# Cabinet says preparations for this year’s local government elections are progressing, with the polls scheduled for 4 November. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says coordination mechanisms across all spheres of government are in place to support free, fair, credible and peaceful elections. She also condemned the recent killings of councillors, and called on […]
# Die taxibaas Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni beweer sekere lede van wetstoepassingsagentskappe tree op as tussengangers vir mense in die taxibedryf. Hy het voor die Madlanga-kommissie getuig hierdie reëlings is bekend binne sommige taxi-verenigings, maar hy kon nie spesifieke amptenare of verenigings identifiseer nie. Sibanyoni sê dis privaat ooreenkomste tussen mense en moeilik om te bewys, […]
# Die ontsnappingsverhoor van die veroordeelde verkragter en moordenaar Thabo Bester, Nandipha Magudumana en hul medebeskuldigdes vind van 19 April tot 18 Junie volgende jaar in die Vrystaatse Hooggeregshof plaas. Hulle staan tereg op aanklagte van hulp met ‘n ontsnapping, brandstigting en die skending van ‘n liggaam. Bester se regsverteenwoordiger, MoAfrica Wa Maila, het tydens […]
# Acting Police minister, Firoz Cachalia, says attacks on police officials are attacks on the rule of law and the authority of the democratic state. This follows the recent killings of police members in Reiger Park, Gauteng, and Knysna in the Western Cape. Cachalia briefed the media on the crime statistics for April to June […]
# Taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni alleges some law enforcement officials act as proxies for individuals in the taxi industry. He told the Madlanga commission such arrangements are known within some taxi associations, but he could not identify specific officials or associations. Sibanyoni says these are private, one-on-one agreements that are difficult to establish and […]
# Die waarnemende minister van Polisie, Firoz Cachalia, sê verskeie ernstige misdade het tussen April en Junie afgeneem. Dit sluit in moord, kapings, huis- en sakerooftogte, asook transitorooftogte. Cachalia het op ‘n nuuskonferensie egter gewaarsku misdade teen vroue, kinders en ander kwesbare groepe is steeds kommerwekkend. Hy sê alkohol bly een van die grootste dryfvere […]
# Die adjunkminister van Water en Sanitasie, David Mahlobo, sê Suid-Afrika sal nie teen 2030 sonder water wees nie, ondanks plaaslike tekorte. Hy het tydens ‘n ministeriële gesprek oor watersekerheid gesê die land het ongeveer 95-persent watervoorsieningsversekering, maar benodig groot beleggings in infrastruktuur. Mahlobo sê die Polihali-dam sal na verwagting vanaf 2028 bykomende water aan […]
# Brandstofprysskokke wag volgende week op Suid-Afrikaanse motoriste. Data van die Sentrale Energiefonds toon 95-oktaan petrol se prys kan met meer as een-rand per liter styg, en dié van 93-oktaan met 93-sent. Dieselpryse sal na verwagting met byna drie-rand per liter styg en lampolie met twee rand-16-sent per liter. Gauteng se dieselprys kan weer tot […]
# Acting minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia, announced a decline in several serious crimes between April and June, including murder, carjacking, residential and business robberies, and cash-in-transit heists. He however told the media crimes affecting women, children and other vulnerable groups remain a concern. Cachalia also identified alcohol as a major driver of violent crime, […]
