# The Investigating Directorate Against Corruption has provisionally withdrawn the corruption case against former acting police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane and his co-accused. The case relates to a 2016 police contract worth more than 191-million-rand for emergency warning equipment, with 65-million-rand paid to the service provider. IDAC spokesperson Henry Mamothame says the accused face charges including […]
# The High Court in Pretoria has dismissed businessman Morgan Maumela and the Maumela Family Trust’s urgent bid to stop the sale of a Ferrari SF90 Stradale worth at least 9.5-million-rand. The vehicle was preserved as part of a Special Investigating Unit investigation into alleged corruption at Tembisa Hospital. SIU spokesperson Selby Makgotho told Newzroom […]
# Die mynwerkersvakbond N-U-M het sy steun vir Woensdag se Wêrelddag vir Ordentlike Werk toegesê en vra werkers om by landwye sitstakings onder leiding van COSATU aan te sluit. Mpho Phakedi van die vakbond sê ordentlike werk is steeds noodsaaklik te midde van werkloosheid, armoede en ongelykheid, en hulle eis lewensvatbare lone, veilige werkplekke en […]
# The murder trial into the deaths of Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane is underway in the High Court in Durban, amid changes to defence teams. Accused Lindokuhle Mkhwanazi is seeking to separate his trial from that of Siyanda Myeza, who faces six additional charges. Advocate Muzi Mzelemu will now represent Mkhwanazi and […]
# ’n Studie deur Zero Carbon Analytics toon dat uiterste weerstoestande aanhoudende stygings in voedselpryse veroorsaak, aangesien ongekende temperature ontwrigting in voorrade teweegbring. Daar is bevind dat byna alle skerp stygings in voedselpryse wat vanjaar aangeteken is, insluitend dié van stapelvoedsel soos koring, mielies, kakao en suiker, verband hou met droogte, hitte en swaar reënval. […]
# Die DA het sy eis herhaal dat die volgende stel nasionale misdaadstatistieke akkurate, gedetailleerde syfers oor misdade teen vroue en kinders moet insluit. Die woordvoerder oor die Polisie, Lisa Schickerling, het ‘n skriftelike versoek aan die waarnemende minister van polisie, Firoz Cachalia, gerig nadat die Polisiediens erken het dat huidige data oor geslagsgeweld inherent […]
# Eastern Cape ANC Youth League leader and ward councillor candidate Ngawonke Bulala has died from gunshot wounds, three months after he was ambushed in Qumbu. He was shot alongside fellow league activist Wonele Gontshi, who died at the scene. Bulala had been in hospital since the June attack. No arrests have been made. His […]
# Die adjunkminister van Vervoer, Nkhululeko Hlengwa, sê die regering ondersoek veranderings aan die wyse waarop die Padongelukkefonds befonds word. Hy steun ‘n gemengde befondsingsmodel, wat kan beteken die huidige brandstofheffing word verminder of selfs afgeskaf en ander bronne van befondsing word ingestel. Dit kan derdeparty-voertuigversekering en reisversekering vir buitelandse besoekers insluit. Die fonds ontvang […]
# Soil of Africa sê die een-duisend-965 polisielede wat sedert 1 Oktober bevorder is, moet hul nuwe range beskou as openbare vertroue. Woordvoerder Luzuko Sofute sê hul sukses sal gemeet word aan gemeenskapsvertroue, en hulle moet korrupsie en politieke inmenging verwerp en bekwame wetstoepassing handhaaf. Hy sê polisieleiers is nodig wat toeganklik, beslissend, doelgerig en […]
