# The South African Social Security Agency has noted calls for national pickets against the agency circulating on social media. SASSA says the calls, reportedly led by a TikTok content creator, include planned protests in the Western Cape and other parts of the country. The agency’s Andile Tshona says it respects the right to protest […]
# South Africa’s first dedicated police unit for missing persons has been launched in Cape Town to strengthen the response to missing persons cases. The initiative brings together the South African Police Service, the National Prosecuting Authority, the Department of Home Affairs, and the Faith and Hope Missing Persons organisation. Founder Veranique Williams says the […]
# Die Kaapstadse Landdroshof het die geregtelike doodsondersoek na Anele Tembe se dood tot 7 September uitgestel weens die voorsittende landdros se siekte. Die ondersoek volg vyf jaar na Tembe se noodlottige val van die tiende verdieping van die Pepperclub Hotel. Ses getuies sal na verwagting getuig terwyl die hof die omstandighede rondom haar dood […]
# Die MK-party verwerp Sunday World se berig dat hulle meer as 336-duisend-rand bestee het aan privaat sekerheid vir sekretaris-generaal Sibonelo Nomvalo terwyl ander uitgawes bevries is. Die party sê die bewerings is vals, kwaadwillig en bedoel om sy naam te skaad voor die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing. Woordvoerder Sifiso Mahlangu sê die party het sy regsverteenwoordigers […]
# The Madlanga Commission has postponed proceedings after Investigating Directorate Against Corruption Advocate Andrea Johnson was hospitalised overnight. Johnson was due to testify on allegations of misconduct involving Major-General Feroz Khan, and shed light on relations between key law enforcement agencies. Commissioners criticised her medical certificate as useless. Evidence leader Mahlape Sello and commission chair […]
# The Cape Town Magistrate’s Court has postponed the inquest into Anele Tembe’s death to 7 September due to the presiding magistrate’s medical emergency. The inquest comes five years after Tembe’s fatal fall from the tenth floor of the Pepperclub Hotel. Six witnesses are expected to testify as the court examines the circumstances surrounding her […]
# The MK Party rejects Sunday World’s report it spent more than 336-thousand-rand on private security for secretary-general Sibonelo Nomvalo while freezing other expenditures. The party says the weekend’s allegations are false, malicious, and intended to damage its reputation ahead of the local government elections. Spokesperson Sifiso Mahlangu says the party has instructed its lawyers […]
# Die gesin van die ontslape Suid-Afrikaanse onder 18-rugbyspeler, Luqobo “Bibo” Makwedini, berei voor om na Frankryk te reis om sy liggaam huis toe te bring. Die jong speler, wat op ‘n drie-jaar-kontrak by die Franse klub Béziers was, is Saterdag weens ontwatering en hitte-uitputting dood ná ‘n oefening vroeër die oggend. Hy is inderhaas […]
# Die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag is teleurgesteld oor die vermeende misdaadfiguur Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala se besluit om aan sy pleit- en vonnisooreenkoms te onttrek. Hy sou skuldig pleit aan korrupsie, geldwassery en bedrog oor die kontrak van 228-miljoen-rand tussen die polisie en sy onderneming, Medicare24. Matlala het die staat se voorgestelde vonnis van 12-jaar tronkstraf verwerp. […]
