# Die Departement van Vervoer en Gemeenskapsveiligheid in Limpopo het bevestig die R524 naby Louis Trichardt is heropen ná ‘n ernstige botsing waarin vyf mense dood is. Vyf voertuie, insluitend ‘n polisievoertuig, was betrokke. Twee beseerdes, een in ‘n bedenklike toestand en een ernstig beseer, is hospitaal toe geneem. Ondersoeke duur voort. Die LUR Nakedi […]
# Former presidents Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma are expected to testify before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Cases Inquiry this month. Mbeki will testify on 19 and 20 October and Zuma on the 22nd. This follows a Constitutional Court ruling dismissing their final bids to have retired Justice Sisi Khampepe removed as chairperson. The […]
# Sokker: Die voormalige speler van Sekhukhune United, Mokete “Shaune” Mogaila, het skuld beken aan strafbare manslag en versuim om hulp te verleen ná ‘n noodlottige botsing in Tembisa. Die 29-jarige het in die plaaslike Landdroshof erken dat hy deur nalatigheid die botsing in Oktober 2024 veroorsaak het waarin die negejarige Gomolemo Mavimbela dood en […]
# Die vakbondfederasie COSATU en geaffilieerde vakbonde sal môre Wêrelddag vir Waardige Werk herdenk met optogte en plakkaatbetogings om werkers se uitdagings te beklemtoon. Woordvoerder Zanele Sabela sê werkers word swaar getref deur toenemende afleggings, die nie-nakoming van die nasionale minimumloon, toenemende tydelike aanstellings en druk op gesamentlike bedingingsregte. Sy sê die nakoming van die […]
# The National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is set to lay animal cruelty charges against police officials following the death of police dog Sky. The five-year-old Belgian Malinois was found badly injured at a police veterinary facility in Roodeplaat, in Pretoria, last month and was later put down. The […]
# ActionSA vra die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, om die brandstofheffing dringend te hersien en te verlaag namate brandstofpryse en lewenskoste styg. Woordvoerder Alan Beesley sê hoër brandstofpryse verhoog vervoerkoste, dus vermeerder voedselpryse en basiese dienste terwyl klein ondernemings en huishoudelike begrotings onder druk is. Hy sê die Inkomstediens het in 2025/26 ‘n netto-inkomste […]
# AfriForum begin met ‘n ondersoek na Suid-Afrika se brandstofheffings en sê die regering versuim om op te tree. Woordvoerder Ernst van Zyl sê hul navorsingspan sal die algemene brandstofheffing, die koolstofheffing en die Padongelukkefonds-heffing ondersoek, insluitend hoe die geld bereken en bestee word. Hy beklemtoon stygende brandstofpryse verhoog finansiële druk op verbruikers, ondernemings en […]
# Limpopo Transport and Community Safety has confirmed that the R524 road near Louis Trichardt has reopened following a head-on collision that killed five people. Five vehicles, including a SAPS vehicle, were involved. Two people who were injured, one critically and another seriously, were taken to hospital. Investigations continue. MEC Nakedi Kekana’s spokesperson, Dali Tshifhiwa, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Ankole cattle have fetched record prices at an auction at his Phala Phala farm in Limpopo. A three-year-old pregnant heifer, Queen Arusha, sold for a record 6.4-million-rand, making it the most expensive female animal ever sold in South Africa. Two straws of semen from Ramaphosa-owned bull Optimus Prime also fetched a […]
