# The state has rejected EFF leader Julius Malema’s bid to overturn his firearm conviction, calling his appeal without merit. The red berets leader is appealing his five-year sentence for charges linked to a 2018 incident where he was filmed allegedly firing a gun at a rally in Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape. Malema maintains […]
# Parliament says there are no delays in the Phala Phala impeachment process against president Cyril Ramaphosa. According to News24 National Assembly secretary Masibulele Xaso told members of Parliament the process is moving ahead as planned. The impeachment committee held its first meeting last week and elected Rise Mzansi’s Makashule Gana as chairperson. The Rules […]
# A truck driver has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by the Musina Magistrate’s Court for attempting to smuggle explosives worth one-million-rand into South Africa through the Beitbridge border post. Edgar Maroto was arrested in April after authorities discovered thousands of blasting cartridges, detonators and fuse reels in his possession. The 42-year-old was […]
# Die minister van Toerisme, Patricia de Lille, sê die Wêreldbeker-sokkertoernooi bied ‘n waardevolle geleentheid om Suid-Afrika as ‘n toonaangewende toerismebestemming in Mexiko te bemark. Sy het voor vanaand se openingswedstryd tussen Suid-Afrika en die mede-gasheer aan SABC News gesê sy wil meer reise tussen die lande bevorder. De Lille sê die wêreldgeleentheid bied ‘n […]
# Die hoofinspekteur van Gautengse Verkeer, Samuel Mashaba, het voor die Madlanga-kommissie getuig dat die informant, Tumelo Nku vir hom geld gegee het, al was hulle verhouding nie sosiaal of sakeverwant nie. Mashaba sê hy het Nku in 2019 deur ‘n gemeenskaplike kennis ontmoet en hom as ‘n sakeman geken. Getuienisleier Lee Segeels-Ncube bevraagteken Mashaba […]
# Gauteng Traffic chief inspector Samuel Mashaba has told the Madlanga commission informant Tumelo Nku gave him money as a friend, despite insisting their relationship was neither social nor business-related. Mashaba says he met Nku through a mutual acquaintance in 2019 and knew him as a businessman. Evidence leader Lee Segeels-Ncube questions Mashaba’s message referring […]
# Parliament’s portfolio committee on Police has accused the police of covering up aspects of the investigation into the Phala Phala farm robbery. Members of Parliament questioned why Presidential Protection Service head Wally Rhoode was cleared in an internal police probe despite findings that he acted improperly. Committee members also demand answers about the missing […]
# ActionSA sê die regering van nasionale eenheid het misluk en nie sy beloftes nagekom sedert hy twee jaar gelede gestig is nie. Die party beweer die regering het swak presteer in leierskap, ekonomiese groei, dienslewering, verantwoordbaarheid en misdaad. Athol Trollip van ActionSA het op ‘n nuuskonferensie gesê die RNE het ook misluk in etiese […]
# Die hoofinspekteur van Gautengse Verkeer, Samuel Mashaba, is voor die Madlanga-kommissie uitgevra oor sy hantering van ‘n voorval met ‘n vragmotor wat 715-kilogram kokaïen van ‘n geraamde 300-miljoen-rand vervoer het. Die dwelms was in ‘n skeepsvraghouer versteek en is in Julie 2021 onderweg van Durban na Johannesburg nagespoor. Getuienisleier Lee Segeels-Ncube vra waarom die […]
