dienste, Pieter Groenewald, het die noodsaaklikheid beklemtoon dat slagoffers se regte teen gevangenes se rehabilitasie en herintegrasie opgeweeg word. Dit volg terwyl afgevaardigdes by die Nasionale Paroolberaad in Pretoria die huidige paroolwetgewing bespreek. Dit sluit in verouderde hand- datastelsels en agterstande as groot struikelblokke. Groenewald het die noodsaaklikheid beklemtoon dat […]
# National police commissioner Fannie Masemola has confirmed that the 121 political killings task team dockets will be made available to the Madlanga commission in Pretoria when required. According to Masemola, the dockets had become a point of tension with acting Police minister Feroz Cachalia, who was concerned that their return could affect the commission’s […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Energieontwikkelingsinstituut sê die regering kan die Onteieningswet gebruik om grond te bekom vir die uitbreiding van sy transmissienetwerk. Die hoof van die sekretariaat, Sampson Mamphweli, het tydens die Energie-indaba in Pretoria gesê onderhandelings met grondeienaars lei dikwels tot oordrewe koste wat projekte vertraag. Hy sê die Wet laat onteiening toe as […]
# National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola has welcomed the Pietermaritzburg High Court’s sentencing of hitman Sabelo Phewa to two life terms for the 2017 murder of Richmond Municipal Manager Sibusiso Sithole. Sithole was probing municipal corruption specifically concerning tenders and kickbacks when he was gunned down. The police’s political killings task team linked Phewa […]
# National police commissioner Fannie Masemola says the political killings task team uncovered powerful crime syndicates shielded by senior police officers. Masemola told the Madlanga commission in Pretoria that the unit’s investigations revealed how organised networks were operating with the protection of high-ranking officials within law enforcement. He says the findings exposed deep corruption in […]
# Die minister van Basiese Onderwys, Siviwe Gwarube, het dringende stappe gedoen om leerders te beskerm ná berigte van seksuele mishandeling in Oos-Kaapse skole sowel as ontwrigtings deur die Dudula-beweging. Sewe opvoeders by St John’s College is geskors na beskuldigs van mishandeling en daar word ondersoek ingestel by JS Skenjana Senior Secondary. Gwarube se woordvoerder, […]
# Die voorsitter van die Parlement se Gekose Komitee oor Ekonomiese Ontwikkeling en Handel, Sonja Boshoff, vra dat ‘n Nasionale Krisisberaad ‘n oplossing vind vir Suid-Afrika se toename in werksverliese. Boshoff sê die beraad moet die regering en die sake- en arbeidsektor byeenbring om oplossings te vind, insluitend verligting vir die hoë koste van elektrisiteit […]
# The High Court in Pietermaritzburg has handed double life sentences to hitman Sabelo Phewa for the 2017 murder of Richmond Municipal manager, Sibusiso Sithole. Sithole was gunned down outside the Richmond Licensing Office while en-route to a meeting to discuss an investigation into rampant fraud and corruption within the municipality, specifically concerning tenders and […]
