# TLU SA sê samewerking tussen die polisie en boerderygemeenskappe is die sleutel tot die bekamping van misdaad op die platteland. Die landbou-organisasie verwelkom die arrestasie van verdagtes ná gewelddadige aanvalle in die boerderygemeenskappe van Sannieshof en Ventersdorp in Noordwes. Bennie van Zyl van TLU SA sê die inhegtenisnemings toon die waarde van spoedige polisie-optrede, […]
# Die ANC verwelkom ‘n uitspraak deur die Verkiesingshof wat ‘n uitdaging deur twee van sy lede van die hand gewys het. Die lede het die party se kandidaatlyste in die Oos-Kaap vir Woensdag se plaaslike regeringsverkiesing betwis. Die hof het bevind die aansoekers het nie genoeg bewyse gelewer om aan te toon die party […]
Die Motorbedryf-personeelvereniging doen ‘n beroep op die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag om bates wat met die Bosasa-korrupsieskandaal verband hou, insluitend dié wat in die buiteland gehou word, op te spoor. Dit volg na ‘n bevel deur die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria wat ‘n voormalige Bosasa bestuurder, Angelo Agrizzi, gelas om 1,6-miljard-rand aan die staat terug te betaal. Die […]
# The Motor Industry Staff Association calls on the National Prosecuting Authority to trace assets linked to the Bosasa corruption scandal, including those held overseas. This follows an order by the High Court in Pretoria directing former Bosasa executive Angelo Agrizzi to repay 1.6-billion-rand to the state. MISA spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says everyone who received […]
# Premier Soccer League Chairman Irvin Khoza has urged all eligible South Africans to exercise their democratic right and vote in the local government elections. The PSL cancelled all scheduled matches for Wednesday as they coincide with election day, which was declared a public holiday. The decision allows players, team officials and supporters to participate […]
# The South African Human Rights Commission says Gauteng’s water crisis is being driven by systemic failures rather than a shortage of water. The commission’s investigation discovered that ageing infrastructure, high water losses, poor maintenance, electricity interruptions and insufficient storage and pumping capacity are affecting supply. Commissioner Henk Boshoff told the media the government and […]
# The ANC welcomes an Electoral Court judgment dismissing a challenge by two of its members to the party’s Eastern Cape candidate lists for Wednesday’s local government elections. The court found the applicants had not provided enough evidence to show that the party’s nomination process was seriously affected. ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu says the ruling […]
# TLU SA says cooperation between police and farming communities is key to fighting rural crime. The agricultural organisation has welcomed the arrest of suspects following violent attacks in the Sannieshof and Ventersdorp farming communities in North West. TLU SA’s Bennie van Zyl says the arrests show the value of quick police action, good investigations […]
# University of Cape Town researchers have named a newly identified type of fossilised termite nest after the Little Karoo town of Calitzdorp, where the structures were discovered. Eight remarkably preserved examples, dating back almost 400-thousand years, were found at one site. Each nest is about a metre deep and contains an intricate network of […]
